State Wildlife Agencies
Most wildlife laws are controlled at the state level in the United States. Consult the appropriate agency for your area by using the list below before you initiate any control of wildlife. Ignorance of the law is not a sufficient defense to protect you for violations of wildlife regulations and statutes.
Alabama
Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
- Specific information on Wildlife Damage Management is available, especially under Nuisance Animal Control.
Alaska
Alaska Department of Fish and Game
Arizona
Arizona Game and Fish Department
Arkansas
Arkansas Game and Fish Commission
- Information on Nuisance Wildlife is also available.
California
California Department of Fish and Wildlife
- The Human-Wildlife Conflicts Program has information on Wildlife Damage.
Colorado
- Information about wildlife damage management is available at Living with Wildlife.
Connecticut
Department of Energy & Environmental Protection
- Information specificallly on Common Wildlife Problems
Delaware
Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Enviormental Control
- The Division of Fish and Wildlife has information on wildlife management.
District of Columbia
District Department of the Environment
Florida
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
- Information on Living with Wildlife and Preventing Wildlife Conflicts
Georgia
Georgia Department of Natural Resources
- Living with Wildlife has information on resolving conflicts.
Hawaii
Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources
Idaho
Illinois
Illinois Department of Natural Resources
- Information on wildlife issues, including preventing problems.
Indiana
Indiana Department of Natural Resources
- Living with Wildlife has information on species that may cause conflicts.
Iowa
Iowa Department of Natural Resources
- Information on Wildlife Damage Management
Kansas
Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism
- Information on Wildlife Damage Control
Kentucky
Kentucky Department of Fish & Wildlife Resources
- Information on Nuisance Wildlife
Louisiana
Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries
- Information on Nuisance Wildlife Control and Removal
Maine
Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife
- Living with Wildlife has information about wildlife conflicts.
Maryland
- Information on wildlife problems
Massachusetts
Massachusetts Division of Fisheries & Wildlife
- Learn about Wildlife has information on species and potential conflicts
Michigan
Michigan Department of Natural Resources
- Nuisance wildlife has information on species, as well as prevention and control tips.
Minnesota
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
- Living with Wildlife has nuisance animal tips
Mississippi
Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries & Parks
- Information on nuisance wildlife control
Missouri
Missouri Department of Conservation
- Information on nuisance wildlife species
Montana
Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks
- Links for dealing with problem wildlife at the bottom of Living with Wildlife
Nebraska
Nebraska Game and Parks Commission
Nevada
- Living with Wildlife has information on wildlife that may cause conflicts
New Hampshire
- Living with Wildlife has information on conflicts and control
New Jersey
New Jersey Division of Fish & Wildlife
New Mexico
New Mexico Department of Game & Fish
New York
New York Department of Environmental Conservation
- Nuisance Wildlife Species has info on controlling problems with wildlife
North Carolina
North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission
North Dakota
North Dakota Game and Fish Department
Ohio
Ohio Department of Natural Resources
Oklahoma
Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation
Oregon
Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife
Pennsylvania
- Information on Nuisance Wildlife
Rhode Island
Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management Division of Fish & Wildlife
- Resolve issues with backyard wildlife at Wildlife and You
South Carolina
South Carolina Department of Natural Resources
South Dakota
South Dakota Game, Fish, and Parks
Tennessee
Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency
Texas
- Information on Human-Wildlife Conflicts
Utah
Utah Division of Wildlife Resources
Vermont
Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department
Virginia
Virginia Dept. of Game & Inland Fisheries
Washington
Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife
- Nuisance Wildlife and Species Fact Sheets at Living with Wildlife
West Virginia
West Virginia Division of Natural Resources
Wisconsin
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
- Information on nuisance, urban, and damaging wildlife