NO, WILDLIFE DEPARTMENTS DON’T ONLY CARE ABOUT GAME ANIMALS

JORDAN SILLARS When Fred Koontz was a member of the Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission, he would sometimes joke that they’d been assigned to the wrong department. “I used to joke that we ought to be part of the Agriculture Department,” he told Stateline. “What we...

Conservation Words That Work

Determining How to Engage the American Public Through the Language of Conservation by Responsive Management Responsive Management and the Wildlife Management Institute (WMI) have just completed a new Multistate Conservation Grant study on the conservation words and...

How to Talk to a Non-hunter About Hunting

Diana Rupp Almost every hunter has been asked the question at some point: Why do you hunt? Sometimes it’s framed more negatively: How can you kill an animal? When you’re asked such a question, don’t get defensive. Answering thoughtfully presents a great opportunity to...