Conservation Leaders for Tomorrow Seeks National Coordinator The Conservation Leaders for Tomorrow Program (CLfT) of the Max McGraw Wildlife Foundation (The Foundation) and the Wildlife Management Institute (WMI) announces a search for a National Coordinator.? CLfT was initiated in 2004. It was developed to provide nonhunting university juniors, seniors and graduate students in natural resource disciplines and nonhunting employees of state wildlife agencies with an understanding and appreciation of the role and value of recreational hunting. The program is not intended to recruit the students as hunters. Instead, it is conducted with... Read The Article
Hunting for Answers about Hunter Recruitment and Retention A national, Internet-based survey is about to be launched to assess current efforts, programs and activities targeted at increasing or enhancing hunter recruitment and retention (R&R) in the United States. This R&R assessment survey, developed by the Wildlife Management Institute (WMI) in conjunction with D. J. Case and Associates, is the most recent advancement of the Hunting Heritage Action Plan (HHAP). The HHAP was developed to act as a strategic coordination mechanism to enhance the effectiveness of current hunting heritage activities and to stimulate development... Read The Article
Recommended Reading My least favorite book about market hunting?and maybe about hunting in general?was written about that activity in Illinois. Now, my very favorite book on the market hunting also centers on Illinois. ? The former, falsely titled The Last of the Market Hunters, surfaced in 1996 and is the story of one particularly criminal gunner who plied his nefarious trade along the Illinois River during the 1920s and for decades afterward. This guy wasn't a market hunter; he was a poacher who delighted in killing (mainly ducks) too much too often for fun and profit. The author of this... Read The Article
Court Decision Cancels Wolf Hunts Plans for wolf-hunting seasons in Idaho, Montana and Wyoming have been halted after a judge issued a preliminary injunction on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) decision to remove the species from the endangered species list. The decision, made on July 18, came as the first step in a lawsuit filed by environmental organizations that claim the wolf populations in the northern Rocky Mountains have not sufficiently recovered to warrant removal from the list. The injunction immediately provided wolves with the same Endangered Species Act protections they had prior to the delisting and... Read The Article
