What we do . . .
Toward the goal of improved management of wildlife resources, WMI is involved in a wide range of issue, policy, research and educational efforts. For example, the Wildlife Management Institute:
[ul][*]is the sole private cooperator in the Cooperative Wildlife Research Unit Program at more than 40 land-grant colleges and universities;[*]testifies before House and Senate Committees and Subcommittees on virtually all major wildlife-related legislative matters;[*]produces and publishes authoritative books, informational flyers, booklets and brochures on major wildlife species and related management topics;[*]cooperates with other conservation interests on matters such as endangered species, conservation provisions of the Farm Bill, national wildlife refuge issues, water resources, public land grazing, forest management, appropriations, etc.;[*]conducts in-depth reviews of state, federal and provincial wildlife agencies' organizations, authorities and programs; [*]sponsors and administers the North American Wildlife and Natural Resources Conference-the premiere annual gathering of natural resource scientists, managers, administrators and educators;[*]chairs or coordinates the Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) Alliance, the Hunting Heritage Program, the National Cooperators’ Coalition of the Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Units, the Conservation Leaders for Tomorrow (CLfT) Program, and the Bobwhite Conservation Initiative[*]produces the monthly on-line Outdoor News Bulletin[*]and much more.