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I believe that the families (of fallen officers) need a place where they can go to see and feel the value their loved one's dedication made to the wildlife law enforcement profession. I pray the Museum brings them a measure of peace.
Kurt Bahti, President NAWEOA
ABOUT A BETTER PLANET
With
human populations exploding, natural resources
are being 
pushed to the limit.
Our planet is suffering
from urban sprawl, from resource exploitation and pollution of
all kinds.
Ninety percent
of the natural wetlands in parts of North America have disappeared.
The continent's critical wildlife habitat is slipping away.
Our
world is becoming more and more crowded, less and less wild.
Humans share this crisis with countless other species. We alone are the ones that can and must find a solution for all.
If
the flora, fauna and wild
places we treasure are to survive for future generations, we
must conserve them. And to conserve them, 
we must protect them.
Protect them from commercial poachers, black market animal parts trade, from polluted ecosystems, from encroachment, invasive species and habitat exploitation. Even from hunters or anglers who may occasionally over-harvest without realizing the impact.
We
believe that conserving natural
resources for tomorrow begins
with protecting
them today.
ABOUT CONSERVATION PROTECTION.
The
wildlife conservation profession was born
with the recognition that
natural
resources
are exhaustible and must be protected.
Game
Wardens have been on the front line of wildlife conservation for
centuries – working with or without uniforms, tools, public support
or cooperative systems. Long before federal legislation was conceived
or enacted, Wildlife Enforcement Officers protected endangered species.
As the lines between wilderness and civilization blur, as species decline and habitat is lost, as the black market for endangered species escalates, as remote places become the new hiding places for criminal elements, the role of Natural Resource protection is becoming even broader and more urgent.