Présentation du webinaire
PARTICIPANTS
Dave Windsor, Executive Director
Conservation Leaders for Tomorrow (CLfT)
OVERVIEW
The Max McGraw Wildlife Foundation's Conservation Leaders for Tomorrow (CLfT) program was created in 2004 in a joint effort with the Wildlife Management Institute. The first workshop, originally designed for university students enrolled in a wildlife management or natural resource program, was conducted in October 2005. With the success of the university program, McGraw added a new workshop model in 2010, focused on delivering highly effective professional development to natural resource agency staff charged with the management of our wildlife and natural resources. Being the only professionally designed and delivered curriculum for natural resource agency professionals that emphasizes hunting and the consumptive use of wildlife as an important part of wildlife conservation and an integral piece of the North American model, the professional program has grown from two annual workshops to eight. CLfT, now in its 20th year, is delivered primarily through 5-day, in-person, intensive workshops and, since 2020, through an online hybrid program that includes live Zoom discussion sessions. Survey data, anecdotal feedback, and comments by agency administrators strongly suggest that the program is successful in accomplishing its goals and meeting the desired outcomes of agency leadership.
