Shane Mahoney on the North American Wildlife Conservation Model

Shane Mahoney joins us from Labrador, Newfoundland. He is the leading worldwide expert on the North American Wildlife Conservation Model. Shane clears up the history concerning the model, and brings to light the fact that the actual name wasn't devised until the early to mid 1990's. He agrees that the model existed in function prior to that time, and that the 1937 Wildlife Reclamation Act put teeth into the model with financial mechanisms - but the words/name "North American Wildlife Conservation Model" were not uttered until the 90's. He agrees that giving the model its name has made teaching its functions much more simple and digestible.