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COMMITTEE for RESPONSIBLE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT

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"Promoting Science Based Wildlife Management Decisions for a Better Massachusetts"

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This is a list of reading materials that include both educational, scientific writings and informational works from career professionals. Make sure to view the list to the left as well!

Improving Animal Welfare in U.S. Trapping Programs
This report summarizes the 'first steps' of the fur resources technical subcommittee and the working group to identify, compile and synthesize data. The group was also tasked with conceptualizing and designing processes to improve trapping and the welfare of trapped animals in the United States. (large document - 4 megabytes)

Trapper Education Manual
Trapping s part of our North American heritage. First-time trappers in many states and Canadian provinces must complete a trapper education program covering skills, regulations, and trapping's role in scientific c wildlife management. Trapper education programs teach basic techniques with a strong focus on the responsible treatment of animals, legal methods, safety, selectivity, and ethical trapper behavior. This Trapper Education Program was developed by the International Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies (IAFWA). The Association represents professionals from the fish and wildlife agencies of the states, provinces, and federal governments of the U.S. and Canada. The program was developed to:

1. Protect the health, safety, and welfare of people, wildlife, and domestic animals
2. Support wildlife conservation programs that sustain species and ecosystems for the benefit of future generations
3. Increase the benefits society currently receives from regulated trapping activities

Egg trap and Wire Cage Study
This study is an example of the innovation and efforts being made on restraint devcie design. It effectively shows that modern restraint designs have the welfare of the animal as a high priority and can be extremely effective.

Massachusetts Committee for Responsible Wildlife Display (Poster Size *.pdf )
This display is used at conferences, meetings, County Fairs, etc. Highlights the critical role that a furbearer trapping program has in any successful state wildlife management plan

A MUST READ!! Cutting Through "Feelings" to Get To Facts

April 15, 2008 / by Jim Beers

DISCOMBOBULATING THE PROPAGANDIZERS

- Jim Beers is a retired US Fish & Wildlife Service Wildlife Biologist, Special Agent, Refuge Manager, Wetlands Biologist, and Congressional Fellow. He was stationed in North Dakota, Minnesota, Nebraska, New York City, and Washington DC. He also served as a US Navy Line Officer in the western Pacific and on Adak, Alaska in the Aleutian Islands. He has worked for the Utah Fish & Game, Minneapolis Police Department, and as a Security Supervisor in Washington, DC. He testified three times before Congress; twice regarding the theft by the US Fish & Wildlife Service of $45 to 60 Million from State fish and wildlife funds and once in opposition to expanding Federal Invasive Species authority. He resides in Centreville, Virginia with his wife of many decades.

CRWM Tri-fold

This is a PDF version of our tri-fold handout that explains who the Committee for Responsible Wildlife Management is, the mission of the organization, it's strategy and how people can get involved.

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"Promoting Science Based Wildlife Management Decisions for a Better Massachusetts"

April 15, 2008 / by Jim Beers

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