Teaming with Wildlife
Teaming with Wildlife (TWW) is a coalition of more than 3,000 organizations, agencies, and businesses working to prevent wildlife from becoming endangered by supporting increased state, federal and private funding for wildlife conservation. This coalition includes wildlife biologists and managers, conservationists, hunters, birders, and anglers, businesses, and many others who support the goal of restoring and conserving our nation's wildlife.
During the late 1990's, Teaming with Wildlife highlighted the critical need to invest in proactive efforts for wildlife and vital natural areas. Congress responded by creating the State Wildlife Grants Program in 2000, which provides federal money to every state for conservation aimed at preventing wildlife from becoming more rare and more costly to protect. This program has become the nation's core program for preventing wildlife from becoming endangered, leveraging more than $600 million to conserve wildlife and their habitat and receiving strong bipartisan support on Capitol Hill and with President Bush's Administration.
Through the State Wildlife Grants Program, Congress required each state to produce a state wildlife action plan that identifies species and habitats of greatest conservation need and outlines steps we need to take to conserve all wildlife and vital natural areas for future generations. By October 2005, each state wildlife action plan was complete, and the Teaming with Wildlife Coalition is now working to secure adequate and reliable funding for their implementation through federal, state, and private mechanisms.
Campaign Goal: The Teaming with Wildlife Coalition will build, strengthen, and mobilize a core network of key individuals, organizations, agencies, and associations in order to support funding dedicated to fish and wildlife conservation, outdoor recreation, and conservation education in every state. The recently completed state wildlife action plans will help guide efforts to prevent wildfire from becoming endangered in every state and Teaming with Wildlife supports the funding needed for their full implementation.
The Teaming with Wildlife Campaign is national in scope, but organized on a state level. The Teaming with Wildlife Coalitions will organize in all fifty states in conjunction with the National Teaming with Wildlife Steering Committee.
If you or your organization are interested in joining New York's Teaming with Wildlife Coalition, download the commitment letter (PDF, 72kb) .
Email your completed letter to Al Caccese at acaccese@aububon.org, or mail to:
Al Caccese
Audubon New York
200 Trillium Lane
Albany, NY 12203
