Beginning in the fall of 2007, the Sporting Conservation Council Federal Advisory Committee (SCC) assembled a number of working groups made up of a diverse coalition of champions in the field of hunting and conservation. Together they developed the foundation of information needed to implement Executive Order #13443 Facilitation of Hunting Heritage and Wildlife Conservation. A number of meetings and workshops were held over several months to organize and focus in-depth deliberations on the white papers that included a vast variety of federal, state, local, and tribal government officials, members of congress and their staffs, sporting and conservation organizations and the private sector. The white papers, which provide broad issue background, identify challenges and propose goals and opportunities that will be used for the White House North American Wildlife Conference discussions and presentations. The white papers were not commissioned by the government, but instead are the product of collaboration by the Sporting Conservation Council Federal Advisory Committee as a source of views, useful information, and options for consideration at the conference and for the possible inclusion in the final ten-year Recreational Hunting and Conservation action plan called for by EO #13443.

Executive Summary (PDF 3 pages)

Draft White Papers (PDF 64 pages)

Comments about the Conservation Plan