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Thank you for joining us for our annual meeting earlier this month! <a href="https://arizona.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=8b33a2e2-d8ff-4f4e-9f6c-b23b012a867d" target="_blank" id="OWA6214e056-e5bb-53ff-832f-40037016c623" class="OWAAutoLink" title="https://arizona.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=8b33a2e2-d8ff-4f4e-9f6c-b23b012a867d" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="0" style="margin: 0px;">

You can find the recording of the meeting here.</a> Attached are the <b>Meeting Minutes .docx</b> and

<b>Powerpoint .pdf</b>. Tom Fish's National Updates presentation can be found on pp. 16-27.</div>

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As discussed in the meeting, <b>our 5-year renewal process starts early in 2025</b>, for which we will need a compiled list of projects and partner contacts. Please complete the following action items at your earliest convenience:</div>

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<div class="elementToProof" style="margin: 0px;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);">IMPORTANT! Please send your

2020-2024 Project Reports by January 20th to me and Paris (CC'd) using the attached Excel template.

<i>Further guidance on can be found</i><b><i> 35:15 - 42:25</i></b><i> on the <a href="https://arizona.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=8b33a2e2-d8ff-4f4e-9f6c-b23b012a867d" target="_blank" id="OWA5136488d-df25-8da1-9211-07cf4a4acc5e" class="OWAAutoLink" title="https://arizona.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=8b33a2e2-d8ff-4f4e-9f6c-b23b012a867d" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="1" style="margin: 0px;">

recording</a>.</i></div>

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<div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);">Additionally, please fill out the 2-5 minute

<b><a href="https://app.smartsheet.com/b/form/c1b536d1bab8406e99ebe0cdb71fe202" target="_blank" id="OWA7489e913-4073-9c6d-7e38-7e06800923b0" class="OWAAutoLink" title="https://app.smartsheet.com/b/form/c1b536d1bab8406e99ebe0cdb71fe202" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="2" style="margin: 0px;">Contact

 Information Update & Website Feedback</a>s survey</b></span>. Website feedback is optional.</div>

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<div style="margin: 0px;">If you are a federal partner, please look out for correspondences from

<b>Daniel Bunting</b> and <b>Sallie Hejl </b>(<span style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134);"><u><a href="mailto:daniel_bunting@fws.gov" id="OWAe44b71f8-eb77-d8d4-5e89-f36894345c69" class="x_OWAAutoLink" title="mailto:daniel_bunting@fws.gov" data-linkindex="3" style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134); margin: 0px;">daniel_bunting@fws.gov</a></u></span> &

<span style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134);"><u><a href="mailto:Sallie_Hejl@nps.gov" id="OWA2e55e6f0-3c8c-98a3-0f71-ddbf2ab36e36" class="x_OWAAutoLink" title="mailto:Sallie_Hejl@nps.gov" data-linkindex="4" style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134); margin: 0px;">Sallie_Hejl@nps.gov</a></u></span> )

 who are co-leading the Federal Managers Committee for our renewal process.</div>

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As an overview, some other items we mentioned are sending us a <a href="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/186UmyYTyB1bB9yBzAdSUeekV1Aq3_6mavE0eyYQGmgc/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank" id="OWA1e12d091-71f2-af45-3205-a718a33ee3ad" class="x_OWAAutoLink" title="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/186UmyYTyB1bB9yBzAdSUeekV1Aq3_6mavE0eyYQGmgc/edit?usp=sharing" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="5" style="margin: 0px;">

2024 DSCESU Project Powerpoint Slide</a>, filling out the <a href="https://app.smartsheet.com/sheets/CGWvmmPX73xcPfcmPmmPj5vVrXJH9h93Wfp4Chq1?view=grid" target="_blank" id="OWA325b9d9c-1aa0-51ef-5a07-430e775678d9" class="OWAAutoLink" title="https://app.smartsheet.com/sheets/CGWvmmPX73xcPfcmPmmPj5vVrXJH9h93Wfp4Chq1?view=grid" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="6" style="margin: 0px;">

Share Your Story form</a> with any projects you'd like to share on our website, and setting up an

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Expert Database account</a>. We will touch base with you about the latter after the new year. 🙂  We wish you all a happy holiday, and please feel free to let us know if you have any questions!</div>

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