What is a Comprehensive Wildlife Conservation Strategy?
To be eligible for federal grants and to satisfy congressional requirements for participating in the State Wildlife Grant program, state fish and wildlife agencies must develop a Comprehensive Wildlife Conservation Strategy. Strategies will provide a foundation for the future of wildlife conservation; they will provide a stimulus to engage the state, federal agencies, and other conservation partners to strategically think about individual and coordinated roles in prioritizing conservation efforts, thereby reducing duplication. Who is Developing Maine’s CWCS? The Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife (IF&W) is the agency responsible for developing Maine’s CWCS with input from the Atlantic Salmon Commission (ASC), Maine Department of Marine Resources (DMR), U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and Maine’s Native American tribes. Though each state’s Strategy will reflect a different
