Current Projects

• Wildlife Law News Quarterly, a newsletter which reports on developments in wildlife law, including pending litigation and rulings (subscribe now!)
• the Wildlife Law News Weekly Alerts, reporting each week by email.
• the Federal Wildlife and Related Laws Handbook, (679 pp., Gov't.  Institutes, 1998) a volume summarizing federal statutes and international treaties affecting wildlife
• and its companion,  State Wildlife Laws Handbook (850 pp., Gov't. Inst., 1993), the first summary and comparison of fish and wildlife codes of the 50 states
• the NEPA Environmental Impact Statement for reintroduction of the Mexican gray wolf under the Endangered Species Act
• a collaborative project with Defenders of Wildlife to survey and identify current state efforts and legislation to conserve biodiversity.

Law-Related Education: Wild Friends

With funds provided by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation and the New Mexico state legislature, CWL piloted Wild Friends, a wildlife education program for rural and semi-rural youth. At-risk and other middle school students and senior citizens are brought together for hands-on learning about wildlife issues and the legislative process. A network of dozens of local and national organizations have collaborated to make this program a success since 1992. Wild Friends was nominated for a 1994 Generations United Leadership Award.

Other Center projects have included:

• producing training sessions on natural resources law for the USFW National Conservation Training Center
• a special issue of the Natural Resources Journal Law Review, featuring articles on wildlife law and policy
• research for an Office of Technology Assessment report to Congress regarding exotic species regulations of various states
• consulting on exotic species control in Hawaii; participation in wildlife and biodiversity law conferences
• teaching Wildlife Law and Biodiversity and the Law at the University of New Mexico School of Law, and
• analysis and reports on legislation and case law regarding issues such as poaching and hunter harassment statutes.