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. 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. Spring 2005
A longer, color fact sheet on the state wildlife action plans.
TWW Act Fact Sheet
The Act would provide $350M annually for six years through the Wildlife Conservation and Restoration Program to assist state fish and wildlife agencies with the conservation of at-risk fish and wildlife to prevent future endangered species listings.
Wildlife Diversity Funtional Model
Adopted in 1999 this model to provide state wildlife agencies with a suggested framework for enhancing existing wildlife programs.
State Wildlife Grants Effectiveness Measures Framework
The Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies’ (AFWA) Teaming With Wildlife (TWW) Committee formed the Effectiveness Measures Working Group (Working Group) in September 2009 to develop and test a framework and effectiveness measures for the State and Tribal Wildlife Grants Program (SWG).
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.
National Synthesis
This report is a national synthesis of State Wildlife Action Plans. It identifies the key challenges to fish and wildlife conservation nationally.
Describes the need for and benefits of a nationwide Wildlife Diversity Program and highlights projects that could be done if funding was available
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These best practices, based on lessons learned from the years since SWAPs were developed and successful innovations from the states, should help raise the bar for and create consistency across SWAPs .