{"id":54242,"date":"2024-04-02T13:51:59","date_gmt":"2024-04-02T18:51:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wisducks.org\/?page_id=54242"},"modified":"2024-04-02T13:51:59","modified_gmt":"2024-04-02T18:51:59","slug":"positive-thinking","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/atomiccoffee.com\/WWA\/positive-thinking\/","title":{"rendered":"Positive Thinking"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a ref=\"magnificPopup\" href=\"https:\/\/atomiccoffee.com\/WWA\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Bruce-Ross.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-49001\" src=\"https:\/\/atomiccoffee.com\/WWA\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Bruce-Ross-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>By Bruce Ross, Executive Director [email]bross@wisducks.org[\/email]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>This article originally appeared in Wisconsin Waterfowl Association\u2019s April, 2024 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisducks.org\/newsletter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Newsletter<\/a>\u00a0edition.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a ref=\"magnificPopup\" href=\"https:\/\/atomiccoffee.com\/WWA\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/WWA_Property_Assessment_Map_Spring_24.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-53891\" src=\"https:\/\/atomiccoffee.com\/WWA\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/WWA_Property_Assessment_Map_Spring_24.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"424\" \/><\/a>I like to give an update on what\u2019s happening in your WWA with each newsletter.\u00a0 But it\u2019s getting to be so much that I\u2019m just gonna give you the bulleted highlights:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Check out the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisducks.org\/wwa-public-lands-initiative-one-year-in\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">one-year review<\/a> of our pubic lands wetland restoration program put together by ecologist Anna Rzchowski.<\/li>\n<li>Our easement monitoring partnership with the NRCS is gathering steam &#8211; Anna\u2019s got a hand on that tiller too!<\/li>\n<li>Ecologist Mark Pfost is moving forward on two public land restoration projects: <a href=\"https:\/\/dnr.wisconsin.gov\/topic\/Lands\/WildlifeAreas\/navarino.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Navarino Wildlife Area<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/dnr.wisconsin.gov\/topic\/Lands\/WildlifeAreas\/peterhelland\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Peter Helland Wildlife Area<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Did I mention Peter Ziegler (WWA) just got a $100K <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fws.gov\/program\/north-american-wetlands-conservation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NAWCA<\/a> (North American Wetlands Conservation Act) grant for private lands work, complementing an earlier NAWCA grant we partnered with Pheasants Forever on!<\/li>\n<li>Our wood duck nesting box program is booming, including on-line sales of nearly 60 boxes that will keep the program funded through next year &#8211; and producing more ducks!<\/li>\n<li>We continue to advance the legislative consideration of a<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisducks.org\/sandhill-crane-hunt-in-wisconsin-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> sustainable and ethical sandhill crane hunt<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>WWA had a strong presence at the Eau Claire outdoors show, with the goal of re-establishing a presence there.<\/li>\n<li>EXPO sponsors and vendors are returning in big numbers &#8211; they see how quickly it is growing and want to be a part of it.<\/li>\n<li>Speaking of EXPO &#8211; mark your calendars now for Saturday 24 August. Expect an even <a href=\"https:\/\/waterfowlhuntersexpo.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bigger and better EXPO<\/a> this year, including a new Women\u2019s Zone.\u00a0 Will always need staffing help.<\/li>\n<li>WWA and our two wood duck science curriculum teachers are being feted by a state-wide organization for excellence. More to follow next month.<\/li>\n<li>We just had three great &#8211; and successful &#8211; fundraising events run by the Fox Valley Chapter, West Allis and Green Bay chapters!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Of course there\u2019s more.<\/p>\n<p>What strikes me as I read the list:\u00a0 With the exception of the NAWCA grant, <strong><em>EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THESE SUCCESSES WAS MADE POSSIBLE DUE TO THE DEDICATION AND CREATIVITY OF WWA VOLUNTEERS. <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Wait, what?!?<\/p>\n<p>Yep.\u00a0 WWA volunteers were the direct instigators of our PLE program, of the EXPO, of our Waterfowlers Academy initiative, of the wood duck box program and the rest!<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s a big part of what I love about WWA.\u00a0 We are small, with a lot of needs, and no big bureaucracy.\u00a0 Our impact is driven by committed volunteers. \u00a0Match talent and energy with need and invariably, <u>good things happen<\/u>.<\/p>\n<p>If you want to make good things happen, let me know. We need the help.<\/p>\n<p>Bruce<\/p>\n[email]bross@wisducks.org[\/email]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Bruce Ross, Executive Director [email]bross@wisducks.org[\/email] This article originally appeared in Wisconsin Waterfowl Association\u2019s April, 2024 Newsletter\u00a0edition. I like to give an update on what\u2019s happening in your WWA with each newsletter.\u00a0 But it\u2019s getting to be so much that I\u2019m just gonna give you the bulleted highlights: Check out the one-year review of our&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-54242","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atomiccoffee.com\/WWA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/54242","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/atomiccoffee.com\/WWA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/atomiccoffee.com\/WWA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atomiccoffee.com\/WWA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atomiccoffee.com\/WWA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54242"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/atomiccoffee.com\/WWA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/54242\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atomiccoffee.com\/WWA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}