"ACI is an organization of natural resource conservation communicators. We serve to further natural resource conservation and exchange."
—Nels Rodefeld
ACI President
Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation
ACI, the Association for Conservation Information, is a non-profit association of information and education professionals representing state, federal and Canadian agencies and private conservation organizations.
ACI was organized in 1938 and incorporated in 1984. ACI member professionals play a major role in providing natural resource, environmental, wildlife and other information and education to the public through a variety of means, many of which are continental in scope.
ACI does not prepare or provide information directly to the public. Instead, ACI trains and informs the staffs of member agencies and provides forums to exchange ideas, new concepts, and to improve skills and craftsmanship.
ACI's membership consists of the information, education, and public affairs staffs of state, federal and Canadian wildlife conservation, parks and natural resource agencies. Many private organizations, corporations and individuals with similar functions also belong. Individual memberships continue to grow.