1.4 - Identify opportunities to promote cooperating agency status for state agencies
Text from the Recreational Hunting and Wildlife Conservation Plan, 2008, Page 3
Assessment of Status: Incomplete
Cooperating agency status for states is not being promoted.
Supporting documentation and findings
Interview with Ron Regan and Carol Bambery of AFWA 2.8.13
In an interview with Carol Bambery, Association Counsel for the Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies, sh stated, cooperation agency status is a good tool, albeit underutilized. In addition, state agencies would use it more if promoted by federal agencies.