Friends Academy Application

Friends Academy Application
3-2565-friends-academy-application-ver-02-2024-w-omb-exp-date-508.pdf289.81 KB

Friends Academy is an advanced training program for board members and staff of Friends organizations who are beyond the formative stages of development. The purpose of the Academy is to cultivate emerging Friends leaders by providing a broader understanding of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) and enhancing skills to increase the effectiveness of Friends/Service partnerships. 

Friends Academy takes place in a classroom setting with both lecture/discussion and interactive/participatory presentations by many knowledgeable professionals, including but not limited to other Friends, Service staff, and others.

Author(s)
Publication date
Type of document
Form
Media Usage Rights/License
Public Domain
Program
A bright blue sky obstructed by fluffy white clouds reflected off of a stream shot from inside a kayak
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service manages an unparalleled network of public lands and waters called the National Wildlife Refuge System. With more than 570 refuges spanning the country, this system protects iconic species and provides some of the best wildlife viewing opportunities on Earth.
Program
Washington,DC
Friends of the Refuge Headwaters holding tree tubes outside.
A Friends partnership is made up of a nonprofit Friends organization and a national wildlife refuge or national fish hatchery. All refuge Friends organizations share the same primary mission: the support of a national wildlife refuge, a complex of refuges or a program of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife...
Program