NAWTA Annual General Meeting July 11 – July 16th 2004 Selkirk College Castlegar, British Columbia Canada     NATWA Attendees at our 2004 AGM: Kneeling from L. to R. are: Chris Olsen, Ben Hotaling, Rick Lindsay, Jeremy Banks (Hugh’s son), Jack Lenthe (Scott’s brother), Dave Odegard, and Gord Gibson. Standing from L. to R. are: John Marks, Hugh Banks, Scott Lenthe, Hoagy Schaadt and Penny Odegard     This event marked the 21st Annual Meeting of the North American Wildlife Technology Association. The location in the Selkirk Mountains of British Columbia near the town of Castlegar was spectacular. Selkirk College was the host for this meeting. Their campus is 160 acres on a peninsula that occurs near the confluence of the Columbia and Kootenay Rivers in the town of Castlegar, BC. Our meeting host was Gord Gibson, a faculty member of the Recreation, Fish and Wildlife Program at Selkirk College.   During the several days of business meetings, several institutions were reaccredited for a five-year period. They were: Haywood Community College, Zane State College, Lakeland College, Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (N.A.I.T.), and Holland College.   During the meeting John Marks was elected Secretary and Scott Lenthe was elected Treasurer of the organization. John continues to serve as the Newsletter Editor of NAWTA. Several projects over the next year will involve the development of a website for the organization and to increase communication and membership throughout North America.   The professional development aspects of the meeting were exceptional. The mountains surrounding Castlegar and neighboring communities provided wonderful field locations to show us wildlife habitat improvement projects, long-term soil projects, a 17,000 acre wetlands near Creston, black bear and elk radiotelemetry projects, fisheries research activities, just to name a few.This was without a doubt one of the most comprehensive experiences our organization has provided to date.We will be incorporating many different aspects of what we learned this summer into our PRW courses during the next academic year.   During the comprehensive accreditation review presentations and discussions, it was shared that several Canadian colleges have developed a one-year certificate program in Geographical Information Systems (GIS). Students must complete one of several two-year programs before being accepted into this third year of study. Faculty members have found that their GIS training programs allow students from many different technology areas to receive skills useful in their individual fields. Selkirk College has also started The Selkirk Geospatial Research Center, which was developed with a number of partners.