The Association of Fish & Wildlife Agencies' National Grants Committee reviewed 13 proposed National Conservation Needs
(NCNs) and recommended the approval of 11 NCNs for the 2015 cycle of the
Multistate Conservation Grant Program.
State fish
and wildlife agency directors approved the list of 11 at AFWA's spring Business
Meeting held March 14, 2014 during the North American Wildlife and Natural
Resources Conference.
2015 Multistate Conservation Grant Program NCNs
NCN 1: Outdoor Heritage – Participation,
Recruitment and Retention in Hunting, Fishing, Boating and
Conservation-related Recreational Activities; Enhanced Relations among State
Fish and Wildlife Agencies and the Related Industries
NCN 2: Multistate Conservation Grant Program
Coordination
NCN 3: Improve Benefits for Fish, Wildlife,
and their Habitats through Evaluation of Efficacious Management Strategies for
Feral Swine
NCN 4: Strengthening the National Fish
Habitat Partnership
NCN 5: Incorporating Fish and Wildlife
Considerations into Energy Development Decisions
NCN 6: Policy and Legislative Advocacy –
Implementing Goal 2 of AFWA’s Strategic Plan
NCN 7: Strengthening State Fish and Wildlife
Agency Capacity to Understand and Respond to Changing Trends in Constituent
Values and Demographics
NCN 8: The 2016 National Survey of Fishing,
Hunting, and Wildlife Associated Recreation (National Survey)
NCN 9: Protecting State Fish and Wildlife
Agencies Ability and Authority to Manage and Conserve Furbearers through
Regulated Trapping Programs
NCN 10: State Fish and Wildlife Agency
Coordination and Administration
NCN 11: Improve Benefits for Fish, Wildlife,
and their Habitats as the 2014 and Future Farm Bills are Implemented
The MSCGP
was established in 2000 by the Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Programs
Improvement Act, which amended the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act
and the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act. AFWA and the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service (USFWS) cooperatively administer the Multistate Conservation
Grant Program.
