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Posted by cirsisue on August 22, 1999 at 08:25:21:

In Reply to: PARC webpage, I hope posted by Cindy on August 22, 1999 at 07:25:31:

This group sorta scares me in that it want's laws passed that will in all ways(I'm sure of it)will mess things up and make matters worse for us all.What we need is education not more laws that well meaning??? people want to make for us.Just my opinion.Please read this thread on the monitor forum.Here is some of what is going on in the monitor forum of kingsnake.
Jeff Barringer on August 18, 1999 at 08:49:08:
In Reply to: What is PARC? NP posted by paul on August 18, 1999 at 00:03:23:
In June of 1999 a meeting was held by a new
reptile and amphibian conservation group called
PARC. (Partners in Amphibian And Reptile Conservation).
In the last week much has been said and written regarding
PARC., its goals and objectives, and its agenda, hidden or
otherwise.
NRAAC has been in direct communication with PARC
on numerous occasions in the past week in an attempt to
clear up a number of possible misconceptions and
misrepresentations of its goals, purpose and agenda.
PARC has bent over backwards to assist us by providing us
with pre-release versions of notes and documents
created at their meeting.
Here are the questions that NRAAC posed to one of
PARC's founding members, Whit Gibbons, and here
is his response:
________________________________________________
What is PARC
PARC is a grassroots effort--started from the bottom up,
by scientists, citizen activists, and conservationists in the Southeast.
PARC is the most diverse group of individuals and organizations
that have ever assembled to address the problems confronting
reptiles and amphibians on a national and global scale. Diversity
has become a symbol of strength, of health, of well-being in
biological communities, and so it is with societies and organizations.
In PARC we already have representatives of science and education,
of industry and commerce, of state and federal government, and
of conservation societies. We have a mix of people who can
identify the problems, implement the solutions, and provide the
support needed to assure the effective conservation of reptiles and
amphibians.
Who can join P.A.R.C.?
No one will be excluded from contributing to PARC if
they have an agenda of any sort that involves the conservation
of reptiles and amphibians. PARC is destined to have all of
the compromises, disagreements, surprises, successes, and
fulfillment of a strong and honest friendship or even a good
marriage, with productive outcomes that we can put into our
memory files and with an optimism that future outcomes will
lead to an environmental harmony that we can all be proud of.
No matter what reason a person or organization has for
having an agenda that makes them interested in or affected
by reptiles and amphibians, the goal is the same: the problems
must be identified and the best solutions reached for reptiles,
amphibians, and us to live harmoniously in today's world.
What are the goals of PARC?
As individuals with a commitment to PARC, we have various
responsibilities, but a single, central goal. No matter what our
reason for being here, whether for a commercial interest or a
regulatory one, whether our herpetological enthusiasm is in
science and education or just having a reptile or amphibian as a pet,
or whether our primary conservation interests are with another
group of organisms yet realize that a cooperative venture is critical,
we must communicate freely.
PARC is the forum for us to do this vital communication,
among ourselves, including our colleagues in academia,
industry, and government who could not be at this initial
meeting but intend to be involved in the future.
We are not looking for scapegoats, not playing the blame game.
We are looking for partnerships with people who want to do the
right thing, who want to set the score right in the nation's
conservation efforts towards reptiles and amphibians.
The goal of this meeting is to set up a staging ground for the greatest
effort that is possible for the conservation of reptiles and amphibians
in North America and the world. We must leave with a vision of
providing the remedies necessary to correct the environmental
problems that confront this group of animals and their habitats.
It is probably the last chance we have.
___________________________________________________
While it is clear from the attendance, almost omnipresence of
federal and state agencies (See the attendees list at
http://www.uga.edu/~srelherp/parc/attendee.htm) and their
representatives, that much regulatory impact will come from
PARCs working groups in the years to come, their willingness
and openness to invite and listen to any group or individual
no matter what agenda they support, provides the first true
forum for all concerned to work towards GOOD state and federal
policy and/or regulation and legislation.
NRAAC has reviewed the first meetings notes and looks forward
to participating in the fall meeting. In other words NRAAC has
joined the PARC team and supports its goals and principals.
