The National Wild Pig Task Force is a technical, scientific, and leadership alliance of federal, tribal, provincial, state, and private conservation partners working to control, reduce the damage caused by, and in some instances eradicate free-ranging populations of wild pigs in North America.
Controlling invasive wild pigs has arguably become one of the greatest wildlife management challenges facing natural resource professionals and landowners. The damage these animals cause to forestry, agriculture, and natural resources throughout North America has been tremendous, and is often measured in billions of dollars each year. The problem crosses property lines, county lines, and state lines, which means no single landowner or agency can solve it alone.
The Task Force exists to provide national leadership and a collective voice for science-based control, damage reduction, and eradication of wild pigs, and to provide a forum for the exchange of information across the natural resource management field and all relevant stakeholder groups.
These goals are pursued through the Task Force’s objectives and standing subcommittees. See our objectives, governance, and subcommittees →
Membership is made up of natural resource professionals (current or former staff of a federal, tribal, provincial, or state agency, a conservation group, or a private company, plus self-employed professionals and students) who share an interest in controlling free-ranging wild pig populations. This mix is intentional: effective wild pig control depends on the people doing research, the people setting policy, and the people in the field all working from a shared understanding.
Our guidance is grounded in research and real-world results, not assumptions.
We connect efforts across boundaries so the response adds up to more than its parts.
We focus on what helps the people managing this problem on the ground.
Other task forces and working groups coordinating wild pig control across agencies and regions.
The federal program coordinating feral swine removal, disease surveillance, and research nationwide.
A national forum where state and federal agencies align on feral swine policy, funding, research, and control.
Biologists and wildlife disease experts from Southeastern state agencies developing science-based wild hog solutions.
Midwestern states and provinces working to prevent introductions and eradicate emerging feral swine populations.
Whether you are a researcher, an agency professional, or a partner organization, there is a place for you in the coordinated response.
Contact the Task Force