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History and Goals

Goals of Working Group include:

• Enhance cooperation among native, state, provincial, and federal government agencies related to wildlife management issues.
• Facilitate communication and exchange of information among members of TWS interested in wildlife management issues facing native people.
• Enhance knowledge and technical capabilities of wildlife professionals in natural resource issues that affect native people.
• Promote projects and programs that benefit wildlife resources and enhance wildlife management opportunities for native people.
• Encourage native students to pursue careers in wildlife professions.
• Increase public awareness and appreciation of traditional native knowledge regarding wildlife and wildlife management.
• Educate people on the cultural, spiritual, and subsistence values of wildlife to native people.
• Enhance awareness of Federal Trust responsibilities of Federal agencies to native people.
• Assist TWS in preparing position statements and policies related to issues that affect native people.
• Maintain a cooperative relationship with the Native American Fish and Wildlife Society