Welcome to the Association for Conservation Information, Inc.

Where Outdoor Communicators Connect.


The Association for Conservation Information (ACI) is a non-profit organization of natural resources communicators. We serve to further natural resource conservation and exchange. We are made up of professionals representing state, federal and Canadian wildlife conservation and parks and natural resource agencies as well as private conservation organizations.
 

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ACI offers its members many benefits, the most important of which is the opportunity to network with other conservation communicators and educators across the country.

 

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LATEST NEWS


ACI Logo Contest - Design the Future of ACI

We are on the hunt for a fresh logo that tells the ACI story – a design that’s modern, attractive, and versatile across all applications. The current logo serves as a reference, but we’re looking for something that reimagines who we are and helps propel ACI into the future.

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Social Media Listening Tools

Did you ever wonder what the residents of your state are saying about your agency on social media? Sure, when things go bad, you are the first to know, but you really don’t know how many people are posting about the agency and what they are talking about on a regular basis. You can’t spend all day poking around in social media.

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UPCOMING CONFERENCES


2025 ACI Conference 
July 21-24

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The Association for Conservation Information will be giving 5 states $50,000 each to implement marketing strategies to accomplish recruitment, retention, and reactivation (R3) of hunters and shooters. These marketing strategies will need to be measurable with the number one focus of the results being license sales.

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The Outdoor Communicators
Podcast

The-Outdoor-Communicators-Podcast-Logo.webpACI’s official podcast, “The Outdoor Communicators” debuted in January, 2024. Since then, 11 new episodes have been published discussing topics such as social media, crisis communicaitons, marketing and video storytelling.

Your hosts Ashley Zeme and Tim Akimoff talk about the craft of conservation communication with luminaries from around the world of conservation. You can view all episodes and listen to this podcast on all major platforms including Spotify and Apple Podcasts