Plan Committee
leadership and oversight in support of integrated waterfowl conservation
The North American Waterfowl Management Plan Committee provides leadership and oversight for activities undertaken in support of the North American Waterfowl Management Plan.
Its purpose is to provide a forum for discussion of major, long-term international waterfowl issues and make recommendations to directors of the federal natural resources agencies of the three signatories to the plan: the United States, Canada and Mexico.
The committee is responsible for updating the plan, considering new scientific information and national and international policy developments, and for identifying the need to change the scope of activities carried out on behalf of the plan.
The U.S. delegation to the Plan Committee consists of two U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service representatives and one state representative from each of the migratory bird flyways. Canada's six delegates represent the federal and provincial governments and non-profit conservation organizations. For Mexico, delegates represent the federal government, universities, business, and non-profit conservation organizations. The three federal natural resource agencies each have a permanent seat. The remaining seats have a three-year rotation.
There are also a number of Working Groups and Subcommittees connected with the NAWMP.
North American Waterfowl Management Plan Committee
U.S. MEMBERS
Jerome Ford, Co-Chair
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Gray Anderson
Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries
Joe Benedict
Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency
Stafford Lehr
California Department of Fish and Wildlife
Jeb Williams
North Dakota Game and Fish Department
Advisor:
Jim Dubovsky
Central Flyway
CANADIAN MEMBERS
Daniel Wolfish, Co-Chair
Environment Canada
Vanessa Charlwood
Canadian Wildlife Service
Marie-Josée Couture
Canadian Wildlife Service
Karla Guyn
Ducks Unlimited Canada
Cameron Mack
Wildlife Habitat Canada
Tim Sopuck, Chief Executive Officer
Manitoba Habitat Heritage Corporation
Advisor:
Christian Roy
Canadian Wildlife Service
MEXICAN MEMBERS
María Palma Irizarri
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