Idaho Nonprofit Center Leadership Summit

Three-part leadership trainings available in the Treasure Valley June-August and the Moscow area August-October

The Idaho Nonprofit Center and the Idaho Community Foundation are pleased to continue the Nonprofit Leadership Summit. Generously supported by the MJ Murdock Charitable Trust and the Kissler Family Foundation, the program is designed to strengthen and support Idaho nonprofit organizations to deliver more effective programs and sustain their operations through training in leadership development, board development, strategic planning, fundraising, and more.

Unique in its scope, the Nonprofit Leadership Summit brings together a select core of nonprofit leaders and board members for three dynamic sessions over a three-month period. Participants will learn from locally and nationally known experts, share ideas with their colleagues and peers and graduate from the program with knowledge to guide their organizations to new levels of growth and sustainability.

Participants who successfully complete the program will be eligible for grant funds to use in furthering their organization's sustainability efforts through board or staff development, strategic planning, and more.

Learn more and register here

Call for submissions: Fish and wildlife habitat films

A team from NFHP and the Fish Habitat Section of AFS are organizing a film festival for the joint AFS/TWS annual meeting taking place in Reno September 29-October 3, 2019 (https://afstws2019.org/). They are looking for film submissions to help convey the many benefits that come from supporting the habitat needs of our treasured fish and wildlife.

Reno-vating Habitat for Fish and Wildlife: A Film Festival Highlighting Collaborative Habitat Conservation and Its Benefits is a 2-day session that will feature films showcasing examples where resource practitioners and others come together to protect, restore and enhance freshwater, coastal and terrestrial habitats that support the needs of fish and wildlife. This unique session will use film to share the stories capturing how landowners, anglers, hunters, volunteers, local communities, tribes, federal and state agencies, scientists and others are working together across the country to solve challenges and successfully conserve many of America’s treasured species. Film categories will include fish and wildlife habitat conservation projects, target on-the-ground restoration examples, and include other films that capture the dynamic landscapes and unique habitats that are home to our fish and wildlife. This session is intended to offer a unique opportunity for meeting attendees to collaborate and learn about successful conservation stories from across the country. 

It is envisioned that films will be shown at a minimum of one time during the festival event, and depending upon the total amount of films collected, films may be shown more than once to accommodate multiple viewing opportunities over the course of the allowed symposia timeframe. In addition, a selection of films may be shown one night during the week to the public at a local venue in the Reno area.

Film submission guidelines and the submission information form are attached; the film submission information form is due April 1, 2019.

Please contact Deborah Hart (Southeast Alaska Fish Habitat Partnership, coordinator@sealaskafishhabitat.org /907-723-0258) or Tom Lang, (AFS Fish Habitat Section, Tom.Lang@tpwd.texas.gov) for more details. 

Save the Date: ICOLT Spring Gathering May 13-14, 2019

Please mark you calendars for the spring gathering of the Idaho Coalition of Land Trusts on Monday May 13 – Tuesday, May 14.  

We will meet at the beautiful Teton Valley Lodge near Driggs.  Our time together will begin at 3pm on Monday, with a full day of sessions on Tuesday, followed by an evening closing reception and dinner.  There are many lodging options in the Driggs area, but the local recommendation is the fabulous Super 8 Driggs. 

Our program will focus on new funding through the Pacific Northwest Resilient Landscapes Initiative, training on science tools for integrating climate science with land conservation, and setting ICOLT’s communications and policy course for the coming year.  Look for a detailed agenda in April.

The meeting is timed so that you can also attend the Heart of the Rockies Initiative meeting on May 15-16 in Pinedale, Wyoming.