NRAAC and PARC would like to encourage ALL herp societies,
organizations, conservation groups, rescue groups, universities,
zoos, commercial breeders, importers/exporters, manufacturers and
interested private individuals to join PARC and send a representative
to the fall meeting. It is IMPERATIVE that we as responsible
herpetologists and herpetoculturists work WITH PARC to develop
rational sound reptile and amphibian policies for the United States
NOW before its too late.
For more information regarding PARC please stop by their
web page at http://www.uga.edu/~srelherp/parc/parcwb.htm
To join PARC please contact Whit Gibbons by e-mail at
PARC@srel.edu
Steve Bennett of PARC was be NRAAC's guest at our
1st National meeting in Orlando Florida on Friday August 13th
being held in conjunction with the National Reptile Breeders Expo.
NRAAC would like to ask every herp society and organization
to find it within their budgets to send one officer to represent their
group at this meeting to discuss PARC and to discuss Herp Society
participation in NRAAC..
http://www.uga.edu/~srelherp/parc/parcwb.htmJeff Barringer on August 18, 1999 at 08:49:08:
In Reply to: What is PARC? NP posted by paul on August 18, 1999 at 00:03:23:
In June of 1999 a meeting was held by a new
reptile and amphibian conservation group called
PARC. (Partners in Amphibian And Reptile Conservation).
In the last week much has been said and written regarding
PARC., its goals and objectives, and its agenda, hidden or
otherwise.
NRAAC has been in direct communication with PARC
on numerous occasions in the past week in an attempt to
clear up a number of possible misconceptions and
misrepresentations of its goals, purpose and agenda.
PARC has bent over backwards to assist us by providing us
with pre-release versions of notes and documents
created at their meeting.
Here are the questions that NRAAC posed to one of
PARC's founding members, Whit Gibbons, and here
is his response:
________________________________________________
What is PARC
PARC is a grassroots effort--started from the bottom up,
by scientists, citizen activists, and conservationists in the Southeast.
PARC is the most diverse group of individuals and organizations
that have ever assembled to address the problems confronting
reptiles and amphibians on a national and global scale. Diversity
has become a symbol of strength, of health, of well-being in
biological communities, and so it is with societies and organizations.
In PARC we already have representatives of science and education,
of industry and commerce, of state and federal government, and
of conservation societies. We have a mix of people who can
identify the problems, implement the solutions, and provide the
support needed to assure the effective conservation of reptiles and
amphibians.
Who can join P.A.R.C.?
No one will be excluded from contributing to PARC if
they have an agenda of any sort that involves the conservation
of reptiles and amphibians. PARC is destined to have all of
the compromises, disagreements, surprises, successes, and
fulfillment of a strong and honest friendship or even a good
marriage, with productive outcomes that we can put into our
memory files and with an optimism that future outcomes will
lead to an environmental harmony that we can all be proud of.
No matter what reason a person or organization has for
having an agenda that makes them interested in or affected
by reptiles and amphibians, the goal is the same: the problems
must be identified and the best solutions reached for reptiles,
amphibians, and us to live harmoniously in today's world.
What are the goals of PARC?
As individuals with a commitment to PARC, we have various
responsibilities, but a single, central goal. No matter what our
reason for being here, whether for a commercial interest or a
regulatory one, whether our herpetological enthusiasm is in
science and education or just having a reptile or amphibian as a pet,
or whether our primary conservation interests are with another
group of organisms yet realize that a cooperative venture is critical,
we must communicate freely.
PARC is the forum for us to do this vital communication,
among ourselves, including our colleagues in academia,
industry, and government who could not be at this initial
meeting but intend to be involved in the future.
We are not looking for scapegoats, not playing the blame game.
We are looking for partnerships with people who want to do the
right thing, who want to set the score right in the nation's
conservation efforts towards reptiles and amphibians.
The goal of this meeting is to set up a staging ground for the greatest
effort that is possible for the conservation of reptiles and amphibians
in North America and the world. We must leave with a vision of
providing the remedies necessary to correct the environmental
problems that confront this group of animals and their habitats.
It is probably the last chance we have.
