distaff landowners in Iowa have help develop a newfangled booklet that will give woman direction in managing wildlife and hunting on their tilled land .
The Women , Food and Agriculture web held three focus chemical group in early 2013 with female landowners in Indianola , Perry and Williamsburg , Iowa , who were asked to try out a variety of mark pieces about preservation . Their input helped the WFAN spring up “ Wildlife on Your Land , ” an 8 - page booklet contain information on managing wildlife and hunting written in unmortgaged , simple language with photo and stories of woman landholder who are engaged in wildlife and home ground direction on their farm .
“ We have been meeting with women landowners for more than a decade , and enquiry about how to handle request from hunters , and how to manage both desirable and undesirable wildlife comes up at almost every gathering , ” say Leigh Adcock , WFAN executive director .
The goal of the labor is to increase and better wildlife and hunt direction practices on Iowa ’s private Edwin Herbert Land by creating an outreach program specifically for women landowners . WFAN confine peer - to - compeer meetings with landowners in Chariton , Harlan and Edgewood , Iowa , in early 2012 , as well , and their discourse were used to inform development of a wildlife and hunting communication piece address at adult female landowners .
WFAN ’s program for women property owner , Women wish for the Land , bring in together women in cozy peer - to - peer meetings in various locations across the country to discuss various conservation and Din Land direction subject . The search and wildlife meetings and the information leaflet that arose from them were funded by a Duncan James Corrow Grant from Iowa ’s Resource Enhancement and Protection Conservation Education Program .
A variety of resources and agencies are included in the booklet , as well . The booklet is uncommitted here as a free PDF downloador in print form at woman - landowner meetings . Click here for a calendar of approaching meetings .
The material WFAN prepare is also included as an additional activity in the curriculum pathfinder for organizations wanting to hold women - landowner preservation meetings . The book , “ cleaning woman deal for the Land : better Conservation Outreach to Female Non - manipulator Farmland Owners , ” is usable as afree PDF download , as well , or may be buy as a surd copy for $ 35 ( WFAN , 2012 , 96 pp . )
“ We bed from our work that most women respond to different images and content in conservation outreach than men , ” Adcock says . “ We believe more women will become active conservation cooperator when we meet their needs with meetings and outreach materials design specifically for them . ”
WFAN is a nonprofit , educational organization organise in 1997 to allow for networking , information and leading development opportunity to women involved in all aspects of sustainable agriculture .
