Defending Favorite Places

How Hunters and Anglers Can Stop the Spread of Invasive Species

America's hunters and anglers represent essential stakeholders in combating invasive species threatening native fish and wildlife populations and their habitats. Preventing and controlling invasive species is an achievable goal. Linking invasive species management principles with the hunting and angling conservation ethic is critical. Invasive species threaten the future of hunting and fishing. Sportsmen and women across the nation are joining forces to defend their favorite places.

The documentary video, Defending Favorite Places, was produced on DVD as part of the National Invasive Species Threat Campaign with support from Wildlife Forever, the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, the National Wild Turkey Federation, the Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies, the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Center for Invasive Plant Management, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, and many public and private organizations and individuals.

The various features of the video available on the DVD are available online, with and without subtitles. The video links are in Windows Media Player format (.wmv). These are large files. You may want to follow the instructions following this table to download and then view the video.

You may download the video files to your personal computer for later viewing:

1. Put your cursor on the link of the video file above you would like to download.
2. Using your mouse's right button, click on the link.
3. Select "Save Target As..." (in Internet Explorer) or "Save Link As..." (in Firefox) from the context menu.
4. A "Save As..." window will appear. Select a folder on your computer to save the video file. Click the "Save" button.
5. After you have downloaded the video file to your computer, double-click on the file to view the video. If you have Windows Media Player installed, the Media Player will open and the video will begin playing. You may also open Windows Media Player first, and then:
   1. Go to Windows Media Player's main menu, select "File", then select "Open...".
   2. Navigate to the location you downloaded the video file to on your computer. Select the video file.
   3. Click the "Open" button. The video will begin playing in Windows Media Player.

The views and conclusions in this video are those of the authors and should not be interpreted as representing the opinions or policies of the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation. Depiction of trade names or commercial products does not constitute their endorsement by the U.S. Government or the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation.