In 2002, the Wildlife Management Institute (WMI) received a federal aid grant to develop an overall framework and specific recommendations on, (1) how to gain a more thorough and rigorous understanding of the relationship between waterfowl hunting regulations and hunter satisfaction, recruitment, retention, and involvement in habitat conservation and (2), how to systematically incorporate this understanding into management and conservation programs.
The intent of this project was to capture all of the previous work done in this area, focus the best thinking on the issues, define future direction, and recommend research needs.