___________________________________________________
While it is clear from the attendance, almost omnipresence of
federal and state agencies (See the attendees list at
http://www.uga.edu/~srelherp/parc/attendee.htm) and their
representatives, that much regulatory impact will come from
PARCs working groups in the years to come, their willingness
and openness to invite and listen to any group or individual
no matter what agenda they support, provides the first true
forum for all concerned to work towards GOOD state and federal
policy and/or regulation and legislation.
NRAAC has reviewed the first meetings notes and looks forward
to participating in the fall meeting. In other words NRAAC has
joined the PARC team and supports its goals and principals.
NRAAC and PARC would like to encourage ALL herp societies,
organizations, conservation groups, rescue groups, universities,
zoos, commercial breeders, importers/exporters, manufacturers and
interested private individuals to join PARC and send a representative
to the fall meeting. It is IMPERATIVE that we as responsible
herpetologists and herpetoculturists work WITH PARC to develop
rational sound reptile and amphibian policies for the United States
NOW before its too late.
For more information regarding PARC please stop by their
web page at http://www.uga.edu/~srelherp/parc/parcwb.htm
To join PARC please contact Whit Gibbons by e-mail at
PARC@srel.edu
Steve Bennett of PARC was be NRAAC's guest at our
1st National meeting in Orlando Florida on Friday August 13th
being held in conjunction with the National Reptile Breeders Expo.
NRAAC would like to ask every herp society and organization
to find it within their budgets to send one officer to represent their
group at this meeting to discuss PARC and to discuss Herp Society
participation in NRAAC..
http://www.uga.edu/~srelherp/parc/parcwb.htmJeff Barringer on August 18, 1999 at 08:49:08:
In Reply to: What is PARC? NP posted by paul on August 18, 1999 at 00:03:23:
In June of 1999 a meeting was held by a new
reptile and amphibian conservation group called
PARC. (Partners in Amphibian And Reptile Conservation).
In the last week much has been said and written regarding
PARC., its goals and objectives, and its agenda, hidden or
otherwise.
NRAAC has been in direct communication with PARC
on numerous occasions in the past week in an attempt to
clear up a number of possible misconceptions and
misrepresentations of its goals, purpose and agenda.
PARC has bent over backwards to assist us by providing us
with pre-release versions of notes and documents
created at their meeting.
Here are the questions that NRAAC posed to one of
PARC's founding members, Whit Gibbons, and here
is his response:
________________________________________________
What is PARC
PARC is a grassroots effort--started from the bottom up,
by scientists, citizen activists, and conservationists in the Southeast.
PARC is the most diverse group of individuals and organizations
that have ever assembled to address the problems confronting
reptiles and amphibians on a national and global scale. Diversity
has become a symbol of strength, of health, of well-being in
biological communities, and so it is with societies and organizations.
In PARC we already have representatives of science and education,
of industry and commerce, of state and federal government, and
of conservation societies. We have a mix of people who can
identify the problems, implement the solutions, and provide the
support needed to assure the effective conservation of reptiles and
amphibians.
Who can join P.A.R.C.?
No one will be excluded from contributing to PARC if
they have an agenda of any sort that involves the conservation
of reptiles and amphibians. PARC is destined to have all of
the compromises, disagreements, surprises, successes, and
fulfillment of a strong and honest friendship or even a good
marriage, with productive outcomes that we can put into our
memory files and with an optimism that future outcomes will
lead to an environmental harmony that we can all be proud of.
No matter what reason a person or organization has for
having an agenda that makes them interested in or affected
by reptiles and amphibians, the goal is the same: the problems
must be identified and the best solutions reached for reptiles,
amphibians, and us to live harmoniously in today's world.
What are the goals of PARC?
As individuals with a commitment to PARC, we have various
responsibilities, but a single, central goal. No matter what our
reason for being here, whether for a commercial interest or a
regulatory one, whether our herpetological enthusiasm is in
science and education or just having a reptile or amphibian as a pet,
or whether our primary conservation interests are with another
group of organisms yet realize that a cooperative venture is critical,
we must communicate freely.
PARC is the forum for us to do this vital communication,
among ourselves, including our colleagues in academia,
industry, and government who could not be at this initial
meeting but intend to be involved in the future.
