Would You Like To Join Us?

Please note update below and stay tuned for new venue. At press time, we did not have the changes, so please check with dburt@azgfd.gov.

An Invitation From Doug Burt

AZGFD Recruitment, Retention, Reactivation (R3) Manager

dburt@azgfd.gov

Come join us for our summer two-day Hunting Angling Heritage Workshop Group (HAHWG) gathering, originally scheduled for July 9-10. (See update below.) .RSVP so I can get enough food and drink, thanks to Hunting Works for Arizona and Wildlife for Tomorrow: https://www.register-ed.com/events/view/183259.

Details:

• Early arrivals on Friday are welcome.

• Saturday: Noon - 5 p.m. with a working lunch, host dinner, and social hour.

• Sunday: 7 a.m. Host Breakfast, then 8 a.m.-noon meeting and work session.

Some Key Agenda Items:

• Group Discussion - 1, 2 & 3 year planning, direction & improvements for growth / sustainability

• National Pulse Report & Discussion

• Special Guest Presentation - staying relevant

• Marketing Successes and Increased Public Awareness

• Seasonal Effort Report for HAHWG R3

• Angling R3 Efforts, growth and future

• North American Model - Creative Approaches for Dinner Party - Discussion & Brainstorm

• 2022-23 Resources and planning for season success

• Round robin

Update

The Pipeline Fire in Flagstaff has resulted in closures until further notice by the Coconino National Forest; that includes the Arizona Nordic Village, which is where we host Summer HAHWG. At this time, the Nordic Center is telling customers with events through mid-July to seek an alternate location. Our event is July 8-10. So, we are looking into options:

1. Find an alternate location - that still allows a two-day, outdoor, overnight event, preferable in the cool air and pine trees, sites being considered:

o The Arboretum - called, they are booked

o Raymond Ranch

o NAU Centennial Forest facility - new, researching

o Other ideas - email, dburt@azgfd.gov

2. Push out our meeting date, to allow for monsoons to do their work; move past 4th of July fire restrictions, and meet at Nordic either July 22-24, or July 29-31? I need to check on site availability and caterer, but this could be the best option.