Conservation Policy Projects

Jodi Stemler Consulting has served as the communications lead for the Boone and Crockett Club since 2020. In this role, she oversees the organization’s strategic communications outreach including press releases and stories for website and magazine, org …

Jodi Stemler Consulting supports communications outreach for the Mule Deer Foundation’s conservation programs. This has included developing content for the conservation programs web pages on the MDF website, producing videos to visually explain conserv …

Jodi Stemler Consulting produced the first mid-term report for the American Wildlife Conservation Partners, updating on accomplishments from the Wildlife for the 21st Century: Vol. 6 report, and documenting issues that still need attention.

In May 2022, Jodi Stemler Consulting coordinated and facilitated a three day meeting of partner organizations to begin developing collaborative projects to benefit conservation in the Lower Mississippi River region.

In April 2022, Jodi Stemler Consulting helped the Boone and Crockett Club host their first ever media summit in association with the Judges Panel for the 31st Big Game Awards. The goals of the event were to increase press coverage for the Big Game Awar …

Jodi Stemler Consulting helped to coordinate and facilitate the Mule Deer Foundation’s first Mule Deer Summit, held in conjunction with the 2022 Western Hunting & Conservation Expo.

Jodi Stemler Consulting will once again help the North American Grouse Partners produce their annual membership magazine for 2020. This year’s Grouse Partnership News is expected to be finalized in late November, 2020.

In 2020, Jodi Stemler Consulting helped the American Wildlife Conservation Partners to complete the sixth edition of their policy recommendations in Wildlife for the 21st Century. Jodi edited all the text to provide consistency and ensure readability, …

Jodi Stemler Consulting produced the summary report for the 2019 Private Lands Partners Day in Ogden, UT. The report includes her photos and a description of the event field trip and sessions.

The North American Grouse Partnership hired Jodi Stemler Consulting to edit, write, and manage production for the 2019 Grouse Partnership News magazine. The organization had not completed a membership magazine in several years, and wanted the 2019 repo …

Jodi Stemler Consulting worked with Partners for Conservation to participate in the 2018 Private Lands Partners Day in Springfield, Missouri to take notes and photograph the event in order to produce the organization’s post-conference report.

In 2018, Jodi Stemler Consulting was contracted to research, write and manage design for the 2019-2023 Statewide Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan (SCORP) for Colorado Parks and Wildlife. To receive state funding through the Land and Water Conserva …

In 2018, Jodi helped Partners for Conservation develop two Collaborative Conservation training workshops for landowners and partners. The workshops were hosted in Boise, ID and Jodi helped with the logistics and event facilitation and wrote the post-ev …

Jodi Stemler Consulting conducted interviews and wrote Perspectives on Collaborative Conservation, a report that seeks to identify how sage grouse collaboration efforts were different than previous responses to natural resource challenges.  

Since 2015, I have been editing articles for the bimonthly MDF Magazine and copyediting the designed magazine. I also periodically write articles for the magazine.

Jodi Stemler Consulting produced a video, with partner Omega Productions, and wrote and provided images for an interactive “story map” for the Sage Grouse Initiative to spotlight the creative conservation efforts of ranchers in sagebrush country. The f …

Since December 2013, Jodi has been writing and coordinating press releases for the Mule Deer Foundation. Since that time, news releases have featured the organization’s policy positions, chapter activities and volunteer efforts. In addition, press atte …

Jodi Stemler Consulting worked with the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries’ Bureau of Wildlife to write their 10-year work plan for their Quail and Early-Successional Species Recovery Initiative. Setting Back the Habitat Clock outlines th …

Jodi is helping NWF develop materials and outreach information for their efforts to secure dedicated funding for state fish and wildlife conservation efforts. In 2017, Jodi is writing a report focused on the wildlife conservation crisis in America.

Jodi Stemler Consulting is supporting the Sage Grouse Initiative by writing for their Science to Solutions series. These 4-page reports translate complex scientific information so that it can be clearly understood by a diverse audience and connects the …

In March 2016, Jodi helped AFWA rollout the recommendations of the Blue Ribbon Panel on Sustaining America’s Diverse Fish and Wildlife at a press conference in the National Press Club. The event was attended by a diverse group of press, state and feder …

In 2016, Jodi Stemler Consulting is organizing two forums on NRCS’s Working Lands for Wildlife Program for PFC, a national forum in Denver in May and an eastern regional forum in West Virginia in November. Jodi facilitated the Denver meeting and wrote …

In July 2015, Jodi Stemler Consulting helped coordinate a roundtable in Helena, MT that brought together ranchers with Chief Jason Weller of the Natural Resources Conservation Service to discuss sage grouse conservation. In addition, Jodi has helped PF …