We are not looking for scapegoats, not playing the blame game.
We are looking for partnerships with people who want to do the
right thing, who want to set the score right in the nation's
conservation efforts towards reptiles and amphibians.
The goal of this meeting is to set up a staging ground for the greatest
effort that is possible for the conservation of reptiles and amphibians
in North America and the world. We must leave with a vision of
providing the remedies necessary to correct the environmental
problems that confront this group of animals and their habitats.
It is probably the last chance we have.
___________________________________________________
While it is clear from the attendance, almost omnipresence of
federal and state agencies (See the attendees list at
http://www.uga.edu/~srelherp/parc/attendee.htm) and their
representatives, that much regulatory impact will come from
PARCs working groups in the years to come, their willingness
and openness to invite and listen to any group or individual
no matter what agenda they support, provides the first true
forum for all concerned to work towards GOOD state and federal
policy and/or regulation and legislation.
NRAAC has reviewed the first meetings notes and looks forward
to participating in the fall meeting. In other words NRAAC has
joined the PARC team and supports its goals and principals.
NRAAC and PARC would like to encourage ALL herp societies,
organizations, conservation groups, rescue groups, universities,
zoos, commercial breeders, importers/exporters, manufacturers and
interested private individuals to join PARC and send a representative
to the fall meeting. It is IMPERATIVE that we as responsible
herpetologists and herpetoculturists work WITH PARC to develop
rational sound reptile and amphibian policies for the United States
NOW before its too late.
For more information regarding PARC please stop by their
web page at http://www.uga.edu/~srelherp/parc/parcwb.htm
To join PARC please contact Whit Gibbons by e-mail at
PARC@srel.edu
Steve Bennett of PARC was be NRAAC's guest at our
1st National meeting in Orlando Florida on Friday August 13th
being held in conjunction with the National Reptile Breeders Expo.
NRAAC would like to ask every herp society and organization
to find it within their budgets to send one officer to represent their
group at this meeting to discuss PARC and to discuss Herp Society
participation in NRAAC..
http://www.uga.edu/~srelherp/parc/parcwb.htm

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: : This group sorta scares me in that it want's laws passed that will in all ways(I'm sure of it)will mess things up and make matters worse for us all.What we need is education not more laws that well meaning??? people want to make for us.Just my opinion.Please read this thread on the monitor forum.Here is some of what is going on in the monitor forum of kingsnake. : Jeff Barringer on August 18, 1999 at 08:49:08: : In Reply to: What is PARC? NP posted by paul on August 18, 1999 at 00:03:23: : In June of 1999 a meeting was held by a new : reptile and amphibian conservation group called : PARC. (Partners in Amphibian And Reptile Conservation). : In the last week much has been said and written regarding : PARC., its goals and objectives, and its agenda, hidden or : otherwise. : NRAAC has been in direct communication with PARC : on numerous occasions in the past week in an attempt to : clear up a number of possible misconceptions and : misrepresentations of its goals, purpose and agenda. : PARC has bent over backwards to assist us by providing us : with pre-release versions of notes and documents : created at their meeting. : Here are the questions that NRAAC posed to one of : PARC's founding members, Whit Gibbons, and here : is his response: : ________________________________________________ : What is PARC : PARC is a grassroots effort--started from the bottom up, : by scientists, citizen activists, and conservationists in the Southeast. : PARC is the most diverse group of individuals and organizations : that have ever assembled to address the problems confronting : reptiles and amphibians on a national and global scale. Diversity : has become a symbol of strength, of health, of well-being in : biological communities, and so it is with societies and organizations. : In PARC we already have representatives of science and education, : of industry and commerce, of state and federal government, and : of conservation societies. We have a mix of people who can : identify the problems, implement the solutions, and provide the : support needed to assure the effective conservation of reptiles and : amphibians. : Who can join P.A.R.C.? : No one will be excluded from contributing to PARC if : they have an agenda of any sort that involves the conservation : of reptiles and amphibians. PARC is destined to have all of : the compromises, disagreements, surprises, successes, and : fulfillment of a strong and honest friendship or even a good : marriage, with productive outcomes that we can put into our : memory files and with an optimism that future outcomes will : lead to an environmental harmony that we can