Teaming with Wildlife

Teaming with Wildlife (TWW) is a national coalition of more than 4,500 organizations working to prevent wildlife from becoming endangered by supporting increased state and federal funding for wildlife conservation. This coalition includes wildlife managers, conservationists, hunters and anglers, businesses, and many others who support the goal of restoring and conserving our nation's wildlife.

The Wisconsin Wildlife Federation (WWF) is coordinating the Wisconsin's Teaming with Wildlife Coalition. The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is the state agency responsible for managing the states natural resources. DNR is the agency that wrote and is implementing the Wisconsin Wildlife Action Plan. These two entities, working in partnership with members of the state's TWW coalition, are spearheading the effort to protect wildlife in Wisconsin.

The Wisconsin TWW Coalition is comprised of over 213 organizations and businesses. These include land trusts, outdoor organizations, environmental policy organizations, conservation organizations, sportsmen and women's groups, churches, tourism businesses and government agencies.

As programs and projects are successfully implemented, fulfilling conservation needs identified in the Wildlife Action Plan, Wisconsin's wildlife will benefit in numerous ways:

• The status of many species with declining populations will improve, making it unnecessary to include them on lists of State and federally threatened or endangered species.
• There will be additional support for ongoing efforts to restore currently listed species and eventually remove them from these lists will improve probabilities of success.
• Species presently considered common will benefit from the conservation of all of the varied habitats that cover Wisconsin's diverse landscapes.
• New information will be acquired and generated that will also improve conservation of these landscapes and associated wildlife.
• Reducing the rate of occurrence of invasive species introductions and establishments, landscape fragmentation, habitat conversion and other broad-scale threats will benefit many species and landscapes.
• Communication and cooperation between conservation partners will be improved, leading to more effective management of Wisconsin's lands and waters, which will benefit the full diversity of the state's wildlife.

To learn more about how you can get involved, contact Susan Foote-Martin at 608-266-0545, susan.footemartin@dnr.state.wi.us or click here: http://statewildlife.nwf.org/WI/index.htm.

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