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For Further Reading

There's a whole discipline of information out there about coalition building. It may not all apply to your coalition or even to our kind of coalition, but we hope you'll find it useful as you explore what works for you. Some resources are only in print, but we've provided bibliographic info.

Older Resources Related to Teaming with Wildlife

• Wildlife Diversity Campaign Organizers Manual - The 1994 precursor to the Coalition Toolkit
• "A Bridge to the Future" 1991 Report and 1994 Sourcebook -- The needs statement and early organizing materials for Teaming with Wildlife. Not available electronically; contact mcook@fishwildlife.org or your state's wildlife diversity program to find these materials.
• Wildlife Diversity Funding Coalitions for a New Century of Conservation - A paper by Ron Regan and Naomi Edelson regarding lessons learned from the history of Teaming with Wildlife, presented at 2003 annual meeting of The Wildlife Society.

General Coalition Building Guidance

• TNC's Coalition Building Manual - A collection of coalition building advice from The Nature Conservancy. Also available as a PowerPoint Presentation.
• OSU Coalition Building Fact Sheets - A series of fact sheets on coalition building from Ohio State University
• Building and Joining Coalitions - The coalition building chapter from "Organizing for Social Change: Midwest Academy Manual for Activists"
• "Community Tool-Box" - A web site designed for non-profits to encourage community health and development through coalition building
• National Coalition Building Institute - An anti-racism organization that provides trainings on coalition building and promotes a useful book: The Art of Coalition Building
• Community How-To Guide on Coalition Building - An anti-drunk driving site with good advice on coalition building
• Coalition Building - A brief guide from Cyprus Consulting

Additional Communications Resources

• Wildlife Opinion Survey Literature Review - A literature review of recent wildlife-related opinion surveys conducted by our pollsters in preparation for our subsequent message research
• Americans and Wildlife Diversity, A Responsive Management Survey of Public Opinion, Attitudes, Interest and Participation in Wildlife Viewing and Wildlife Diversity Programs, by Mark Damian Duda and Kira C. Young, Responsive Management, 1994
• The Activation Point and Spitfire Recommends - A great guide to translating passive support for your issue into action from Spitfire Strategies, a DC communications consulting firm. It's coupled with a site listing changing features on a variety of useful grassroots strategies.

Additional State-Level Funding Resources

• Ballot initiative presentations from The Nature Conservancy and The Trust for Public Land:
  • Testing Readiness
  • Polling Basics
  • Lobbying Guidelines
  • Campaign Structure and Budgeting
• Book: Conservation Finance Handbook: How Communities are Paying for Parks and Land Conservation, Kim Hooper and Ernest Cook, The Trust for Public Land, 2004.
• Book: Odyssey of Survival: A History of the Arkansas Conservation Sales Tax, Carol Griffee, Arkansas Game and Fish Foundation, 1999.
• Passing the Buck - A 1999 report from the Izaak Walton League of America demonstrating the benefits of wildlife-related recreation in contrast to minimal levels of state funding.