all be proud of. : No matter what reason a person or organization has for : having an agenda that makes them interested in or affected : by reptiles and amphibians, the goal is the same: the problems : must be identified and the best solutions reached for reptiles, : amphibians, and us to live harmoniously in today's world. : What are the goals of PARC? : As individuals with a commitment to PARC, we have various : responsibilities, but a single, central goal. No matter what our : reason for being here, whether for a commercial interest or a : regulatory one, whether our herpetological enthusiasm is in : science and education or just having a reptile or amphibian as a pet, : or whether our primary conservation interests are with another : group of organisms yet realize that a cooperative venture is critical, : we must communicate freely. : PARC is the forum for us to do this vital communication, : among ourselves, including our colleagues in academia, : industry, and government who could not be at this initial : meeting but intend to be involved in the future. : We are not looking for scapegoats, not playing the blame game. : We are looking for partnerships with people who want to do the : right thing, who want to set the score right in the nation's : conservation efforts towards reptiles and amphibians. : The goal of this meeting is to set up a staging ground for the greatest : effort that is possible for the conservation of reptiles and amphibians : in North America and the world. We must leave with a vision of : providing the remedies necessary to correct the environmental : problems that confront this group of animals and their habitats. : It is probably the last chance we have. : ___________________________________________________ : While it is clear from the attendance, almost omnipresence of : federal and state agencies (See the attendees list at : http://www.uga.edu/~srelherp/parc/attendee.htm) and their : representatives, that much regulatory impact will come from : PARCs working groups in the years to come, their willingness : and openness to invite and listen to any group or individual : no matter what agenda they support, provides the first true : forum for all concerned to work towards GOOD state and federal : policy and/or regulation and legislation. : NRAAC has reviewed the first meetings notes and looks forward : to participating in the fall meeting. In other words NRAAC has : joined the PARC team and supports its goals and principals. : NRAAC and PARC would like to encourage ALL herp societies, : organizations, conservation groups, rescue groups, universities, : zoos, commercial breeders, importers/exporters, manufacturers and : interested private individuals to join PARC and send a representative : to the fall meeting. It is IMPERATIVE that we as responsible : herpetologists and herpetoculturists work WITH PARC to develop : rational sound reptile and amphibian policies for the United States : NOW before its too late. : For more information regarding PARC please stop by their : web page at http://www.uga.edu/~srelherp/parc/parcwb.htm : To join PARC please contact Whit Gibbons by e-mail at : PARC@srel.edu : Steve Bennett of PARC was be NRAAC's guest at our : 1st National meeting in Orlando Florida on Friday August 13th : being held in conjunction with the National Reptile Breeders Expo. : NRAAC would like to ask every herp society and organization : to find it within their budgets to send one officer to represent their : group at this meeting to discuss PARC and to discuss Herp Society : participation in NRAAC.. : http://www.uga.edu/~srelherp/parc/parcwb.htmJeff Barringer on August 18, 1999 at 08:49:08: : In Reply to: What is PARC? NP posted by paul on August 18, 1999 at 00:03:23: : In June of 1999 a meeting was held by a new : reptile and amphibian conservation group called : PARC. (Partners in Amphibian And Reptile Conservation). : In the last week much has been said and written regarding : PARC., its goals and objectives, and its agenda, hidden or : otherwise. : NRAAC has been in direct communication with PARC : on numerous occasions in the past week in an attempt to : clear up a number of possible misconceptions and : misrepresentations of its goals, purpose and agenda. : PARC has bent over backwards to assist us by providing us : with pre-release versions of notes and documents : created at their meeting. : Here are the questions that NRAAC posed to one of : PARC's founding members, Whit Gibbons, and here : is his response: : ________________________________________________ : What is PARC : PARC is a grassroots effort--started from the bottom up, : by scientists, citizen activists, and conservationists in the Southeast. : PARC is the most diverse group of individuals and organizations : that have ever assembled to address the problems confronting : reptiles and amphibians on a national and global scale. Diversity : has become a symbol of strength, of health, of well-being in : biological communities, and so it is with societies and organizations. : In PARC we already have representatives of science and education, : of industry and commerce, of state