Conservation Leaders for Tomorrow

What Conservation Leaders for Tomorrow does

Conservation Leaders for Tomorrow (CLfT) is a nonprofit professional development program operated under the Max McGraw Wildlife Foundation that trains natural-resource professionals, agency personnel, and university students in wildlife management, hunting heritage, and conservation communication. Its core offering is the five-day CLfT Workshop, delivered in person at partner host facilities across the U.S. and staffed by a network of approximately 50 specialized instructors. CLfT has extended its curriculum into a 16-hour online cohort (CLfT Online) and a university-focused Hunting for Conservation program, both accredited for Continuing Education Units through The Wildlife Society.

The program is sustained through a mix of low per-seat workshop/online fees, multi-year co-sponsorship from conservation NGOs (notably a five-year Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation partnership), and in-kind venue support from federal and state partners. Customer segments include state and federal wildlife agencies (e.g., Texas Parks & Wildlife, Virginia DWR, Iowa DNR, Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency), universities (e.g., University of Georgia Warnell School, Penn State, Colorado State), and conservation NGOs. CLfT operates with a small core staff of approximately 5 and a broader instructor network, and is governed under the 501(c) umbrella of the Max McGraw Wildlife Foundation with no public revenue disclosure.

Name

Conservation Leaders for Tomorrow

Legal name

Conservation Leaders for Tomorrow

Website

https://clft.org

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Conservation Leaders for Tomorrow is a nonprofit training program under the Max McGraw Wildlife Foundation that delivers in-person and online professional development workshops on hunting heritage and conservation communication to state and federal wildlife agency staff, university students, and NGO professionals.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Conservation Education and Professional Development

NAICS

Environment, Conservation and Wildlife Organizations (813312)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Wildlife Conservation & Species Protection (BPAGAGAB)

Keywords

• Conservation education programs
• Wildlife professional development
• Natural resource training
• Hunting awareness workshops
• Wildlife biology curriculum

Headquarters

HQ city

Dundee

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices9 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Professional Development Workshops: 5-day intensive workshops for natural resource professionals from government agencies and NGOs. Programs are conducted by the Max McGraw Wildlife Foundation with travel and lodging arrangements coordinated by CLfT staff.
2. CLfT Online Program: Online professional development program for natural resource agency and NGO professionals with approximately 16 hours of total learning content delivered over 15 days with small cohort discussions.
3. Hunting for Conservation Program: Online or in-person professional development program for university students majoring in natural resources, offering CEUs through The Wildlife Society.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Conservation Leaders for Tomorrow (CLfT) delivers immersive hunting-awareness and conservation education programs for natural resource professionals and university students who do not self-identify as hunters. The core offerings are a 5-day in-person CLfT Workshop, the CLfT Online program (approximately 16 hours of digital learning plus facilitated Zoom discussions over 15 days), and the Hunting for Conservation (HfC) curriculum available online (14 CEUs) or as a 14-hour in-person program. All programs are operated by the Max McGraw Wildlife Foundation and accredited for continuing education by The Wildlife Society.

Product overview

Conservation Leaders for Tomorrow (CLfT) operates as a professional development organization offering three distinct but related programs. The core offering is the CLfT Workshop - an intensive 5-day in-person hunting awareness and conservation education workshop for natural resource professionals and university students. CLfT Online extends this mission digitally with approximately 16 hours of self-directed learning plus five 1-hour facilitated discussion sessions conducted over Zoom. Hunting for Conservation (HfC) serves as a complementary curriculum offered both online and in-person, designed specifically for university students majoring in natural resources. All programs are conducted by the Max McGraw Wildlife Foundation and focus on providing non-hunting natural resource professionals with understanding of the diverse and important roles hunters, hunting, and consumptive uses of wildlife play in conservation.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• CLfT Online: Online professional development program for natural resource agency and NGO professionals to explore conservation theories, policy, and practices related to hunting and sustainable uses of wildlife in North America.
• Hunting for Conservation (HfC)

Products and services

• CLfT Workshop
• CLfT Online
• Hunting for Conservation (HfC)

Quantifiable outcome

• Texas Parks and Wildlife Department has sent more than 25 staff to CLfT workshops over 5 years with each returning with fresh perspective on agency mission
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered flagship, core and minor.

