{"id":62,"date":"2018-10-19T21:03:12","date_gmt":"2018-10-19T21:03:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.warnercnr.colostate.edu\/wildlifevalues\/?page_id=62"},"modified":"2019-01-15T23:34:02","modified_gmt":"2019-01-15T23:34:02","slug":"why-study-wildlife-values-meeting-current-and-future-challenges","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.warnercnr.colostate.edu\/wildlifevalues\/home-page\/why-study-wildlife-values-meeting-current-and-future-challenges\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Study Wildlife Values?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h3>Meeting Current and Future Challenges<\/h3>\n<p>States are experiencing a number of social and demographic changes that have affected and will continue to affect wildlife management. Changes include human population growth and expansion, changes in in-migration rates and land use patterns, demographic shifts such as increasing income and education, growth in technology, and urbanization. These changes are contributing to the many challenges that increasingly define the context of wildlife conservation, including for example, habitat loss and fragmentation, loss of biodiversity, hunting declines, human-wildlife conflict, and a rise in social conflict over wildlife-related issues. Further, these changes have redefined the \u201cpublic interest\u201d that agencies are charged with representing in decisions and provision of opportunities under the North American Model of Wildlife Conservation. Key questions for state fish and wildlife agencies that arise in this context include:[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;45px&#8221;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;213&#8243; img_size=&#8221;medium&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;padding-left: 60px\"><span style=\"color: #7a939c\"><strong>\u2022 What strategies, including pathways to improved governance, are needed to help agencies adapt in the face of societal change?<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #7a939c\"><strong>\u2022 How do agencies maintain trust and continue to remain relevant to an increasingly diverse constituency?<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #7a939c\"><strong>\u2022 What are ways for agencies to more effectively reach and engage non-traditional or underserved audiences while still being responsive to <\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #7a939c\"><strong>the needs of traditional stakeholders?<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #7a939c\"><strong>\u2022 How can agencies garner broad-based support to ensure sustainable funding mechanisms exist for wildlife conservation in the future?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;217&#8243; img_size=&#8221;medium&#8221; alignment=&#8221;right&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text]Response to these questions and underlying challenges demands knowledge of the social and demographic changes that are taking place and the impact of those changes on public values, including how different segments of the public think about wildlife and wildlife-related issues. Additionally, for agencies to explore ways to adapt, including through improved public outreach, there is a need to consider what approaches to agency governance and stakeholder engagement are currently being used.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text] Meeting Current and Future Challenges States are experiencing a number of social and demographic changes that have affected and will continue to affect wildlife management. 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