The State Biodiversity Network mobilizes grassroots activists working on state issues and provides information, strategies, tactics and organizing tools to strengthen state wildlife and wildlands protection. The Network uses expertise and information from the State Biodiversity Clearinghouse, operated by Defenders of Wildlife and the Center for Wildlife Law since 1994.
Ballot measures are an important tool for state activists.
Twenty-six states allow some form of ballot action by state citizens. Citizens used ballot measures throughout the country this November. Measures ranging from the protection of wolves to restrictions on state logging practices met with mixed success, including several related measures such as bonds for environmental clean up. Following is a breakdown of ballot measures by topic, including biodiversity highlights and updates on measures we reported on in 1996 and 1997. It authorizes revenue bonds for acquisition and improvement of lands and water resource areas for conservation, environmental restoration, and historic preservation.