and federal government, and : of conservation societies. We have a mix of people who can : identify the problems, implement the solutions, and provide the : support needed to assure the effective conservation of reptiles and : amphibians. : Who can join P.A.R.C.? : No one will be excluded from contributing to PARC if : they have an agenda of any sort that involves the conservation : of reptiles and amphibians. PARC is destined to have all of : the compromises, disagreements, surprises, successes, and : fulfillment of a strong and honest friendship or even a good : marriage, with productive outcomes that we can put into our : memory files and with an optimism that future outcomes will : lead to an environmental harmony that we can all be proud of. : No matter what reason a person or organization has for : having an agenda that makes them interested in or affected : by reptiles and amphibians, the goal is the same: the problems : must be identified and the best solutions reached for reptiles, : amphibians, and us to live harmoniously in today's world. : What are the goals of PARC? : As individuals with a commitment to PARC, we have various : responsibilities, but a single, central goal. No matter what our : reason for being here, whether for a commercial interest or a : regulatory one, whether our herpetological enthusiasm is in : science and education or just having a reptile or amphibian as a pet, : or whether our primary conservation interests are with another : group of organisms yet realize that a cooperative venture is critical, : we must communicate freely. : PARC is the forum for us to do this vital communication, : among ourselves, including our colleagues in academia, : industry, and government who could not be at this initial : meeting but intend to be involved in the future. : We are not looking for scapegoats, not playing the blame game. : We are looking for partnerships with people who want to do the : right thing, who want to set the score right in the nation's : conservation efforts towards reptiles and amphibians. : The goal of this meeting is to set up a staging ground for the greatest : effort that is possible for the conservation of reptiles and amphibians : in North America and the world. We must leave with a vision of : providing the remedies necessary to correct the environmental : problems that confront this group of animals and their habitats. : It is probably the last chance we have. : ___________________________________________________ : While it is clear from the attendance, almost omnipresence of : federal and state agencies (See the attendees list at : http://www.uga.edu/~srelherp/parc/attendee.htm) and their : representatives, that much regulatory impact will come from : PARCs working groups in the years to come, their willingness : and openness to invite and listen to any group or individual : no matter what agenda they support, provides the first true : forum for all concerned to work towards GOOD state and federal : policy and/or regulation and legislation. : NRAAC has reviewed the first meetings notes and looks forward : to participating in the fall meeting. In other words NRAAC has : joined the PARC team and supports its goals and principals. : NRAAC and PARC would like to encourage ALL herp societies, : organizations, conservation groups, rescue groups, universities, : zoos, commercial breeders, importers/exporters, manufacturers and : interested private individuals to join PARC and send a representative : to the fall meeting. It is IMPERATIVE that we as responsible : herpetologists and herpetoculturists work WITH PARC to develop : rational sound reptile and amphibian policies for the United States : NOW before its too late. : For more information regarding PARC please stop by their : web page at http://www.uga.edu/~srelherp/parc/parcwb.htm : To join PARC please contact Whit Gibbons by e-mail at : PARC@srel.edu : Steve Bennett of PARC was be NRAAC's guest at our : 1st National meeting in Orlando Florida on Friday August 13th : being held in conjunction with the National Reptile Breeders Expo. : NRAAC would like to ask every herp society and organization : to find it within their budgets to send one officer to represent their : group at this meeting to discuss PARC and to discuss Herp Society : participation in NRAAC.. : http://www.uga.edu/~srelherp/parc/parcwb.htmJeff Barringer on August 18, 1999 at 08:49:08: : In Reply to: What is PARC? NP posted by paul on August 18, 1999 at 00:03:23: : In June of 1999 a meeting was held by a new : reptile and amphibian conservation group called : PARC. (Partners in Amphibian And Reptile Conservation). : In the last week much has been said and written regarding : PARC., its goals and objectives, and its agenda, hidden or : otherwise. : NRAAC has been in direct communication with PARC : on numerous occasions in the past week in an attempt to : clear up a number of possible misconceptions and : misrepresentations of its goals, purpose and agenda. : PARC has bent over backwards to assist us by providing us : with pre-release versions of notes and documents : created at their meeting. : Here are the questions