You will learn about aboriginal human and wildlife relationships, how policy evolved in North America and how you can affect policy for the future. You will review the social and economic implications to policy formulation. You will read how local, state and federal government policies are part of wildlife management. You will learn that private land ownership and management plays a key role in wildlife conservation. Policy can be written or unwritten, official or unofficial, enforced, or neglected.
Laws are a binding customs or practices of a community.
These also could be written or unwritten, but my definition suggests that most laws become manifested in official written practices. Enforcement is an important requisite for laws to be effective. A policy could exist that laws will not be enforced. Likewise, money may not be available to inform the people about the laws or to hire enforcement personnel to monitor human behaviors, thus the intent of laws could be jeopardized. Laws may not be as easy to understand and accept as the proponents desire or as the people would expect.