Effective resource management depends on understanding user’s harvests, demographics, habits, preferences, and trends. To help manage the South Carolina oyster resource, at the end of the 2020-2021 oyster season, more…

This report examines access to and usage of natural areas during the COVID-19 pandemic compared to 2019 levels. Natural areas include public open spaces such as local, county, state, and…

Efforts to recruit and retain new hunters will achieve greater success by learning from those who already participate in the outdoors. Target archery participants are an ideal audience to understand…

Compared to current license offerings, West Virginia’s hunters and anglers might prefer new options that could generate equal or greater revenues. This phase, the third in a three-part series of…

Is your state considering a change to license prices? Check out this report to see how we can help! This report uses historical sales data provided by the Florida Fish…

Curious how your constituents might respond to changing license prices? We can help! As an example, this report uses historical sales data provided by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources…

The primary purpose of this study is help identify a source of stable matching funds should ‘Recovering America’s Wildlife Act’ (RAWA) become federal law. If passed, the New Mexico Department…

Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration excise taxes are generated by hunting-related and non-hunting related activities. Non-hunting activities include recreational shooting, home and self-defense, firearms collecting, and non-law enforcement or military…

Hunting and target shooting mentoring programs are expected to produce greater returns when based on solid, scientific insights regarding best practices, communication channels and more. The reports available for download…

Does graduation from a hunter education program translate into new hunters? Maybe not as often as expected. One-third of graduates never buy a license within six years of graduating and…