Forestry and forest management provided the primeval soup, a birthing medium, for what is now the science of wildlife management. They were avid hunters but both have influenced the protection of wildlife more than anyone in the United States. Leopold went on to write Game Management and A Sand County Almanac . It is a society that oversees professional wildlife biologist certification, publishes professional reports, and creates policy. Aldo Leopold developed the first graduate game management program for wildlife biologists at the University of Wisconsin.
Wildlife biologists are primary hired by federal and state agencies.
The United States Fish and Wildlife Service is the primary federal agency but biologist are hired by many other federal state agencies. All 50 states have game and fish agencies or a conservation department . They have been established to enforce game laws and improve conditions for all game species as well as non-game species. Billions of dollars are spent annually on hunting, fishing, and just plain looking at wildlife. It is economically important to many local communities in the United States.