HHP Grant Recipients

This section features brief descriptions of state agencies' winning HHP proposals. Unless noted, descriptions show what was proposed, not what resulted. We provide no analysis of results. State agencies can use this section to learn about types of HHP projects undertaken nationwide, while giving them a chance to network and discuss projects of interest.

2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003

2009: NEARLY $500,000 AWARDED

Arizona Game & Fish Department—$45,000
Project: Promoting hunting through a small-game camp model of mentoring in partnership with sportsmen's organizations statewide and encouraging ongoing mentoring activities through the promotion of a new apprentice hunting license.
Contact: Denise Raum, Arizona Game & Fish Department, (623) 236-7567, draum@azgfd.gov

Arizona Game & Fish Department—$37,500
Project: To identify and better understand the role senior hunters can play in the recruitment and retention of younger hunters, and to identify specifically how senior hunters can be engaged in mentored hunts in order to increase hunting participation in Arizona.
Contact: Denise Raum, Arizona Game & Fish Department, (623) 236-7567, draum@azgfd.gov

Maryland Department of Natural Resources, Wildlife and Heritage Service—$27,500
Project: To offer three mentored youth hunts, providing a positive hunting experience and allowing youth to interact with wildlife managers and conservation officers who will communicate the importance of hunting, with the goal of reversing a downturn in youth participation over the last decade.
Contact: Patricia Allen, Maryland Department of Natural Resources, (410) 260-8537, pallen@dnr.state.md.us

Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries—$78,500
Project: To conduct research and assess current marketing strategies to provide the basis for developing a future integrated communications and marketing plan that will motivate lapsed hunters to purchase a hunting license.
Contact: Tom Wilcox, Virginia Department of Game & Inland Fisheries, (804) 367-6892, Tom.Wilcox@dgif.virginia.gov

Colorado Division of Wildlife—$22,000
Project: To retain hunters who move to Colorado from other states by providing them with social connections and information about hunting opportunities in the state that are specific to their interests.
Contact: Debbie Lininger, Colorado Division of Wildlife, (303) 291-7160, debbie.lininger@state.co.us

Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife—$80,000
Project: To develop and build an integrated online database and map resource that will help new and experienced hunters plan their trips, allowing for searches by species, unit and distances; displaying property boundaries and harvest statistics; and interfacing with Google search to assist hunters in finding lodging, camp sites and restaurants.
Contact: David Lane, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, (503) 947-6013, David.w.lane@state.or.us

Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources—$10,240
Project: To promote and enhance hunting in Wisconsin through Learn to Hunt training workshops designed to improve instructors' and mentors' knowledge of “best practices” related to recruiting and retaining hunters; to increase the number of groups conducting Learn to Hunt sessions; and to build a network of mentors and organizers.
Contact: Randall Stark, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, (608) 266-1115, Randall.Stark@wisconsin.gov

Florida Division of Hunting and Game Management—$58,620
Project: To boost awareness of in-state hunting opportunities and increase hunting in Florida's quota-hunt management areas, with emphasis on identifying lapsed in-state hunters and encouraging use of a new guest permit, with the overall goal of overcoming a perception among Floridians that hunting is better out of state.
Contact: Diane Eggeman, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, 850-488-3831, diane.eggeman@myfwc.com

Michigan Department of Natural Resources—$66,200
Project: To produce an interactive Web site so hunters can view all available hunting lands and other land features throughout Michigan, with data layers consisting of aerial imagery, ownership, land use, cover, roads and more, and allowing hunters to input GPS coordinates of hunting camps or favorite locations to create a map. These and other feature will address the access challenge hunters face in Michigan.
Contact: David Forstat, Michigan Department of Natural Resources, (517) 241-1365,

Idaho Department of Fish & Game—$73,500
Project: To obtain long-term, secure access to land for hunters through the Access Yes! program that provides various types of compensation—monetary and otherwise—to landowners for allowing access to and through their grounds; to recruit new landowners to the program, particularly owners of corporate timberlands; and to pilot mentored youth hunts on leased property.
Contact: Karla Drewsen, Idaho Department of Fish and Game, (208) 287-2743, kdrewsen@idfg.idaho.gov