Overview | In Focus | Funding | Partners | Events | Results/Impacts | Resources | Contacts

Overview

Fish and wildlife are natural components of our nation's farms, forests, and rangelands. They contribute to healthy ecosystems, provide income to landowners and businesses, and afford recreational and aesthetic benefits to society. Each year, more than 80 million Americans fish, hunt, or watch wildlife, spending about $110 billion in the process. Some wildlife can pose problems to society. The annual cost of wildlife damage to American agriculture is nearly $1 billion, and the cost to human health and property exceeds $2 billion. Seeking to achieve a balance that sustains wildlife populations while minimizing wildlife impacts on human endeavors, CSREES partners with educational institutions such as land-grant universities, state and federal natural resources agencies, and private conservation organizations.

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In Focus

• The National Invasive Species Council is a federal inter-departmental working group that helps to coordinate federal activities concerning invasive species.
• The National Learning Center for Private Forest and Rangeland Landowners offers online learning modules on land and wildlife management practices.
• The Renewable Resources Extension Act (RREA) program educates private forest and range landowners about sustainable management practices.
• The RREA Strategic Plan, developed by CSREES and state cooperators, details priority conservation issues on U.S. private forest and range lands.

Partnerships

• Annually, CSREES joins with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to honor outstanding volunteer leaders of the National 4-H Wildlife and Fisheries Program.
• CSREES works closely with the National Association of University Fisheries and Wildlife Programs to strengthen university education.
• Coastal and marine fisheries research and extension activities are carried on through CSREES formula funds, in cooperation with National Sea Grant.


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Events

• The Florida Master Naturalist Program National Workshop, Marco Island, FL, October 25-28, 2004.
• Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies Annual Meeting, Hilton Head, SC, October 31-November 3, 2004.
• 2nd National Tribal Districts & Tribal Conservation Advisory Councils Conference, Las Vegas, NV, December 6-10, 2004.


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Selected Results and Impacts

• A committee of Western land-grant university scientists, funded by CSREES, is studying a broad range of wildlife damage issues.
• A symposium, partly supported by CSREES, on Sustainable Natural Resource-Based Alternative Enterprises was held at Mississippi State University in May 2003.
• CSREES is coordinating with land-grant university researchers to study how landscape factors affect the distribution and abundance of white-tailed deer.


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Resources

• State Extension Resources on Fish and Wildlife. List of online and printed brochures on fish and wildlife biology, conservation, and management by state.
• Best Management Practices for Trapping Coyotes in the Eastern United States, International Association of Fish & Wildlife Agencies. Traps and trapping.
• Bears in the Backyard, Deer in the Driveway, International Association of Fish & Wildlife Agencies. How hunting and trapping help manage wildlife.


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Contacts

Bruce Menzel

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