THE NATIONAL CONSERVATION AGENDA
 TROUT UNLIMITED CANADA launched the National Conservation Agenda in the fall of 2006. This agenda sets the strategic structure, policies and programs for the organization — from chapters to National — and is the result of enormous efforts of the National Resource Board as well as TUC’s members, chapters and staff.
The National Resource Board (NRB) is composed of various experts in the areas of fisheries, fish management and habitat conservation, and was constituted to provide advice and direction for Trout Unlimited Canada with respect to policy development and strategy.
The National Resource Board undertook the responsibility for the development of a National Conservation Agenda for TUC in 2004 with two major initiatives: the launching of a series of self-facilitated grassroots workshops, and a face-to-face facilitated NRB Strategic Workshop to develop the framework for the National Conservation Agenda. The next steps were the development of proceedings of the workshop, then production of a summary document outlining a proposed structure for the National Conservation Agenda. The NRB held a second workshop in September 2005 to finalize the structure and content of the National Conservation Agenda for TUC. The NRB presented this finalized National Conservation Agenda to TUC’s Board of Directors, who approved it at their December 2006 meeting.
The National Conservation Agenda is comprised of a set of working documents, or briefs. These briefs provide detail on the policy components of Trout Unlimited Canada’s interests in conservation, and the proposed program structure that will aid in the fulfillment of TUC’s mission and mandate. The core conservation themes recommended by the NRB to guide all TUC’s conservation activities moving forward are:
• water quality;
• water quantity;
• habitat management and restoration;
• fish community management and restoration.
The substantive themes are a synthesis of the recommended core areas of interest to TUC from a review of a long list of issues, provided both by our chapters and the workshop participants.
NCA DOCUMENTS
Trout Unlimited Canada’s National Conservation Agenda is composed of four documents. These briefs stress the need for TUC, its Board of Directors and members to understand the critical need to link program components with consideration of organizational development in order to properly implement the NCA. Briefs 1 and 2 articulate policy in regards to both programs and the process of policy/program development. Briefs 3 and 4 articulate the proposed program base to promote policies and program development and implementation in order for TUC to operationalize its National Conservation Agenda.
To download or view these NCA briefs, click on the appropriate icon or title below:
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| 1. The Foundation of Policy and Program Development
This brief articulates the policyand goals for each NCA core theme with associated implications.
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| 2. Program Structure of the National Conservation Agenda
This brief outlines and briefly describes a set of program areas for each theme area, including specific objectives and proposed outcomes.
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| 3. The Process Basis for Policy Development
This brief outlines the suggested processes necessary to develop policy, determine implementation approaches and communicate these policies to members, staff and public.
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| 4. Program Process and Organizational Structure to Implement the NCA
This brief outlines the approach, tools and suggested organizational structure necessary to develop and implement programs for all three levels of the organization: national, provincial and chapter. |
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National Resource Board
Dr. Bruce Dancik
Professor and Director of the Devonian Botanical Gardens; Editor-in-Chief of NRC Research Press
Rev. Stephen Booth
Canon, Anglican Church of Canada
Frank Dalziel
Environmental Resources Coordinator, TUC;
Malaspina University-College
Ron Pearson, LLB
Board Member, Wings of Providence Society; Sustaining Member of the Nature Conservancy of Canada
Tom Adamchick
Member of Canadian Fly Fishing Team; Field Editor, Outdoor Canada magazine
Dr. Allen Curry
Director, Canadian Rivers Institute; Professor of Biology, UNB; Associate Professor of Biology and Forestry and Environmental Management; Professor of Recreational Fisheries Research Assistant
Bill Curry
President, Tuskett River Chapter, TUC
Dr. Paul Kariya
Executive Director, Pacific Salmon Foundation
Dr. Kristy Ciruna
A/Director, Conservation Science and Stewardship, Nature Conservancy of Canada
Dr. Stephen Born
Professor Emeritus, Department of Regional and Urban Planning, University of Wisconsin/Madison; Past Chair, National Resource Board, Trout Unlimited (USA)
Dr. Alex Bielak
Director, Science Liaison Branch, National Water Research Institute Environment Canada
Lorne Fitch
Retired, Provincial Riparian Specialist, Alberta Riparian Habitat Management Program
Dr. Henry Murkin
Director of Conservation Programs, Ducks Unlimited Canada
Todd Dupuis
Regional Operations Director, Atlantic Salmon Federation
Jim Van Tine
Director, Haig-Brown Institute
Patrice LeBlanc
Director, Habitat Programs, Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Greg Shyba
Water Flagship Leader
Alberta Research Council
Jack Imhof
National Biologist, Trout Unlimited Canada;
Secretary to NRB
Douglas Cressman
CEO, Trout Unlimited Canada
(Non-voting member)
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