From Gene Coan:


Gene,
Would you please post this recruitment announcement of February 7 for a 
second time. Our time deadline is next Friday, the 24th. We have had no 
responses at all.
Dick Worthen,
WPST member, Chair of Search Com, Liaison to Marine Committee

CALL FOR NOMINATIONS TO THE NATIONAL MARINE WILDLIFE AND HABITAT COMMITTEE
The national Marine Wildlife and Habitat Committee is recruiting additional 
members to work on issues such as aquaculture, coastal zone management, 
marine protected areas, marine mammals, coastal water pollution, marine 
fisheries, offshore energy issues, and ocean governance reform. We are 
looking for volunteers who have some background in marine issues. In 
addition, we are looking to fill in geographic balance with the existing 
committee membership. It is important that applicants have the time and 
commitment to work on marine issues.
Appointments will be made by the Wild Planet Strategy Team, which supervises 
the Marine Committee. All applicants should have a demonstrated ability to 
work within a committee structure, including frequent consultation and 
communication with fellow committee members by phone and email. Face to face 
meetings occur every year or two. The committee covers issues that are 
national in scope so members frequently are involved in the analysis of and 
action on federal legislation in cooperation with the Club's Conservation 
Department, especially the DC office. The committee will typically have 9 
members. Current committee members are: Caroline Karp, Rhode Island; John 
Swingle, Florida; Vivian Newman, Maine; and Tonya Huff, California.
The committee's work includes the following:
*** permanent protection of environmentally sensitive areas now covered by a 
moratorium on offshore oil leasing and development;
*** implementation and reauthorization of the Sustainable Fisheries Act, 
with emphasis on protecting Essential Fish Habitat, and overfishing, and 
bycatch;
*** implementation and reauthorization of the Coastal Zone Management Act, 
with emphasis on the "consistency" provision, the coastal nonpoint pollution 
control program and Estuarine Research Reserves;
*** strengthened management of Marine Sanctuaries and Estuarine Research 
Reserves for increased protection of marine and coastal ecosystems and 
biodiversity, and promote establishment of new federal and state Marine 
Protected Areas (MPAs) and Marine Managed Areas (MMAs);
*** implementation and reauthorization of the Marine Mammals Protection Act, 
review and comment on federal actions related to marine mammals such as NMFS 
listing of endangered or threatened species, federal dolphin-safe tuna 
regimes, and US
Navy active sonar programs that may endanger marine mammals and other ocean 
wildlife; monitoring international agreements affecting marine mammals such 
as the International Convention on the Regulation of Whaling;
*** implementation of the President's Executive Order establishing the U.S. 
Coral Reef Task Force, and strengthening coral reef protection through local 
action;
*** establish greater protections for natural coastal and marine habitat and 
biodiversity through initiatives to limit the negative environmental impacts 
of aqua and marine culture
*** build national and regional networks to support the work of chapters and 
groups on other coastal/marine issues as needed, including coastal 
development, shoreline erosion, ports and navigational dredging; provide 
information, technical assistance, and referrals.
Sierra Club of Canada members are not eligible to apply. Please contact 
Sierra Club Canada at [log in to unmask] for information on Canadian 
participation. If you would like to nominate yourself or someone else for 
membership on the Marine Committee, please fill out the application form 
below and send the application to:
Richard Worthen, Chair of Marine Search Committee
Wild Planet Strategy Team
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Deadline for applications is March 24, 2006
APPLICATION FORM

1. Name, address, phones, e-mail address, and best times to reach you:

2. Sierra Club Membership # and renewal date:

3. Sierra Club activities and leadership positions held, with dates:
4. Other relevant environmental experience and qualifications:

5. Statement of interest in serving on the Marine Committee (150 words max 
please):
6. What particular skills and abilities will you being to this endeavor?

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