Investing in What's Next

Sustaining the Future of Waterfowl Management

The 2018 Update indicated a need to bolster training programs for future waterfowl management professionals. This included an objective to encourage universities and colleges to maintain and build waterfowl management training programs. As a result, the North American Waterfowl Professional Education Plan (NAWPEP) was created to engage universities, colleges and NAWMP partners to establish, sustain and enhance academic and experiential programs in waterfowl science and management. The NAWPEP continues to encourage the development of students and young professionals reflecting human diversity across North America to sustain professional capacity and excellence of future waterfowl science and management.

Three members of a waterfowl banding crew standing in shallow water near banding equipment.
Banding programs help train the next generation of waterfowl professionals.
Kurt Ongman / University of Maine