Feeding Wildlife?Just Say NO! has been reprinted and again is available to state and provincial wildlife agencies, conservation and sportsmen's organizations, businesses and individuals who want facts and perspective on the serious issue of supplemental feeding of wildlife, particularly big game.

Recipient of The Wildlife Society's 2003 Education Award, the booklet, subtitled "An explanation of why feeding deer, elk, wild turkey and other big game is more often curse than favor," was widely circulated after it was first released in 2000. It was acclaimed as a "remarkably erudite and forthright explanation of why feeding big game is rarely beneficial and usually is costly to the animals and to the process of wildlife management."

Written by Wildlife Management Institute Vice President Scot Williamson and cleverly illustrated by Colorado artist Dale Crawford, the 34-page booklet was initially released in 2000 to counter public confusion and misunderstandings about wildlife management agency practices and policies of supplementally feeding big game.

It was crafted mainly for use and distribution by agencies, organizations and businesses to adults and youngsters alike who care about wildlife but don't necessarily know why wildlife shouldn't be fed, particularly during winter and other times of stress. It was designed to clarify why wildlife managers make decisions regarding feeding big game that may seem to be harmful, but actually are in the animals' best interest. If citizens are to trust and support wildlife management agencies, they need to know that the actions of those agencies are based on science and professional experience.

Individual copies of the booklet are available for $3.25 plus shipping. For postpaid bulk orders, the costs per copy are:

50 to 249 copies: $3.20
250 to 749 copies: $3.00
750+ copies: $2.80????

The original booklet was supported in part by a Wildlife for Tomorrow grant, from Wildlife Forever of Minnetonka, Minnesota.

Order Feeding Wildlife?Just Say NO!