[PCA] FW: NPCC News: Florida Native Plant Society Publishes Handbook on Working With Legislators

[Emily Roberson]

Native Plant Conservation Campaign News: Florida NPS publishes Policy and Advocacy Handbook  <https://www.fnps.org/assets/docs/docs/policy_advocacy_handbook_2019_final.pdf> to help native plant advocates effectively engage with their state legislators.

February 11, 2020

 

  <https://ymlpmail2.net/imgz/09yp_FNPSPolicyHandbook.jpg> The Florida Native Plant Society has developed a Policy and Advocacy Handbook <https://www.fnps.org/assets/docs/docs/policy_advocacy_handbook_2019_final.pdf>  to help its members lobby state legislators to protect, conserve, and restore the native plants and native plant communities of Florida. The Handbook includes information on how to contact legislators from meetings to e mail, provides examples of call scripts, letters, talking points, taking legislators on field trips and much more!

 

The Handbook contains information that will be useful in all states and also in working with federal elected officials. It may also be a useful template for other NPSs to develop their own state-specific handbooks.

 

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Table of Contents

 

Introduction

Step 1: Know your legislators

Step 2: Contact your legislators

Step 3: Relationship building

Step 4: In the District

Other Ways to Take Action

Appendices: Tools & Resources

 Creating your Message

 FNPS Talking Points

 Connecting Policy Issues to Conservation Land

 Requesting a meeting - Template

 Before: Role Playing

 Before the Meeting: Preparation

 During the Meeting

 Handouts: Tips, Ideas, and Concepts

 Field Trip Invitation Email - Template

 Call Script - Template

 Florida Native Plant Society Legislator Letter - Template

 About Florida Forever

 

Photo: Mangroves Protecting Florida’s Coast © Shirley Denton

 

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Emily B. Roberson, Ph.D.

Native Plant Conservation Campaign <http://plantsocieties.cnps.org/> 

415 531 4439

emilyr@ <mailto:emilyr at plantsocieties.org> plantsocieties.org <mailto:emilyr at plantsocieties.org> 

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