• Max McGraw Wildlife FoundationflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerParent organization that conducts all CLfT programs. Hosts workshops at their Dundee, Illinois facility and provides overall organizational support and infrastructure for the program.
• Rocky Mountain Elk FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMajor conservation partner that hosts CLfT workshops at their Missoula, Montana headquarters. Extended partnership for an additional five years to support professional development programs.
• Georgia Department of Natural Resources - Charlie Elliott Wildlife CentercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHosts CLfT workshops at the 6,400-acre Charlie Elliott Wildlife Center in Mansfield, Georgia. Provides facilities, lodging, and local support for workshops.
• National Conservation Training Center (NCTC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUS Fish and Wildlife Service training facility in Shepherdstown, West Virginia that hosts CLfT workshops at its 533-acre campus.
• High Lonesome RanchcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPrivate conservation organization along the Colorado Rockies Western Slope hosts workshops at this large-scale landscape property dedicated to habitat connection and conservation.
• Rob and Bessie Welder Wildlife FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHosts CLfT workshops at their wildlife refuge headquarters near Sinton, Texas. Provides facilities and accommodation for participants.
• Ringneck RanchminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerKansas ranch location that has hosted university student workshops. Isolated prairie setting provides unique hunting and conservation education environment.
• Camp KehoeminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerVermont facility near Lake Bomoseen hosted university student workshops. 105-acre property with trail system and meeting facilities.
• The George S. & Dolores Dore Eccles Wildlife Education CentercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUtah wildlife education center at Farmington Bay provides workshop facilities. Part of Utah's wetland conservation network.
• The Wildlife SocietycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerProfessional organization that awards 16 CEUs for CLfT Online and 14 CEUs for Hunting for Conservation in Category I of the Certified Wildlife Biologist Renewal program.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Others

• U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: Key federal customer of CLfT programs. While not a competitor, USFWS is the institutional counterpart that defines professional training needs for wildlife biologists and operates the National Conservation Training Center where CLfT workshops are hosted.

Broad incumbents

• Quality Deer Management Association: Wildife management organization that delivers hunter education and professional training to deer hunters and agency biologists, with overlapping educational content and customer base with CLfT.
• Safari Club International: Hunting advocacy and conservation organization that funds wildlife education programs and engages natural resource professionals, occupying adjacent ground in hunter-conservation literacy.
• Boone and Crockett Club: Historic North American conservation organization focused on fair chase hunting and wildlife management, with longstanding influence on state agency wildlife policy and professional training.
• National Wild Turkey Federation: Conservation-focused NGO with a hunting heritage that funds wildlife management education and works closely with state agencies — the same institutional customers CLfT serves.
• Ducks Unlimited: One of the largest U.S. conservation NGOs with deep relationships with state and federal wildlife agencies. DU engages in conservation education and hunter recruitment/retainment initiatives that overlap thematically with CLfT's mission.
• Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation: A major conservation NGO that hosts CLfT workshops at its Missoula HQ and just renewed a 5-year partnership. RMEF operates as both a strategic partner and adjacent conservation education provider in the hunting-and-wildlife space.
• Max McGraw Wildlife Foundation: CLfT's parent foundation and program operator, with a broader conservation mandate across wildlife habitat, education, and research. Operates as the larger institutional umbrella that conducts and supports all CLfT programming.
• National Wildlife Federation: Large U.S. conservation advocacy organization that runs education and outreach programs engaging both hunters and non-hunters, providing a broader institutional comparison point for CLfT's conservation education mission.

Direct peers

• The Wildlife Society: The professional organization that accredits CLfT's programs with CEUs and serves the same wildlife biology professional audience. TWS and CLfT share overlapping member/customer bases in the natural resource profession.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

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