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


The 2025 Association for Conservation Information Awards Contest Winners Announced

7/25/2025

The Association for Conservation Information (ACI) is the only nationwide competition exclusively for education, information and public relations professionals who specialize in conservation. The ACI Awards contest features 35 categories and promotes craft improvement through competition. Work submitted was completed in 2024.

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ACI's New Logo Revealed

1/30/2025

We are thrilled to unveil the Association for Conservation Information’s new logo! This design was chosen after an extensive logo redesign contest that took place in November and December of last year, where we received 24 amazing submissions from talented designers across the country. Our winning logo was designed by Smokey Solis from the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation.

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UPCOMING CONFERENCES


2026 ACI Conference 
July 20-23, 2026

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SAVE THE DATES: July 20-23, 2026!

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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