If you love wildlife, the outdoors and enjoy working with others to make positive things happen, a meeting is coming up that you won’t want to miss.
On Friday, Oct. 30, Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge Manager Doug Brewer and representatives from refuges in New Jersey and Colorado will meet with current and future volunteers to provide everyone in the community a way to be part of Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge.
Friends groups consist of private citizens who form grassroots non-profit organizations that provide volunteers and financial and advocacy support to their local wildlife refuge on projects ranging from visitor reception to environmental education to wildlife habitat improvement.  Nationwide there are more that 240 refuge support groups.
Ottawa NWR Association, founded in 1999, is ready to grow and expand. To learn more, or to share your ideas, join at 7 p.m. Oct. 30 for coffee and dessert at the Ottawa NWR Visitor Center, at 14000 W. Ohio 2, Oak Harbor. The group will learn about the refuge system and growth of friends groups from Kathy Woodward, a volunteer at Great Swamp NWR in New Jersey and Mike Blenden, refuge manager of the San Luis Valley Refuges in Colorado. On Saturday afternoon, Oct. 31, a follow-up meeting will be held to outline the next steps of development.
To find out more about the weekend events and/or about Ottawa NWR, call 419-898-0014 or visit www.onwra.com.

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