NAWM National Wetland Condition Assessment Communication Documents and Templates for Use by States and Tribes

The upcoming public release of the National Wetland Condition Assessment report is an opportunity for states and tribes to promote the work they are doing at the state level to protect and preserve wetlands, as well as highlight specific needs, for program development to protect and conserve state wetland resources.  For this reason, NAWM is providing states and tribes with a set of communications templates for state and tribal use, if desired, to share the purpose and findings of the NWCA while simultaneously tailoring this information for individual states and tribes.  EPA is expected to release the report on the 2016 NWCA findings shortly.  

NAWM provides states and tribes with the following template documents:

• NAWM NWCA Communications Guidance for States and Tribes [PDF]
• NAWM NWCA Template Factsheet [Word]
• NAWM NWCA Template Administrative Briefing [Word]
• NAWM NWCA Template Legislative Brief [Word]
• NAWM NWCA Draft Potential Tweets [Word]
• NAWM NWCA Press Kit Guidance [PDF]
• NAWM NWCA Report Factsheet - Understanding the Key NWCA Findings [PDF]

Providing template communications documents this summer, provides states and tribes time to:

1. Review the templates,
2. Modify and revise the templates to meet specific state/tribal needs,
3. Populate the templates with state-adapted information, photos, stats, links, etc.;
4. Work through the communications approval processes within the state/tribe to have the documents ready for use when the document is released in the fall (reminder that this process can take up to 3 months).

NAWM’s templates have been designed as a starting point for states and tribes.  NAWM encourages those who chose to work with the templates to take the time to revise them to be useful communications tools for an individual state or tribe.  Templates were vetted and improved through a working group and have been updated by NAWM for the the latest NWCA.  They are a product of the National Association of Wetland Managers, not EPA.  They are designed to support state and tribal communications about the NWCA.