Jodi is managing the writing, editing and production of a detailed report on Farm Bill conservation programs. The 2014 Farm Bill Guide is a detailed overview of the Farm Bill including information about programs that are important for wildlife conserva …

Backcountry Hunters & Anglers asked me to write, edit and manage design and production for their November 2014 report entitled Our Public Lands – Not for Sale. This report documents efforts to transfer or sell federal public lands, the importance o …

Every fall, six extraordinary volunteer conservationists are honored by Field & Stream Magazine; one is ultimately chosen as that year’s Hero of Conservation. Jodi has worked with Field & Stream on this program for all but the first year helpin …

When the Land and Water Conservation Fund celebrated its 50th Anniversary in 2014, Jodi Stemler Consulting coordinated the efforts to develop a report for the LWCF Coalition to celebrate this important occasion. This included significant writing and ed …

As a spin-off from the Field & Stream Heroes of Conservation program, Hero for a Day projects complete important conservation projects with an eager group of volunteers. Jodi helps connect Field & Stream with conservation organizations that hav …

Jodi has served as editor of the Wildlife Management Institute’s Outdoor News Bulletin since January 2012, and written articles for every edition since July of 2007. Her writing focuses on wildlife management policy issues in particular conservation fu …

Throughout the time working with the LWCF Coalition, Jodi Stemler Consulting has coordinated outreach to the media. In recent years, this has focused on connecting with outdoor writers and the sportsmen’s community. Specific outdoor media outreach has …

Jodi helped NWF’s public lands campaign by calling attention to efforts to undermine our nation’s system of federal public lands. This has included writing and editing campaign materials, supporting grassroots communications outreach, and coordinating …

Jodi Stemler Consulting supports The High Lonesome Ranch’s efforts to develop a sustainable landscape-level energy development plan on the ranch and surrounding lands. Jodi coordinates meetings every other month, facilitates the meetings, and collabora …

Jodi helped NWF in 2014 with its efforts to enact legislation that would implement a leasing program for renewable energy development on federal public lands. Revenues from the leasing program would support state and local governments, but most importa …

Jodi helped The High Lonesome Ranch, TRCP and other members of the Landscape Energy Stakeholders group to host a reception at the 79th annual North American Wildlife and Natural Resources Conference in Denver, Colorado. Ed Arnett, Director of the Theod …

Jodi organized a special session on the Land and Water Conservation Fund during the 2014 North American Wildlife and Natural Resources Conference. The session featured a range of speakers representing outdoor industry, state fish and wildlife agencies, …

To support Field & Stream’s Heroes of Conservation program, Jodi Stemler Consulting has coordinated a Conservation Roundtable discussion at every SHOT (Shooting, Hunting and Outdoor Trade) Show since 2008. Each year, Jodi works with Field & Str …

Jodi Stemler Consulting helped to build the Protect the Flows coalition by reaching out to hunting and fishing businesses within the Colorado River Basin. Her efforts secured the support of companies like Orvis, Scientific Angler, Prois, Sure Shot Game …

Jodi Stemler Consulting used data developed by Southwick Associates that documented the potential loss of real estate values should river flows along the Colorado River watershed decline. The one-page infographics focused on four communities – Aspen, C …

When Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell was confirmed in 2013, TRCP hosted a reception for her to introduce her to the sportsmen’s community. Jodi Stemler Consulting coordinated event details and ensured that there was a broad group of attendees to …

Every five years, upon the release of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s National Survey of Fishing, Hunting and Wildlife Associated Recreation, the Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation has used the data to tell a compelling story about the economic …

As renewable energy development started to increase, TRCP worked with other sportsmen’s conservation organizations to ensure that industrial solar and wind facilities are properly sited and that appropriate mitigation measures are incorporated into pla …

Jodi Stemler Consulting worked with TRCP’s Energy & Wildlife Working Group on publications to support their principles for balancing energy development on federal lands with the needs of sportsmen and wildlife populations. This included developing …

This report for the Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies summarized the current siting authorities for all 50 states and outlined any existing wildlife considerations in place for wind siting. The research was used extensively during the U.S. Depa …

In 2009, Jodi Stemler Consulting helped to oversee the design and content for the Land and Water Conservation Fund Coalition’s website. Now managed directly by the coalition, the site gets regular traffic from individuals across the country who want to …

Jodi Stemler Consulting’s first project in 2005 was serving as the initiative manager for the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership’s Marine Conservation Initiative. Jodi coordinated a coalition of sportfishing groups – the Angling 4 Oceans coali …