. Conservation : Department of Conservation analysis of recommendations. Natural resources; Conservation of natural resources; Natural resources; Conservation of natural resources; Conservation Congress. INTRODUCTION Conservation Congress is an unprecedented constituency outreach effort to bring together representatives ot all the interest groups that the Department of Conservation serves. The process provides an opportunity tor the constituents to recommend actions to address issues of critical importance to constituents. Caucuses are held in each of the Department's five adm
. Conservation : Department of Conservation analysis of recommendations. Natural resources; Conservation of natural resources; Natural resources; Conservation of natural resources; Conservation Congress. INTRODUCTION Conservation Congress is an unprecedented constituency outreach effort to bring together representatives ot all the interest groups that the Department of Conservation serves. The process provides an opportunity tor the constituents to recommend actions to address issues of critical importance to constituents. Caucuses are held in each of the Department's five administrative regions. Constituent group representatives identify and prioritize issues to be addressed bv the Congress. Potential solutions to those issues also are generated at the caucuses. Seventy delegates are elected to represent regional interests at the Congress, and 48 groups are invited bv Director Brent Manning to name a delegate to represent that group's interests at the Congress — for a total of 118 delegates. Issues are assigned to one of six work teams, composed of statewide and regional delegates and representatives of groups that participated in the regional caucuses. These teams refine and elaborate potential solutions generated at the caucuses. Work teams prioritize the rec- ommendations, which are then assigned to one of six committees at Conservation Congress. Conservation Congress convenes in Springfield. The weekend is modeled on the legislative process, giving constituents an opportunity to be directly involved in governmental decision-making. Delegates are assigned to committees where they review work team recommen- dations — accepting, rejecting or amending those recommendations and prioritizing final recommendations, which are voted on during the Assembly of Delegates on Sunday. On the final day of the Congress, delegates assemble in the House ot Representatives chamber to vote on committee recommendations. The final recommendation package is presen
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