Transcript Wildlife Branch Mission

Fort Bragg
Wildlife
Branch
Enjoy the Woods.
Connecting Soldiers and
Families with Nature....
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Purpose of the Briefing
Short Overview of Bragg Volunteer Partnerships
• Values and Intent
– Build lasting relationships among constituents
– Give users meaningful ways to contribute to conservation
– Accomplish resource management
• Challenges
– Keep them all pointed in the same general direction
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Volunteer Oversight
• Human Intelligence Levels Vary
Applies to Government Staff as well???
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Legal Stuff
• Sign Up as Volunteers with Installation Volunteer program
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Simple job description
Volunteer program instills concept of a job and dependability
Workmen’s Comp
Easier Installation Access
• Create / maintain group affiliations and sign them up as sanctioned Installation
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Gives additional insurance liability coverage
Allows to meet on post
Makes work direction much easier through group leader or habitat committee
Gives staff and quick reference for volunteer queries rather than address each
person and keep them employed
– Ex Wounded Warriors
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Volunteer Programs
• QDMA – Quality Deer Management Association
• Military Warrior Support Foundation
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Wounded Warrior Hunts
Youth of Deployed Soldier Hunts
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Fishing Derbies and Classes
Mentoring- firearm training- hunting skills
Disabled Hunter Blinds
• Bass Busters and Wounded Warrior
• Ducks Unlimited
• Wetlands Creation
• Wood Duck Boxes
• Beaver Levelors
• Eagle Scout Projects
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You name it!
Fox Squirrel Houses
Duck/Owl/Bird houses
Fish Structure
Fishing Piers/Signs/Benches
• Fort Bragg Quail Unlimited
• 1000’s of hours
• Covey Kid’s Day!!
• Serious Ag and equipment Work
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QDMA – Quality Deer Management Association &
Military Warrior Support Foundation
• QDMA /MWSF
• Wounded Warrior
Hunts
• Youth of Deployed
Soldier Hunts
• Mentoring- firearm
training- hunting
skills
• Disabled Hunter
Blinds
• Food Plot Plantings
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Bragg Bass Busters Fishing 101 &
Wounded Warrior Fly Fishing Classes
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Partnerships in the Making
Fort Bragg and Ducks Unlimited
Wetland habitat evaluation, design, and creation
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Fort Bragg Chapter of DU
Boy Scouts Troops and Eagle Scouts
Beaver Pond and
Impoundment
Management
•Water level Manipulation
•Wildlife Food Enhancement
•Road Crossing Co-existence
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Fort Bragg Chapter of DU
Boy Scouts Troops and Eagle Scouts
Wood Duck Box
Program
• 160+ Wood Duck Boxes
installed and maintained on Fort
Bragg.
• Many installed and maintained
by Boy Scouts
• Currently maintained by Fort
Bragg Chapter of Ducks
Unlimited.
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Boy Scouts Troops and Eagle Scouts
All Sorts of Projects
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You name it!
Fox Squirrel Houses
Duck/Owl/Bird houses
Fishing Piers
Bulletin Boards/Signs
Benches / Boardwalks
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Boy Scouts Troops and Eagle Scouts
• Even More: Fish Structure
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Bragg Quail Unlimited
now Bragg Quail Group / Gang??
• COVEY KIDS DAY - SIMPLY AWESOME!
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Bragg Quail Unlimited
now Bragg Quail Group / Gang??
Serious Heavy Lifting: Tractor Work
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Bragg Quail Unlimited
now Bragg Quail Group / Gang??
Wildlife Opening and Brush Pile Creation
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Bragg Quail Unlimited
now Bragg Quail Group / Gang??
Thousands of Hours
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Volunteer Programs
• Lots more photos and stories on the
Bragg Facebook Page
Connecting Soldiers and
Families with Nature....
Enjoy the Woods.