Resources

The 2012 NAWMP Revision recommended developing, revising, or reaffirming objectives so all facets of waterfowl management share a common benchmark. Work in 2013–14 produced this addendum, which sets revised objectives for populations, supporters, and habitat.

The North American Waterfowl Management Plan Continental Progress Assessment Final Report represents the first comprehensive continental biological evaluation of the Plan's 20-year history since its inception in 1986. Commissioned by the Plan Committee in 2005, this assessment was led by an international Assessment Steering Committee (ASC) comprising experts from Canada, the United States, and Mexico.

In 2007, a Joint Task Group of scientists and managers proposed a framework for reconciling NAWMP's population objectives with harvest management, introducing a "shoulder strategy" to align habitat and harvest goals. The report's recommendations, including a new Human Dimensions Working Group, helped shape the 2009 Plan Update.