February 2015

Imagine you own a business with a flat-to-diminishing customer base. Your operating costs go up every year while market conditions make it increasingly difficult to obtain product to sell. Your customers and critics have a history of reacting poorly to raising prices in an effort to increase your cash flow. This is the business model you are operating in if you work for a state wildlife agency. In a market place wrought with competitors fighting to be the public's passion, isn't it time agencies discussed ideas to increase their market share? The Business of Conservation: Converting...

Some of the most contentious issues in fish and wildlife management are the regulatory restrictions that come when a species is listed as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). Stakeholders are increasingly recognizing that the biggest win for people and wildlife is keeping species off the endangered species list in the first place. However, avoiding listing can only be counted as a true success if that decision is the result of effective pre-listing management and a transparent, consistent understanding of meaningful conservation outcomes achieved. These ideas,...

Three workshops will be held on Tuesday, March 10 during the 80th North American Wildlife and Natural Resources Conference in Omaha, Nebraska. All attendees are welcome to participate in the workshops.

• Urban Wildlife Conservation in Cities and Suburbs: Pollinators, Agriculture and the Great Midwest 
• Implementing Landscape-scale Approaches to Mitigation and Renewable Energy: A Roundtable on Lessons Learned
• Recruiting Female Natural Resource Leaders  





 

Urban Wildlife Conservation...