11th Triennial Extension Wildlife & Fisheries Specialists Conference

For 30 years, Cooperative Extension System wildlife and fisheries specialists have met every three years to learn about programs in other states, share needs and opportunities with federal and state partners, discuss topics and issues important to extension wildlife and fishery programs, and meet and build  relationships with new and different wildlife specialists from around the country. The purpose of these triennial conferences is to increase the effectiveness of extension wildlife and fisheries programs around the country through conference presentations, workshops, field trips, and opportunities for interaction and  collaboration.  The most recent triennial conference proceedings are now available.

Papers presented at the conference include:

• Extension Wildlife Programs: Thoughts and Ideas

• The Future of Natural Resources Extension

• Extension Wildlife and Fisheries Take-A-Ways

• Cooperative is the Cornerstone of Extension Education

• Growing Quality Stewardship for Natural Resources in Tennessee

• Qualifying Native Warm-Season Grasses and Early Succession Habitat

• Managing Kentucky Fee Fishing Operations

• Bringing Extension into the Classroom

• An Internet Survey of Private Pond Owners and Managers in Texas

• An Extension Program Helping Private Landowners Develop Natural Resource Enterprises in Mississippi

• Bass Management Symposia: Managing Ponds and Lakes for Better Fishing

• Texas Absentee Landowners Managing for Wildlife: Their Goals, Interests, and Educational Needs

• Realizing the Potential of Family Forests: Tools to Facilitate Habitat Conservation

• Best Management Practices for Aquatic Vegetation Management in Lakes

• Integrating Northern Bobwhite and Grassland Bird Habitat Enhancement Practices on University of Missouri Agriculture Experiment Stations: An Educational Model That Puts Knowledge into Action through Use of Demonstrations

• The Above-Ground Movement and Dispersal of the Plains Pocket Gopher

• Extension’s Role in Endangered Species Management

• Extension: A Modern Day Pony Express?

• Coyotes Nipping At Our Heels: A New Suburban Dilemma

• Approaches for Delivering Integrated Forestry and Wildlife Extension Programs: The Missouri Woodland Steward Short Course and Missouri Master Wildlifer Program

• Breaking Through the Food Plot Mentality

• The Value of Teamwork

• First-Stop Planning and Communication for LandHelp

• Saving the World One Native Plant at a Time

• An Introduction to the Revised Southern Region 4-H Wildlife Projects

• Take Action! The Past, Present, and Future of Sage-Grouse Conservation in Utah

• eXtension: A New Opportunity for On-Line, Issue-Based Programming

• A Web-Based Outreach Tool for Aquatic Vegetation Management

• The Florida Master Naturalist Program: Creating, Implementing, and Evaluating a Successful Statewide Conservation Education Program

• Sage-Grouse Restoration Project: Evaluating the Effects of the Farm Bill Conservation Practices on Sage-Grouse

• The “We Know, We Believe, and We Feel” Approach to Implementing Projects under the Farm Bill to Benefit Sage-Grouse

• The Center for Human-Wildlife Conflict Resolution at Virginia Tech: A Model of Future Use

• Protecting and Enhancing River and Stream Continuity

• With One Stroke of the Pen: How Can Wildlife Extension Specialists Involve Developers and Policy-Makers in Wildlife Conservation?

• One Way to Handle a Split Appointment

• USDA-Extension Wildlife and Fisheries Educational Programs 1978-2000

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