How decision-makers view the evolution of wildlife conservation challenges in the Southeast

South Atlantic LCC Third Thursday Web Forum
“How decision-makers view the evolution of wildlife conservation challenges in the Southeast United States” with Kathryn Jewell, Graduate Research Assistant in Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology at North Carolina State University
Effective wildlife management requires understanding conservation challenges, and strategic responses to them. Outlining these challenges is the first step in natural resource decision making. Research has documented how wildlife conservation practitioners and the public understand wildlife conservation challenges, but the perspectives among people making conservation decisions remain a blind spot in efforts to strategically manage wildlife. Wildlife agencies make decisions through collaboration between the agency directors and supervisory board members, who collectively weigh information from scientists and constituents during the process. In this case study, we interviewed directors and board members of state wildlife agencies in the Southeast
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