On September 11, the American Wildlife Conservation Partners (AWCP) released Wildlife for the 21st Century, Volume VII (W-21). This comprehensive publication focuses on solutions to conserve wildlife and their habitats across the nation, bolstering public access, and protecting our outdoor traditions. The recommendations in W-21 will aid policymakers in the next Administration and the next two Congresses in making decisions on sporting-conservation issues and practices that are vital to current and future generations of sportsmen and sportswomen and other conservationists. The Wildlife Management Institute is part of AWCP, which is made up of the nation’s top 52 sporting-conservation organizations that represent America’s hunter-conservationists, professional wildlife and natural resource managers, outdoor recreation users, conservation educators, and wildlife scientists.

A recent nationwide assessment of fish and wildlife agency websites revealed that they generally perform well on desktop devices but often lack mobile-friendliness.

Conservation, as a science, has come a long way since the founding of the Boone and Crockett Club in 1887. We have witnessed the development of wildlife management specific curriculum in our colleges and universities, the creation of the USGS fish and wildlife cooperative research units, successful funding models in Pittman-Robertson and Dingell-Johnson, and policies, programs, and technologies that were unimaginable 100 years ago. The incredible evolution of the science and management of wildlife conservation and the successes we achieved are too numerous to adequately recount here. Yet challenges remain. Science, more broadly, has increasingly been under attack and questions and challenges to both science and scientists are currently at unprecedented levels. Covid and the ensuing pandemic it created demonstrated an apparent mistrust in science and scientists. Even more indicative of the science-denying vitriol is the necessary creation of a legal defense fund to aid in the defense of climate scientists from litigation challenging their objective and peer-reviewed findings related to climate change.

Imagine a person in the woods at dawn, with a bow or a gun, not just there to hunt, but to take care of nature. This person is a hunter in America, and they do a lot more than you might think. They help keep the number of animals just right so that the forests don't get too crowded or too empty, ensuring a balanced ecosystem where wildlife can thrive.

Researchers at the U.S. Geological Survey New York Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit based at Cornell University partnered with Auburn University and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) to investigate the attractiveness of 18 wildflower species commonly recommended by the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) to support native bees in the southeastern U.S.