We are the leaders in Lion Conservation and have numerous successes and ongoing projects to support this cause. For an in-depth listing of our efforts, click here.

We are partnering with this evolving community-based conservation project in Tete Province including the development of a game guard infrastructure. We closely monitor all elephant conservation across Africa particularly in Mozambique, Cameroon, Zambia, Tanzania, Botswana, and Angola where we have ongoing projects. View the Mozambique Elephant Initiative brochure.

We are funding the Ministry's Eld's Deer Management and Implementation of Smithsonian's conservation plan in Burma in conjunction with the IUCN Deer Specialist Group and Smithsonian.

We are working on the conservation of Red Lechwe in Botswana and Zambia by game guarding and management strategy.

In 2004 Conservation Force expanded its Barasingha Project in India to cover the remaining populations. We are now providing most of the conservation and support for nearly all of these endangered deer in India, which is the largest remaining population in the world.

In February 2004 Dr. James Teer field-inspected the three largest remaining Barasingha reserves in India. Conservation Force then expanded its program to the full limit of all remaining populations in partnership with the Wildlife Society of India with funds from Conservation Force's Ranching for Restoration Program in Texas. This has brought the conservation benefits of hunting of listed exotics in Texas to an all time high. No one is doing more to save Barasingha. Texas ranchers are virtually paying the whole conservation bill for the survival of the species through Conservation Force's program. The program is the definitive example of ex situ hunting enhancing the in situ survival of an endangered species. Conservation Force's Ranching for Restoration Program is also timely helping shield hunting of listed exotic game from anti-hunting litigation that has been threatened.

1. Conservation Force and its partners completed the construction of the Veterinary Clinic in Ethiopia in April 2004. The purpose of the clinic is the protection of the largest remaining reserve of Mountain Nyala from livestock diseases and to reward and incentivize the adjacent community in the Hanto/Dinsho Locality, Bale Zone Oromia Administrative Region. Phase 2 of the project included important conservation training and education of the local people. Contributors included Bert Klineburger of Conservation Force's Board, who initiated the project, Rocky Valley Hunting Safaris that oversaw it, and the Alamo Chapter of SCI, Mike Benben (Sr. and Jr.), Sheldon Brooks, Daniel Y. Butler, Dan Duncan, Gary Hansen, Greg Kitchens, Lee Lipscomb, Sherwin Scott, Renee and Paul Snider, Thornton Snider, the Louis Stumberg Family, the Stan Studer Family, Felix Widlacki, Co. Negussie Eshete, Bill and Ingrid Poole, and Conservation Force itself in memory of Dr. Bart O'Gara, deceased Conservation Force Board Member.

2. Wildlife Management Plan for the Galama Mountains, Ethopia: Year One We have participated in both short and long term projects crucial to the overall purpose of the Galama Mountains Conservation Fund. Click here to view the fund's brochure.

3. Understanding the Habitat and Distribution of the Mountain Nyala-Conservation Strategies and Research Proposals for 2006 report

We are helping establish a national strategy, conservation plans and "conservancies" between large landowners in Paraguay to insure incentives and revenue for habitat and biodiversity preservation and the sustainable use of all wildlife.  We are developing and supporting jaguar conservation in four South American countries.
View the Faro Moro Jaguar Project brochure
View the 2002-2004 Faro Moro report

We have initiated and are funding the first northeast and northern plains survey of Eld's deer of Cambodia, which is two-thirds of their range in Cambodia. We serve on the IUCN Deer Specialist Group's Eld's Deer Task Force and fund a special grant program for Eld's deer conservation within that Specialist Group.

We were involved the community-based wildlife management project in Chonnabuly District, Savannakhet Province by helping with the creation of a 93,000 hectare sanctuary for Elds Deer. The project also involved and in-depth focus on 1) Awareness and education, 2) Patrolling and enforcement, 3) Surveys and monitoring and, 4) Providing incentive to villagers for the protection of the deer. View the Conservation Force Eld's Deer Activities 2005 report.

We are participating in grizzly bear projects in Wyoming, British Columbia and Alaska.

We are working with the Yukon Outfitters Association and Canadian and Provincial Wildlife Authorities for the perpetuation and management of Wood bison. View the Wood Bison Initiative brochure.

We continue to participate in Black and White rhino conservation to help establish the appropriate long term conservation strategy.

We are spearheading the effort to perpetuate the survival of Namibia's Black-Faced
impala and prevent their hybridization. View the Black-Faced Impala brochure.

We monitor the population status of black bear across N. America and are working on recovery and other projects. View the America's Black Bears are Thriving report.

We have helped study Saiga status, planned, developed and funded a range nation workshop of all CIS authorities to manage and restore the antelope populations.

We are cooperatively taking pro-active steps to conserve, manage and restore Asian sheep and goat by holding workshops to establish management plans and strategies, then implement them and establish models for all to follow.

We are spearheading the development of Markhor conservation strategies across Pakistan. View the Pakistan Markhor Initiative brochure.

1. Gulf of Boothia-We are actively working to establish a co-management agreement for polar bear between Greenland and Nunavut, reviewing the status of polar bear in the McClintock Channel population, petitioning for the sustainable use of Polar Bear in the Gulf of Boothia and much more.

2. Listing Position-We are by far, the foremost effective Polar Bear conservationists. Click here to view our comprehensive library of legal and literary documents on Polar Bear issues and projects.

We Support Desert Sheep Conservation in Mexico and Arizona.

