WDFW Invites Comment on the DRAFT 2011-2017 WDFW Strategic Plan
“The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) wants your input as we develop our 2011-2017 Strategic Plan. We’re particularly interested in your views on priority strategies, initiatives and projects the agency should focus on in the coming biennium, July 2011- June 2013.
This planning process informs and helps guide development of the budget request proposal we will submit to the state Office of Financial Management this fall. Specifically, we’d like to hear your concerns and proposed solutions to help protect and manage the state’s fish, wildlife and their habitats. What should we work on? What needs to be fixed?
The draft Strategic Plan posted on the WDFW website provides WDFW leaders’ initial assessment of high-priority needs and describes ways we intend to address those needs. We welcome your suggestions on strategies and ideas for specific projects and activities to achieve the Goals and Objectives for 2011-17, beginning on page 18.
We’ve included our current list of strategic projects for the 2009-11 biennium in Appendix A of the draft as an example of what we’re looking for.
In these economically challenging times, we recognize that we cannot meet all fish and wildlife management needs. We have lost nearly 31 percent of our state General Fund support and been forced to cut 10 percent of our staff in the current 2009-11 biennium. Further reductions are anticipated in the coming 2011-13 biennium. These reductions affect vital fish and wildlife management activities, such as hatchery fish production, game population surveys, recovery efforts for at-risk species, maintenance of state wildlife lands that provide habitat and recreation opportunities, and habitat protection and restoration.
Achieving our strategic goals will depend on our ability to make tough choices in prioritizing and allocating resources. Now, more than ever, we must make the most of limited resources and that’s why we’re asking you, our stakeholders, for feedback to help us make those difficult choices.
Conserving our natural resources and providing sustainable recreational and commercial opportunities are the agency’s mandates and we will continue to do our best to accomplish our mission in these difficult times. We will keep our long term goals in sight and continue to focus on priorities as we move forward.”
You may submit your comments online, or by e-mail strategic@dfw.wa.gov.
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Thanks for putting this out, Hannah!
You are welcome KJ. Thanks for bringing this to our attention and being a crusader for Washington waters.