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Thursday, August 28, 2008
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 Broward County Airboat, Halftrack and Conservation Club
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| Message from the President
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First, I am proud to announce that I was voted in to run the club again for another year. Well, to tell the truth, once again, I won by default with no one else running for my position. And I am glad to say that Damon Carroll is still VP, Melody Orth is still secretary, and Bruce Ward is still treasurer. One good thing is that with my new job and a more firm schedule, I will be able to attend more meeting to represent the club and keep the club up on current issues we are facing.
Second, I would like to thank everyone who showed up at the First Annual Everglades Cleanup. The event was a big success and we had a GREAT turnout for it being our first work event in a long time. We filled then 30 yard dumpster up about 90% before the end of the day. And most of that being cans and bottles that we collected and put in garbage bags, it showed how hard the volunteers worked in such a short period of time. The cookout that followed was great, and it only rained on us for a short time, with storm’s blowing all around us. Two FWC officers even stopped by to commend us on a good effort to clean up the area. I am looking forward to our next club work event to come in the near future. If you have an idea of a project that we need to do, please come to the next general meeting and bring it up to the club.
Last but not least, we finally have the 50/50 raffle tickets that we will be giving away at our next Airboat Show in March. We will be bringing them to the next club meeting and I hope everyone in the club help to sell tickets. If everyone in the club sold just one book of tickets, this raffle will probably be the best we ever had. Jimmy Newton, Frank Herbert, Debbie Herbert, and Mike Reaves already got a jump start selling tickets at the Bass Pro Fall Hunting Classic. They all gave up their whole weekend to sell tickets and support the club. They sold 10 books on their first outing and had a good time doing it, except for the makeup comment that Frank got. So it you have any events that we can sell tickets at, please step up to the plate and let’s make this raffle a BIG success.
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The Everglades Coordinating Council (ECC) is an umbrella organization for almost every sportsmen's/conservation clubs in South Florida. Our membership is concentrated in the South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) and we have enjoyed these lands/waters since the 1940's.
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The Florida Airboat Association, Inc. is an umbrella statewide sportsman organization of airboat related businesses, organizations, and clubs. We actively promote safe boating while protecting our natural resources.
The FAA demonstrates a long tradition as leaders in conservation, humanitarian aid and protection of Florida's native habitats by both word of mouth and actions of it's members.
The purpose of the FAA is to unite the airboating community for our common good, to protect and promote our traditional and cultural outdoor recreational opportunities such as airboating, hunting, fishing, and camping.
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| Important Information Regarding Distribution of Information
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2 pieces of important member information:
First and foremost - A HUGE THANK YOU to Laura McWaters (sorry about the spelling Laura) for helping me get the program that will now enable our club to email our newsletter to our members!!!! You ROCK Laura!
2nd - in an effort to ensure that we have current information on our members, we are asking (ok..maybe begging) you to provide us with your current and accurate information (mailing address, phone number and email address). This is the only way what we are able to communicate with a large amount of you that don't attend our meetings, so if we don't have good info for you, you don't get good info from us!
Make sure you email the club at browardairboat@bellsouth.net with your current mailing/phone/email. We would appreciate it!
Thank you!
Melody Orth
Secretary
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The Florida Wildlife Federation is a private, statewide, non-profit citizens' conservation education organization composed of thousands of concerned Floridians and other citizens from all walks of life who have a common interest in preserving, managing, and improving Florida's fish, wildlife, soil, water, and plant life.
As the State Affiliate of the National Wildlife Federation, FWF has been improving Florida's wildlife since 1937.
The "Goal" of the Federation is to be the leader in promoting, through education and political action, the conservation, restoration, sound management, and wise and ethical use of Florida's natural resources, to the end that present and future Floridians may live, work and pursue traditional outdoor activities in an outstanding natural environment.
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The Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission came into existence on July 1, 1999 - the result of a constitutional amendment approved in the 1998 General Election as part of the package proposed by the Constitution Revision Commission.
In the implementation of the Constitutional Amendment, the Florida Legislature combined all of the staff and Commissioners of the former Marine Fisheries Commission, elements of the Divisions of Marine Resources and Law Enforcement of the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, and all of the employees and Commissioners of the former Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission.
Five years later, after consulting stakeholders, employees and other interested parties, the FWC adopted a new internal structure to address complex conservation issues of the new century. The new structure focuses on programs, such as habitat management, that affect numerous species. It will focus on moving the decision-making process closer to the public and did not require any additional funding or additional positions.
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