Members of the 2008 Advocacy Committee are: Chair-Lyle Asell, Kevin Kuhn, Jim Gillespie, Dennis Pate, and Deb Ryun.

Goals and Objectives of the Committee:

• To keep legislators appraised of chapter attitudes and policies on legislative matters, both at the state and national levels
• To keep the Iowa Chapter informed of legislative and other government activities of interest to them
• To recommend actions to the Executive Committee for promoting chapter opinions and positions to policy makers at all levels of government
• To express support or opposition regarding legislative actions on issues of concerns to the chapter, upon approval of the Executive Committee

The Chairperson is appointed by the President.  All committee members must have a strong interest in, and good understanding of, the legislative process and natural resource politics.  Committee members, ideally, will be from a variety of professions, and represent various sections of the state, and the various disciplines within the membership.