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A comprehensive examination of funding sources for state fish and wildlife agency wildlife diversity programs.
Sample Teaming With Wildlife PowerPoint Presentation
Adapt this PowerPoint to present at meetings of prospective members or use it to get existing members excited about going out and gathering endorsements.
Communications Planning Guide Fact Sheet
A tool for developing your coalition’s communications plan.
Ideas for Growing Your Coalition Fact Sheet
An essential tool, this list of lists provides directory links for over 100 different kinds of groups that could strengthen your coalition.
State Wildlife Action Plan Message Triangle
A single page guide to our most effective messages.
How to Organize a Wildlife Summit
A comprehensive guide to hosting a wildlife summit in your state.
A Step-by-Step Guide to Building Your Coalition
A comprehensive guide, developed from these case studies and the advice of many others.
TWW Campaign Plan 2007
Building on the success of our 2006 Campaign Plan, the 2007 plan outlines specific state and national goals for the coalition.
Communicating Beyond the Basics Fact Sheet
More tips and tricks for getting covered in print, broadcast and electronic media.
Global Warming and Wildlife Fact Sheet
An National Wildlife Federation fact sheet presenting the case for wildlife funding in climate legislation. They’ve also created state-by-state fact sheets describing global warming’s impacts on wildlife.
Passing the Buck Report, 1999
A 1999 report from the Izaak Walton League of America detailing how state fish and wildlife agencies receive only a meager share of tax revenues generated by wildlife-associated recreation.
Campaign Media Outreach Fact Sheet
A guide to maximizing the effectiveness of your campaign’s media resources.
Wildlife Funding Mechanisms Report
A look at the pros and cons of 4 popular mechanisms and excerpts from legislative text.
Build Your Coalition on a Shoestring Budget Fact Sheet
Don’t think you have time to build a coalition? It doesn’t have to be a daunting challenge, just try these quick and easy approaches gleaned from successful coalitions around the nation!
Lauching the Public Education Campaign Fact Sheet
A guide to communicating through your coalition in the context of a “week of action” - also useful as a beginner’s guide to media outreach.
State Wildlife Grants Talking Points
Simple tested bullets to keep you on message.
Eight Required Elements of SWAP Fact Sheet
The eight required elements of each state wildlife action plan.
Conservation-Recreation-Education Fact Sheet
Teaming With Wildlife remains committed to securing funding for wildlife related education and recreation as well as conservation. This fact sheet summarizes what could be funded under each element.
State-Level Wildlife Funding Initiatives Handout
A general introduction to opportunities on the state-level and how the Association is supporting these initiatives.
Teaming With Wildlife Fact Sheet
A general fact sheet on Teaming With Wildlife.
Five years into the State Wildlife Grants program, this report examines the proactive and cost-effective projects that are being undertaken by state fish and wildlife agencies and their partners with these federal dollars. It also includes success stories from every state. April 2006
The summary of a University of Michigan research team’s review of state-level wildlife funding mechanisms and the campaign’s to enact them. This document includes an abstract, impetus and objectives of the research, summaries of the 15 case studies that formed the bulk of the research, an analysis of findings and recommendations for how states can successfully secure additional wildlife funding. Spring 2005
A starting point to help us envision a responsible and sensible approach to conserve our nation’s wildlife. It documents some of the lessons we have learned from a century of conservation as well as the trends of rapid wildlife and habitat loss we face today. How we use this knowledge and act on behalf of wildlife conservation for the future is the challenge that lies ahead. Spring 2000
A longer, color fact sheet on the state wildlife action plans.
State by State Allocations for SWG thr FY 2011
A table cumulative State Wildlife Grants funding by state and hypothetical levels for the current year’s appropriations.
Teaming With Wildlife Act Fact Sheet
Preventing Wildlife from Becoming Endangered Fact Sheet.
The State Wildlife Grants Program provides federal money to every state and territory for cost-effective conservation aimed at preventing wildlife from becoming endangered. This program continues the long history of cooperation between the federal government and the states for managing and conserving wildlife species, going back to landmark laws like the 1937 Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act and the 1950 Dingell-Johnson Sportfish Restoration Act.
Dear Colleague Letter in Support of SWG
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In a strong show of support for America’s wildlife, Representatives and Senators crossed ideological, regional, and partisan lines to sign a letter urging funding for the federal State Wildlife Grants, the nation’s core program for preventing wildlife from becoming endangered in every state. The letter was, addressed to the Chairman and Ranking Member of both the House and Senate Interior Appropriations Committees.
President's Task Force Report on Wildlife Diversity Funding
It’s our hope that this report can rekindle the interest and enthusiasm for achieving dedicated funding for “nongame” fish and wildlife conservation that existed early during the Teaming with Wildlife (TWW) campaign. In recent years, due in part to our success in obtaining appropriated funds; we’ve seen this issue slip towards the back of our agenda. As we enter the third decade of the TWW campaign, our long-term funding goal has remained elusive. With growing concerns about the federal deficit and the emphasis on reducing the size and cost of government, it’s more imperative than ever to ensure our strategy is sound.
Video of Shorebird Monitoring In Maine
View Video: State Wildlife Grants: Shorebird Monitoring in Maine Video State Wildlife Grants distribute funds to projects that protect and manage each state’s species of greatest concern. This shorebird monitoring project in Maine is an example of a SWG project that serves the species, the ecosystem and the surrounding community.
State Wildlife Grants Fact Sheet 2011
Basic facts about the State Wildlife Grants Program.
State Wildlife Grants 10 Year Anniversary Video
The Teaming With Wildlife coaliton celebrates 10 years of success of the State and Tribal Wildlife Grants Program.
A suggested framework for state fish and wildlife agencies to enhance existing programs to address the full range of wildlife conservation, restoration and recreation.
State Wildlife Grants Effectiveness Measures Framework
The final report of the State Wildlife Grants Effectiveness Measures Working Group. The report and recommendations were approved by the Association in March 2011. The measures identified in the report are being incorporated into the FWS’s Wildlife TRACS reporting and tracking system.
State and Tribal Wildlife Grants Success Stories Report (2011)
This report provides examples from every state demonstrating how the State and Tribal Wildlife Grants Program is preventing endangered species listings.