Declines in biodiversity poses a serious threat to human civilization today, and will remain so far into the future. In order to maintain species populations and protect habitat for wildlife, several national and international organizations have developed reporting guidelines for conservation of species. However, current methods of preserving particular species do not coincide. Conservationists believe that these lands should be set aside to be protected for the preservation of animal and plant species. Whereas the conservation model used by hunters funds a range of conservation programs, since it has been promoted as a form of managing that resource on behalf of the populace and to ensure the long-term sustainability of wildlife population. Each state has an agency that is responsible for managing its wildlife, which is an initiative to preserve species in the surrounding area. Conservationists, of course, would certainly take issue with the argument that hunting is unnecessary and has unethical approaches to it, but it is important to note that the combi
nation of sportsmen-derived funds comprise between 60 and 90 percent of the typical state fish and wildlife agency budget. If hunting ends, funding for wildlife conservation is in peril, since it is dependent on the revenue that comes from licenses sold for hunting, trapping and fishing. Although the primary goal is to allow these species to recover, few species have actually recovered. Nevertheless, both hunters and conservationists will most likely suggest otherwise and would certainly take matters into their own hands. The degree to which the existing national framework of wildlife conservation has resulted in a series of agency specific efforts that are often poorly coordinated, and therefore fail to take advantage of specific outcomes. Both parties are examples of a coordination trap when people settle on an equilibria that is not ideal. These conservation projects are currently managed by a community of people who have overlapping needs and goals, but rarely communicate on reaching a consensus in efforts to improve the efficiency of species recovery.