•Accepting rapidly changing environment and adapting •Sikes Act working its way through Congress again •Endangered species issue raised – Discussion of the Sikes Act Amendment – Valarie Morrill summarized the Development Committee’s progress – Association Meetings in Tulsa in 1996 – Sheridan Stone reported that Bat Conservation International is interested in an MOU with DoD on protecting bat habitat - Julie Eliason discussed plans for member expertise data base •Endangered Species Exempions •Migratory Bird Books Available •Topic Suggestions for our 1996 program •Training Session Abtracts – Minnesota Army National Guard on Natural Resources Management – Military Mission through Ecosystem Management at Eglin AFB Florida – Integrated Natural Rssources Management Plans and Ecosystem Management – Transboundary Landscape approach to wildlife management on department of defense lands •Ecosystem Management a state’s perspective – outdoor recreation at Avon Park Air Force Range, Florida – Outdoor Recreation on Tyndall AFB, Florida •Management of an Introduced Caribou Herd on the ADAK, Alaska Naval Reservation •Status of the Timber Rattlesnake, a State listed threatened species on the West Point Military Reservation •The Range buffer lands provide support for several protected endangered and threatened species •Striking a balance between the Red-Cockaded Woodpecker conservation and the military mission on Fort Stewart, Ga •Environmental stewardship of Air Force Ranges •Development of a Regional Strategy for managing threatened and endangered species on DoD Miliary installations •Animal damage control: Focusing on the future •Turtles and Terns on the menu-predator control issues associated with rare species in Massachusetts •Home Range of breeding common Ravens on Camp Pendleton, California research and application •NMFW Board of Directors •NMFWA Committee Chairs