Association of Partners for Public Lands
   Engaging the public in caring for our nation's natural and cultural resources

Upcoming APPL Events

Portland Pathways 2005, APPL Convention & Trade Show, March 6-10, Portland, OR.

Scholarships for the convention are available to APPL Members. Applications are available for download in the Members' Area (password protected). More>>

Chesapeake Bay Gateways Network Conference, April 4-6, 2005, Holiday Inn Select, Solomons, Maryland.
 

APPL Initiatives & Issues

• Strategic Planning
  Representatives from 23 APPL member organizations gathered in Mesa, Arizona in October to advance APPL’s strategic planning efforts.  APPL’s board of directors met for an additional two days following the facilitated forum to begin drafting of a strategic plan for APPL. This draft plan will be shared first with forum participants and then with the entire APPL membership and with agency partners. Strategic directions requiring additional discussion or changes to APPL’s bylaws will be discussed during the Portland Pathways 2005 convention in March.
  
  Driving Forces
  Information on trends affecting APPL, its members and partners has been developed as a reference. Used in APPL planning forum, it cites “driving forces” in the external environment grouped into 20 categories ranging from politics and the economy to state and federal land management agencies, to various types of nonprofit organizations. A list of websites and references for future trend-watching appears at the end of the paper.
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• Standardized Reporting Task Force
  Comprised of representatives of APPL member organizations and each of the public land agencies this task force was formed to draft a standardized agency reporting form that cooperating associations, interpretive associations, and friends organizations could use to report their contributions to their agency partners. More>>