Wildlife Conservation Funding for Nonprofits from McGraw Foundation

Wildlife Conservation Funding for Nonprofits from McGraw Foundation is sponsored by McGraw Foundation. The McGraw Foundation supports wildlife and broader environmental conservation, education, or human services, including habitat and species-focused work, primarily in the greater Chicago area.

Any American Bird Conservancy American Fisheries Society American Fisheries Society W/ Trout Unlimited American National Fish And Wildlife Museum American Sportfishing Association Archery Trade Association Midway USA Foundation Arkansas Game And Fish Commission Arkansas State University Association for Conservation Information (ACI) Association of Fish And Wildlife Agencies Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission Auburn University Bat Conservation International Bowhunting Preservation Alliance California Waterfowl Association Colorado State University Cornell University Council To Advance Hunting And The Shooting Sports Department of Wildlife And Fisheries Future Angler Foundation Future Fisherman Foundation Georgia Department of Natural Resources Georgia Wildlife Federation Inc. Instream Flow Council International Hunter Education Association Iowa Department of Natural Resources Max McGraw Wildlife Foundation Michigan Department of Natural Resources Michigan State University Midwest Association of Fish And Wildlife Agencies Mississippi State University National 4-h Committee, 4-h Youth Foundation National Alliance for the Development of Archery National Archery Association of the US National Conservation Law Enforcement Education Foundation National Shooting Sports Foundation National Shooting Sports Foundation W/ Responsive Management National Wild Turkey Federation National Wildlife Federation New Mexico Department of Game and Fish NORC, University of Chicago North Carolina State University Northeast Conservation And Education Association Oregon Department Of Fish And Wildlife and American Sportfishing Association Organizers of Wildlife Planning Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission Paralyzed Veterans of America Pheasants Forever/ Quail Forever Project Wild Recreational Boating and Fishing Foundation Responsive Management Rockville Institute Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation Safari Club International Foundation Scholastic Shooting Sports Foundation Southeast Aquatic Resources Partnership Southeastern Association of Fish And Wildlife Agencies Southeastern Cooperative Wildlife Disease Study (SCWDS) State Organization of Boating Access Tennessee Wildlife Resource Agency Texas Parks And Wildlife Department The National Wild Turkey Federation, Inc Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership Trout Unlimited U.S. Sportsmen's Alliance Foundation United States Fish And Wildlife Service University of Georgia University of New Mexico University of Wisconsin Utah Division of Wildlife Resources Virginia Polytechnic Institute And State University Western Association of Fish And Wildlife Agencies Wildlife Ecology Institute Wildlife Management Institute, Inc Wyoming Game And Fish Department National Association of Conservation Law Enforcement Chiefs West Virginia Division of Natural Resources Northeast Association of Fish & Wildlife Agencies, Inc. Backcountry Hunters & Anglers Boone and Crockett Club Delta Waterfowl Foundation Outdoor Stewards of Conservation Foundation Florida Institute of Technology, Inc. Ducks Unlimited Inc. South Dakota State University First Hunt Foundation Oregon State University Regents of the University of Minnesota University of Montana Together We Can University of Wyoming University of North Carolina Chesapeake Conservancy Inc. The Curators of the University of Missouri Any 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Any AFWA Priorities Identified in AFWA Funding Principles (submitted by ExCom) Capacity Building, Conservation Education, and Coordination of Conservation Policies Conservation & Science Expanding Relevancy and Engagement Recruitment, Retention, Reactivation (R3) Relevancy and Capacity Building Advancing k-12 conservation education through improved tools for educators exploring the public trust doctrine, North American Model, and related examples of wildlife management.

Capacity Building, Conservation Education, and Coordination of Conservation Policies - Conservation Education Wildlife Resources Classroom Maintaining support for Agencies' management of our fish and wildlife resources benefits when K-12 educators and students access quality materials demonstrating how and why conservation is achieved under the North American Model and upheld through the public trust doctrine.

However, the discussion about public trust is incomplete if it does not articulate the role of the sustainable uses of wildlife under the “user-pay, public-benefit” system and why state and federal wildlife agencies promulgate associated management activities.

Unfortunately, many formal and non-formal educators lack the resources – and in some cases, the knowledge – to effectively deliver these critical messages to the public. Conservation Leaders for Tomorrow (CLfT) has the experience and skills to communicate these core conservation principles through professional development programs effectively.

CLfT is utilized by over half the state Agencies, the Fish and Wildlife Service, and the Bureau of Land Management as the leading program to communicate the role the consumptive uses of wildlife play in conservation. This proposal seeks to build from CLfT’s knowledge, partner with Project WILD, and produce a new and novel public curriculum that advances K-12 trainers and educators' understanding and support for these topics.

Max McGraw Wildlife Foundation Objective: To create a stepwise set of curricula to enable educators to understand the key principles of wildlife conservation under the North American model and explore the user-pay public-benefit system of wildlife conservation.

A series of products will be designed, including new materials, effective messaging that connects to the existing curriculum, and enhancements and reworking of the most proven activities used within Project WILD, making them publicly available to educators.

Each developed piece will be a) shared and available to all 50 states, b) aligned to learning standards and consistent with current science pedagogy, and c) founded from effective messaging and activities formed from AFWA, CLfT, and recent social science research.

The development of “print ready” materials to assist classroom learning as it relates to the Role of the Public Trust Doctrine in Natural Resources Conservation, including a focus on the North American Model and Wildlife Conservation.

Creation of materials that explore how wildlife conservation is achieved in North America through a “user-pay, public-benefit” system of regulated harvest and licensing, specifically focusing on state wildlife agencies' role. Provide supporting worksheets to assist educators with delivery.

Reworking the popular “Oh Deer” curriculum from Project Wild to increase biological and practical accuracy, promote public trust, and diversify topical materials. Provide digital educational materials on a publicly available webpage within Project WILD. All activities listed above were completed on time and without difficulties.

This includes the distribution of printed and digital material to all 50 states. A complete public free version of the curriculum can be found on the Project WILD Program Resources page under “North American Model. ” A digital version of the curriculum is included in the report documents.

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