that NRAAC posed to one of : PARC's founding members, Whit Gibbons, and here : is his response: : ________________________________________________ : What is PARC : PARC is a grassroots effort--started from the bottom up, : by scientists, citizen activists, and conservationists in the Southeast. : PARC is the most diverse group of individuals and organizations : that have ever assembled to address the problems confronting : reptiles and amphibians on a national and global scale. Diversity : has become a symbol of strength, of health, of well-being in : biological communities, and so it is with societies and organizations. : In PARC we already have representatives of science and education, : of industry and commerce, of state and federal government, and : of conservation societies. We have a mix of people who can : identify the problems, implement the solutions, and provide the : support needed to assure the effective conservation of reptiles and : amphibians. : Who can join P.A.R.C.? : No one will be excluded from contributing to PARC if : they have an agenda of any sort that involves the conservation : of reptiles and amphibians. PARC is destined to have all of : the compromises, disagreements, surprises, successes, and : fulfillment of a strong and honest friendship or even a good : marriage, with productive outcomes that we can put into our : memory files and with an optimism that future outcomes will : lead to an environmental harmony that we can all be proud of. : No matter what reason a person or organization has for : having an agenda that makes them interested in or affected : by reptiles and amphibians, the goal is the same: the problems : must be identified and the best solutions reached for reptiles, : amphibians, and us to live harmoniously in today's world. : What are the goals of PARC? : As individuals with a commitment to PARC, we have various : responsibilities, but a single, central goal. No matter what our : reason for being here, whether for a commercial interest or a : regulatory one, whether our herpetological enthusiasm is in : science and education or just having a reptile or amphibian as a pet, : or whether our primary conservation interests are with another : group of organisms yet realize that a cooperative venture is critical, : we must communicate freely. : PARC is the forum for us to do this vital communication, : among ourselves, including our colleagues in academia, : industry, and government who could not be at this initial : meeting but intend to be involved in the future. : We are not looking for scapegoats, not playing the blame game. : We are looking for partnerships with people who want to do the : right thing, who want to set the score right in the nation's : conservation efforts towards reptiles and amphibians. : The goal of this meeting is to set up a staging ground for the greatest : effort that is possible for the conservation of reptiles and amphibians : in North America and the world. We must leave with a vision of : providing the remedies necessary to correct the environmental : problems that confront this group of animals and their habitats. : It is probably the last chance we have. : ___________________________________________________ : While it is clear from the attendance, almost omnipresence of : federal and state agencies (See the attendees list at : http://www.uga.edu/~srelherp/parc/attendee.htm) and their : representatives, that much regulatory impact will come from : PARCs working groups in the years to come, their willingness : and openness to invite and listen to any group or individual : no matter what agenda they support, provides the first true : forum for all concerned to work towards GOOD state and federal : policy and/or regulation and legislation. : NRAAC has reviewed the first meetings notes and looks forward : to participating in the fall meeting. In other words NRAAC has : joined the PARC team and supports its goals and principals. : NRAAC and PARC would like to encourage ALL herp societies, : organizations, conservation groups, rescue groups, universities, : zoos, commercial breeders, importers/exporters, manufacturers and : interested private individuals to join PARC and send a representative : to the fall meeting. It is IMPERATIVE that we as responsible : herpetologists and herpetoculturists work WITH PARC to develop : rational sound reptile and amphibian policies for the United States : NOW before its too late. : For more information regarding PARC please stop by their : web page at http://www.uga.edu/~srelherp/parc/parcwb.htm : To join PARC please contact Whit Gibbons by e-mail at : PARC@srel.edu : Steve Bennett of PARC was be NRAAC's guest at our : 1st National meeting in Orlando Florida on Friday August 13th : being held in conjunction with the National Reptile Breeders Expo. : NRAAC would like to ask every herp society and organization : to find it within their budgets to send one officer to represent their : group at this meeting to discuss PARC and to discuss Herp Society : participation in NRAAC.. : http://www.uga.edu/~srelherp/parc/parcwb.htm

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