We continue to spearhead the implementation of the Namibian Cheetah Strategic Management Plan, particularly private landowner and conservancy compacts. View the Namibian Cheetah Initiative brochure.

We Support and partner with the Kodiak Brown Bear Trust.

The Conservation Fund has formed an impressive coalition of local groups, landowners, guides and lodges and major foundations united around a simple idea: purchase land or conservation agreements from willing local landowners to affect landscape-scale conservation of intact habitats used by abundant wild salmon, trout, bear, caribou, moose and migratory waterfowl. In health terms, this is classic preventive medicine. more

This program helps ranchers obtain the two necessary permits needed to breed and cull exotic endangered game species. The USF&WS permits breeding and culling of listed exotics, proved that 10% of the trophy fees are directed to "enhancement" of the listed species. Read more

Conservation Force's Ranching for Restoration Program helps provide habitat for all wildlife, not just those species at risk that are the intended direct beneficiaries.

Conservation Force's participation in Communal-Based Natural Resources Management (CBNRM) in developing countries around the world is designed to give habitat value in its wild state through alternative uses that maintain that status.

Our partnership with conservancies is a form of CBNRM and is also designed to expand and restore wild habitat.

Conservation Force's Doorways to Waterways Program is designed to complement the Scenic River Act, maintain waterways and shorelines for recreational use as well as navigable streams for their fish, waterfowl and recreational value.  This includes enhancing recreation use by installation of private navigational aids, removal of navigation hazards and costal restoration.  Many of Conservation Force's easement holdings are on waterways and habitat bordering waterways.

We partner with The Murulle Foundation and are involved in their efforts to protect the unique natural resources of Ethiopia by establishing projects that incorporate both scientific research and community development. Read more about the foundation and donation options.

We partner with and support the Safari Hunting Partnerships for Conservation - Building Bridges of Support to Hunting Areas in Zambia, a unique program for funding wildlife conservation - keeping safari hunting a lasting tradition in Africa and a viable land use option for rural communities in Zambia

We are leading the effort to re-establish Iran's full wildlife conservation base.

We are spearheading the establishment of model habitat conservation plans on private lands to reduce fragmentation and preserve the countries biodiversity.

We are deeply involved in the development of Norms and Standards for improved conservation practices in South Africa.

Our African newsletter is African Indaba, which is circulated widely and covers a broad array of conservation issues. It is edited by CF Board Member, Gerhard Damm and circulated to more than 12,000 readers as a free public service.
 

We participate in wetland restoration and perpetuation, hold conservation easements, serve on the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Foundation Board, Louisiana Black Bear Committee, Louisiana Wildlife Federation Board, etc.

We publish educational material, maintain a reference library, provide keynote speakers, produce films, publish newsletters and issue alerts and press releases to further our exempt purposes.

Concern for human-wildlife conflict has increased in Africa in the last few years. The focus on conflict provides a different prospective for problem solving. The survival of ecosystems as a whole and wildlife in particular are vitally dependent upon the coexistence of local people with wildlife. The conflicts threaten the very existence of wildlife. Those conflicts take many forms. Three forms have recently been studied in the Masai Mara area of Kenya. They provide interesting insight to those that care about Africa, its people and its wildlife. more

We are partners in the vocational re-training of those identified to be the most active poachers into alternative occupational vocations as well as serve on the ADMADE College Advisory Panel.  more

We are a land trust. We are establishing conservation easements to maintain wild places for wildlife on private lands for their perpetual sustainable use in their natural condition. View the Conservation Easements brochure.

  La Petite Riviere Easement                  Marshall Easement               Tangipahoa River Island & Shoreline

                               (Click on a thumbnail to view a larger map of each easement.)

We serve on the Cullman-Hurt Trust Board as Trustee and Treasurer to help support and direct its projects in Tanzania and we are its U.S.A. funding partner. John J. Jackson, III serves as its Treasurer. more

We serve on and support this foundation in Tanzania for anti-poaching and community development. In 2006, CF co-hosted a large gala dinner in Gaylord, Texas and raised more than $300,000 for WCFT.

We are providing professional and technical services in the support of special wildlife educational displays at the foundation headquarters in St. George, Utah.

John Jackson of Conservation Force is the President of the Sustainable Use Commission of CIC, Vice President of its Tropical Game Commission, and a member of CIC's Executive Committee. Shane Mahoney is the Vice President of the Sustainable Use Commission. Gerhard Damm is the Vice President of the Sustainable Use Commission and The Tropical Game Commission. more

We serve on five committees, including the Sustainable Use Committee, Legal Committee, Endangered Species Committee, International Affairs Committee, and the Wildlife Policy Committee.

We serve on all commissions and attend all World Congresses. We support many IUCN projects.

We are a CITES International Observer NGO that participates and contributes to all conferences of the Convention on International Trade of Endangered Species to conserve species threatened or endangered by trade.

Conservation Force funded and participated in the Sustainable Use Specialist Group Symposium & Workshop. Among several important issues, the workshop held identify Strong Links Between Recreational Hunting, Conservation & Rural Livelihoods. Read more here.

We are helping establish Comprehensive Conservation Plans on 94 million areas of the NWR System.

We are part of international team developing practical solutions that address complex factors which balance conservation with human population growth. The research team will conduct a series of interrelated projects in Tanzania and Botswana by summer of 2006. more

We continue to lead the effort to have the ESA administered properly and successfully
by incorporating positive incentives and flexibility for modern management practices.

We helped found and have served on the nominating and steering committee of the AWCP - America's 42 leading sportsmen's conservation organizations.

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