State Offices - Kerr Wildlife Management Area Headquarters

Why we will no longer be a welcoming church

We’ve decided to quit being a welcoming church. No kidding. We’re giving it up. Like so many congregations, we’ve sunk an amazing amount of time and energy into becoming a welcoming church. We changed worship styles, trained greeters and ushers, wore name tags, brewed coffee, went to workshops on hospitality and put our friendliest people …

Why Is State Farm Making So Many Changes?

If you’re looking for clues about what State Farm is doing, don’t just look to the big black building overlooking Veterans Parkway. Look at Rhode Island.

How to de-bone deer meat in 8 minutes

HUNTING -- Most hunters eventually have to bone-out a big-game animal in the field or while butchering their meat back home. Here's a video that sets the bar for how it's done: A butcher bones out a deer carcass in less than 8 minutes. Whew!...

BLOG: 12 Fun Facts about FFA

While writing an article on past state FFA officers, I ran across some FFA trivia:

10 Things the United States Should Copy From Other Countries

The United States has a lot to recommend it, but there's always room for improvement. Let's look abroad for better ways of doing things and and start improving.

Data Is Improving Government Services, But at What Cost to Citizens' Privacy?

Data now informs almost everything the public sector does, and it also informs on us.

Government lawyers don’t understand the Internet. That’s a problem.

Explore Florida’s Wildlife Management Areas with FWC’s Geocaching Challenge!

Grab your smartphone or GPS unit and go looking for geocaches scattered over Florida’s Wildlife Management Areas.

Biologist dispels misconceptions about area critters

Do snapping turtles have a penchant for biting off human toes and does the Wisconsin Dells area have poisonous water moccasins?

Why the Natural Resources Management Act is so important

It was fitting, this week, that the United States Senate overwhelmingly passed the Natural Resources Management Act.

It’s important to ensure a future for grizzly bears

I've lived in Montana for a long time and I’ve seen lots of people take it upon themselves to keep their families and themselves safe in grizzly country. I am

'Corridors' in Africa damaging some of world’s most precious wildlife areas

Many of the major development projects in Africa will result in destructive “corridors” being built through some of the world’s most precious wildlife areas with little or no overall benefit for the local population, a study has found. A detailed assessment of 33 developmental corridors involving the construction of immensely long roads, railways, pipelines and power cables has found that most of them are of questionable…

Group collecting signatures for scientific wildlife management

Don’t be surprised if you’re asked to sign a petition in the coming weeks and months.

What is project success?

by Christian Bisson, PMPProject success is typically defined as being completed within budget, schedule, and scope, and that has been imprinted so much in project managers’ mind th

A Rancher And A Conservationist Forge An Unlikely Alliance

Scientists suspect that warming air and rivers, as well as smaller winter snowpack, is endangering western trout. But on a ranch in Montana, methods to protect trout from the effects of cattle ranching are helping the trout become more resilient to the inevitable change in their environment.

Portfolio Management Beliefs and Practices That May Harm Clients

A number of beliefs and practices have grown up in the area of portfolio management that may be detrimental to the financial well-being of clients. Here are a few of them. The MPT problem. Modern p…