NAWTA Annual General Meeting June 15 – 18, 2006 Haywood Community College Clyde, North Carolina United States     Member representatives for the 2006 NAWTA meeting:  Front Row (L to R):  Ben Hoteling, Scott Lenthe, Alan Chamberlain, Chris Olsen.  Second Row:  John Marks, Leslie Daye, Hugh Banks, Rick Lindsay, Hoagy Schaadt, Dave Dudek, and Dan Svedarsky   The 23rd Annual Meeting of the North American Wildlife Technology Association was held in Clyde, North Carolina at Haywood Community College.  The backdrop for this region is the picturesque Smoky Mountains.  The weather was wonderful and the atmosphere outstanding.  Our meeting hosts were Rick Lindsay, NAWTA President and Dave Dudek, Fish & Wildlife Management Technology faculty member.   The business meeting featured the reaccreditation of the College of the North Atlantic in Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Selkirk College in Castlegar, British Columbia for a full five-year period.  Vermilion Community College in Ely, Minnesota was granted a three-year accreditation.  The NAWTA Web Site for the organization reached over 72,000 hits as of the week before our meeting.  Everyone was extremely pleased with the reception our web site has received and how professional it looks.  Lisa Clever, our Web Master, has done an outstanding job over the past year.   Ben Hoteling was elected President and will host the 2007 annual meeting at Holland College, in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island.  Additional officers elected were Lori Schmidt, President-Elect, Scott Lenthe, Treasurer, and Chris Olsen, Secretary.  John Marks completed the first year in his three-year term as Executive Director.    The professional development activities Rick and Dave organized were outstanding.  Field experiences included an all-day trip into the Great Smoky Mountain National Park.  A special presentation was given by Steve Moore, Fisheries Biologist Supervisor, on Brook Trout populations in the park.  We also drove through Cades Cove, the most heavily visited destination in Great Smoky Mountain National Park, which is also the most heavily visited park in the U.S.  We saw many white-tailed deer and a black bear.  Shannon Rabby, Fish and Wildlife Management Technology Instructor at HCC presented the results of his small mammal research project.  The facilities and campus area of Haywood Community College provided at nice atmosphere for our meetings.   The Great Smoky Mountain National Park provided our group with numerous opportunities to view the regions spectacular beauty at numerous locations such as the one shown below.