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    • CommitteesFRENCHMAN BAY COMMITTEES Frenchman Bay Planning Committee A Frenchman Bay Planning Committee emerged from the stakeholder meetings in 2010. The committee met regularly in late 2010 and 2011 to determine next steps toward creation of a Frenchman Bay Plan. A number of subcommittees have formed from this group to take on particular tasks, including retreat planning and web site development. Minutes of Meetings December 16th, 2011 November 29th, 2010 January 26th, 2011 April 6th, 2011 June 27th, 2011 September 28th, 2011 January 27th, 2012 February 23rd, 2012
    • By-lawsBy-laws click here for a copy of the by-laws History The Frenchman Bay Partners Planning Committee [link] grew out of initial stakeholder meetings in 2010. This group was focused on developing a bay plan through late fall of 2011.  An initial draft of the Frenchman Bay Plan [link] was completed in February 2012.  At this point, the Planning Committee recognized that it was functioning more as a Steering Committee, not only working on bay planning but also trying to define how the group would work together in the future.  In March 2012, by-laws were adopted by the group to govern how Frenchman Bay Partners (FBP) would continue to work together to ensure a healthy future for Frenchman Bay. Synopsis Below is a brief synopsis of the Frenchman Bay Partners By-laws.  For the complete document click here Activities In furtherance of the mission and vision, the FBP will: Facilitate the exchange of information and ideas among stakeholders Encourage collaborative projects and planning efforts Support science and research Educate and engage communities Organization Partners may be organizations or individuals To become a partner, a person must register with the FBP A partner organization must identify one primary representative Other members of the organization may become individual partners Votes…
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    • What is a Partner?Partnership: What does it mean to be a partner? You or your organization Support the vision of the Frenchman Bay Partners Provide Resources to the Frenchman Bay Partners Have time, space, or ideas to share with the Frenchman Bay Partners   What are the benefits of joining the Frenchman Bay Partners? Opportunities for collaboration on projects E-mail updates on efforts and opportunities to protect and restore bay resources Access to a partner web page for posting information Collaborative grant-writing and fundraising with other partners Join now
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    • Conservation PlanningConservation Action Planning Frenchman Bay stakeholders explored the need for conservation planning at meetings held on March 30th, 2010 and November 10th, 2010. In January 2011, the Frenchman Bay Planning Committee decided to move forward using an adaptive management process developed by the Conservation Measures Partnership  http://www.conservationmeasures.org/ This process is described in the  document Open Standards for the Practice of Conservation, which will be used to guide our actions as we work toward a sustainable bay. Being able to determine whether actions to conserve habitats and species are working is critical to the success of any conservation effort. As we create a bay plan, we will develop goals that have measurable outcomes, and we will define the methods by which we will monitor the success of our conservation actions.       The main components of the Open Standards are the five steps of the project management cycle. These include:   Developing a vision: What do we want to be happening on our bay as a result of our conservation efforts? Creating a plan that helps to guide progress toward that vision. Setting the plan into action; getting things done and then monitoring the success of our actions Analyzing data and then using…
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      • List of Aquaculture Sites in Frenchman Bay
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        • American Aquafarms Frenchman Bay Project: Media Links
      • Kelp Aquaculture in Frenchman Bay
      • Mussel harvesting in Frenchman Bay
      • Oyster Aquaculture in Frenchman Bay
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    • Planning Event DocumentsStakeholder Meetings December 16th, 2011 Meeting minutes Upper Frenchman Bay Stakeholder Meeting — March 30, 2010 Agenda Final Report Handout Stakeholder Meeting — November 10th, 2010 Summary Full Report Survey
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Frenchman Bay Partners will be carrying out the projects defined in the goals of the Frenchman Bay Plan (see minutes from the goal setting session here). Current projects  include Community Outreach and Education, Conservation, and producing a Frenchman Bay Plan, a State of the Bay Report, and a Frenchman Bay Atlas.

Projects are beginning in our four conservation target areas:

Eelgrass | Benthic Habitat | Mudflats | Diadromous Fish 

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