ANROSP

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ANROSP

• Alliance of Natural Resource
• Outreach Service Programs

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What is ANROSP?

• Mission To promote awareness and citizen
  stewardship of natural resources through
  science-based education and service programs
• Vision ANROSP envisions healthy ecosystems and
  communities through citizens who learn, teach,
  and practice natural resource stewardship

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ANROSP Goals

• To provide leadership, information, and resources
  to support the establishment and expansion of
  member programs nationally and internationally.
• To serve as the primary nexus of information
  about natural resource outreach and service
  programs for natural resource professionals,
  volunteers, and interested citizens.

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ANROSP Goals

• To increase knowledge of best practices for
  natural resource outreach and service programs
  and encourage their adoption.
• To build effective program partnerships and
  collaborations at local, state, and national
  levels.

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ANROSP Organization

• Governed by a Board consisting of natural
  resource professionals who manage and coordinate
  programs in 11 different states
• Primary members of ANROSP are natural resource
  outreach service programs, represented by
  program administrators and coordinators

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ANROSP Provides Members

• Increased networking resource exchange among
  program managers
• Mentorship for developing programs
• Start-up packets for developing programs,
  including answers to FAQs, templates for commonly
  used documents, curriculum outlines
• Program manager listserv
• Bibliography of publications involving Master
  Naturalist related programs

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ANROSP Provides Members

• Links to funding opportunities
• Overviews of different program models
• Membership directory
• E-journal for white papers on best practices
• Annual national conference  conference
  Proceedings
• Access to national survey data

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For More Information

• Attend the 4th Annual ANROSP
  National Conference in Texas Hill Country!
• September 8 12, 2008
• New Braunfels, TX
• T Bar M Conference Center
• The 1st Call for Presentations
  was just announced this Monday!

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For More Information
2) Visit www.nralliance.org 3) Contact
Elizabeth K. Haynes Program Resource Committee,
Chair ANROSP ehaynes_at_uiuc.edu [phone]