Lonnie L. Williamson

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  www.bowhunting.net/artman/publish/PapaBear17.shtml - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 2/22/2007    Last Visited: 3/4/2007  

  As my old friend, Lonnie Williamson, of the Wildlife Management Institute pointed out in his piece "Evolution of a Landmark Law," "... something went wrong as civilization crept across the land.
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  Lonnie summarized the rapid response of those days to the need.
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  Here's how Lonnie Williamson wrote about it:

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  Articles - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 5/22/2002    Last Visited: 2/1/2003  

  Lonnie Williamson, professional conservationist and writer for Outdoor Life and American Hunter magazines has this to say about the Program: "There is no question that the new harvest survey program is absolutely essential, not only to conserve the migratory bird resource, but also to answer possible future challenges to hunting programs.It will take hunters only a few moments to give wildlife managers the information they need.Those few moments could make a world of difference for the future of migratory bird hunting."
  
  As the threat to and concern for migratory bird populations continue to mount, it is essential to gather the best information possible about the factors affecting these populations.It is in the hunter's best interest to have wildlife management decisions based on scientific evidence, not on opinions, philosophies, or politics.The Migratory Bird Harvest Information Program, through the cooperation of hunters, will provide wildlife biologists with much of the facts they need to ensure that our migratory bird resources--and hunting tradition--will be around for future generations to enjoy.

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  Chevron Press Release - Trailblazing Conservationists... - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 5/2/1996    Last Visited: 7/10/2006  

  "This year's honorees are an impressive group of highly accomplished people," said Lonnie L. Williamson, Chevron-Times Mirror Magazines Conservation Award judge and vice president of the Wildlife Management Institute.

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  ChevronTexaco - Chevron Press Release Archives - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 1/10/2002    Last Visited: 10/4/2002  

  "This year's honorees are an impressive group of highly accomplished people," said Lonnie L. Williamson, Chevron-Times Mirror Magazines Conservation Award judge and vice president of the Wildlife Management Institute."They provide a prime example of conflict resolution and environmental management working at the local level."
  
  The Chevron-Times Mirror Magazines Conservation Award was created in 1954 by the late Ed Zern, a nationally recognized sportsman, humorist, author and former columnist for Field & Stream.The program seeks out and honors individuals and groups who protect and enhance renewable natural resources.An important factor in the selection of honorees, is their ability to work effectively with diverse organizations to achieve consensus and solve difficult environmental challenges.

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  Duck Hunting, Goose Hunting -- Waterfowler.com Journal - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 10/20/2001    Last Visited: 7/20/2002  

  Our coverage of the 66th Annual North American Wildlife and Natural Resources Conference begins this week with a report on the Sea Duck Joint Venture conference from contributing writer, Lonnie Williamson.While Lonnie officially categorizes himself as retired, he currently holds the position of Southeast Field Coordinator for the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Alliance.Prior to retirement Lonnie was the Editor-at-Large of OutdoorLife Magazine, President of the Outdoor Writers Association and Vice President of the Wildlife Management Institute.Waterfowler.com is pleased to present this exclusive series of reports on conservation concerns and waterfowl management issues.As always, we invite our readers to participate in discussions on these topics in our North American Wildlife Conference message forum.
  
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  Management by Majority - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 1/7/2001    Last Visited: 11/21/2001  

  "Historically, wildlife-management professionals have had very poor people skills," comments the vice-president of the Wildlife Management Institute, Lonnie Williamson."They need good information and education departments that don't just talk to the public but listen to it.Yet with most of the states, information and education is last to get money and first to get cut."
  
  Even more important than good information is good credibility, but wildlife managers are adept at squandering it.For instance, the California Department of Fish and Game didn't have much credibility with which to defend trapping after it had unsuccessfully defended cougar hunting - against a legislative ban in 1971 and against ballot initiatives reaffirming the ban in 1990 and 1996.Instead of telling the truth - that there was no biological reason not to hunt cougars - it tried to frighten people with tales about how a hunting ban would result in more cougars attacking humans (this, despite the fact that human-cougar interactions are rare and hunting has never deterred them, anyway.)

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  Management by Majority - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 9/28/2000    Last Visited: 4/11/2002  

  "Historically, wildlife-management professionals have had very poor people skills," comments the vice-president of the Wildlife Management Institute, Lonnie Williamson."They need good information and education departments that don't just talk to the public but listen to it.Yet with most of the states, in formation and education is last to get money and first to get cut."
  
  Even more important than good information is good credibility, but wildlife managers are adept at squandering it.For instance, the California Department of Fish and Game didn't have much credibility with which to defend trapping after it had unsuccessfully defended cougar hunting -- against a legislative ban in 1971 and against ballot initia­tives reaffirming the ban in 1990 and 1996.Instead of telling the truth that there was no biological reason not to hunt cougars -- it tried to frighten people with tales about how a hunting ban would result in more cougars attacking humans (this, despite the fact that human-cougar interactions are rare and hunting has never deterred them, anyway.)

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  Sportsmen were the first conservationists - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 2/16/2006    Last Visited: 6/30/2008  

  By 1900, according to Lonnie Williamson of the Wildlife Management Institute, 374 protective game societies modeled after the New York Sportsmen were active in most New England states.
  
  These groups, and the ones that followed, were born from overwhelming concern among sportsmen about the unthinking and uncontrolled killing of wildlife during the 19th and early 20th centuries.
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  According to Williamson, the original suggestion for what was to become the PR program came in 1925 from a committee appointed by International Association of Game, Fish and Conservation Commissioners (now the International Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies).
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  The Boone & Crockett Club was among the first national groups to form, according to Williamson.
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  The American sportmen's drive to fund conservation has not been without its snags, however, according to Williamson.

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  TRCA - Resource Links - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 3/17/2002    Last Visited: 3/17/2002  

  Lonnie Williamson - Southeast Field CoordinatorTRCA - Resource Links
  
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  Lonnie Williamson - Southeast Field Coordinator
  
  Present Address and Phone Number:Home and Office:106 Crooked Creek LaneAthens, Georgia 30607(706) 583-8415
  
  Place and Date of Birth:Jackson County, GeorgiaNovember 12, 1939
  
  Education:Jefferson High School, Jefferson, GA., June, 1957

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  The Pinchot Letter--Spring-1998 - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 4/1/1998    Last Visited: 4/29/2006  

  Speaking for the Wildlife Management Institute, Vice President and Editor Lonnie Williamson wrote in the WMI Outdoor News Bulletin that, "What such a disaster would mean is that the Forest Service no longer could restore and maintain fish and wildlife habitat or overgrazed rangelands.

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