Includes bibliographical references (p. 829-830).

Overview of wildlife laws and issues -- How to use this handbook -- Topics excluded from state summaries -- Overview of wildlife law -- History of wildlife laws -- Modern wildlife laws -- International wildlife laws -- Federal laws relevant to state wildlife management -- State wildlife laws -- Wildlife poaching in the U.S. -- Scope of the problem -- Poaching problem in the U.S. -- State laws -- Federal laws -- Enforcement of existing laws -- Solutions and recommendations -- Priorities -- State wildlife laws -- State summaries. State laws compared -- Tables comparing state wildlife laws -- Discussion and recommendations -- Sample statutes -- Director of agency: appointment and qualifications -- Commissioner: appointments and qualifications -- Commission members: appointments and qualifications -- Agency funding sources -- State advisory boards -- Hunter education courses -- Trapper education courses -- Restitution, spotlighting and waste statutes -- Permission to hunt on private land -- Permission to trap on private land -- Statutory regulation of selected hunting business. Animal damage control -- License revocation and suspension table -- States with criminal felony provisions for various violations -- Statutory prohibitions against hunting while intoxicated -- Rewards for assisting with enforcement against violators -- Status of hunter harassment statutes -- Native American provisions -- State fish and wildlife agencies -- State legislative sessions: legal provisions.