Expanding Into the Urban Arena

Key Points

• The aim is to explore effective methods for transferring wildlife information to urban populations.
• Examined resources and capabilities of state conservation agencies and Extension in urban settings.
• Evaluated the effectiveness of cooperative programming for wildlife information transfer.
• Identified challenges related to urban residents' wildlife information requests and needs.
• Cooperative programming significantly improves wildlife information transfer to urban audiences.
• Urban residents showed a higher satisfaction with received wildlife information through cooperative efforts.
• Effective land-use decisions were supported by better communication of wildlife needs.