Wildlife Management Institute Outdoor News Bulletin August 2025
PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE
The Tyranny of the Urgent: Taking Time to Think
Each month I sit down to craft a President's message for the Outdoor News Bulletin. Invariably, the message doesn't take shape until the deadline is looming as I scramble to curate coherent thoughts into a thoughtful and meaningful message. Each month that this cycle repeats itself, I frustratingly commit to better planning and preparation for next month's message. Next month's message, I tell myself, will be better, more thoughtful, reflective and comprised of critical thought. I will have more time and a better opportunity to compose a more meaningful message. Then, as the next month's deadline looms, the cycle repeats itself. I share this repeating phenomenon only as an example of what transpires for far too many of us every day in the conservation space and what author Charles E. Hummel coined in his book by the same name, the Tyranny of the Urgent.
