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Shandaken CAC launches BearWise public‑education campaign with DEC materials
Summary
At its July meeting the Town of Shandaken Conservation Advisory Committee dedicated the session to launching a BearWise public‑education campaign in partnership with the DEC, assigning volunteers for outreach and drafting a short community statement for the town website and social media.
Chair opened the July meeting by announcing that the committee would focus on a BearWise public‑education effort and that the DEC had provided campaign materials, saying, "We're devoting our meeting tonight to a discussion of bear wise" (Chair).
Members agreed to develop a concise statement of goals and objectives, modeled on a Saugerties example presented by John Milo, and to publish that statement on the town website once approved. A committee member outlined immediate tasks: "So our 1st action would be to write a clear statement of goals and objectives" (Committee member). The group decided to work in small volunteer teams rather than attempt a full‑committee rewrite in a single meeting.
The committee also assigned staffing for a Phoenicia Farmers Market outreach table and discussed integrating DEC BearWise links and simple weekly social posts into the town website and social channels. Chair noted the DEC meeting at the Phoenicia Library and confirmed the DEC was supplying printed materials to support the campaign.
The CAC set short‑term goals for the campaign—an action agenda, a website statement, and social media assets—and planned a broader kickoff and townwide mailing in spring as a longer‑term objective.
