First approved in 2006, the Iowa Wildlife Action Plan (IWAP) is a 25-year strategy for conservation of all wildlife in Iowa. The IWAP is a proactive plan designed to conserve all wildlife in Iowa before they become rare and more costly to protect.
The Iowa Wildlife Action Plan (IWAP) called for the formation of an "implementation Team with representatives from all stakeholder organizations (p. 163)." Therefore, an Implementation Committee was established and held its first meeting in March of 2008.
The IWAP is a statewide Plan, not a DNR Plan, and the goals and visions it contains will require cooperation among a variety of stakeholders. Therefore, the Implementation Committee includes representatives from multiple agencies and organizations.
The Implementation Committee oversees several Working Groups, some of which also oversee smaller subcommittees designed to tackle certain issues. The Working Groups were created in accordance with the 6 vision elements of the plan.