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It is the mission of the Boone and Crockett Club to promote the conservation and management of wildlife, especially big game, and its habitat, to preserve and encourage hunting and to maintain the highest ethical standards of fair chase and sportsmanship in North America.
Mission Statement
We envision a future in which the Boone and Crockett Club continues to be an internationally-recognized leader in conservation, especially in research, education, and the demonstration of sustainable conservation practices. A future in which the Club continues its legacy as a key leader in national conservation policy. A future in which the Club continues to be North Americas leader in big game records keeping as a conservation tool. A future in which the Clubs members continue to be respected and commended for their individual and collective contributions to conservation. A future in which the Clubs leadership and management continue as examples of excellence, and programs remain balanced with financial capability. A future in which the Clubs activities continue to be highly-focused and effective, and as a result, natural resources sharing, wildlife populations, habitats, and recreational hunting opportunities continue to improve through, and beyond the 21st century.
We envision a future in which wildlife and its habitat, in all their natural diversity, are managed and conserved throughout North America. A future in which hunting continues to be enjoyed under rules of fair chase, sportsmanship, and ethical respect for the land. A future in which all users of natural resources respect the rights of others in the spirit of sharing. A future in which the value and conservation of private land habitat is respected and supported. A future in which North Americans are committed to the principle that their use of resources must be sustainable both for themselves and future generations. A future in which hunting opportunities exist for all desiring to participate.
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The Club and its members were also active in establishing other conservation organizations such as the New York Zoological Society, Camp Fire Club of America, National Audubon Society, American Wildlife Institute, Save the Redwoods League, Ducks Unlimited, North American Wildlife Foundation, National Wildlife Federation, and more recently, the highly-effective American Wildlife Conservation Partners. In 1906, the Club established the National Collection of Heads and Horns as a repository for the vanishing big game of the world and to enlist public support for their protection. In 1932, the Club published the first Records of North American Big Game. It has consistently published records books and has held big game trophy awards programs since the 1940s. Boone and Crockett Clubs highly-popular scoring system was adopted in 1950 and is still the most popular scoring system in the world and one of the few based on science and fair-chase principles. The Club has long advocated for the need for science to be the backbone of professional wildlife research and management, including the establishment of Cooperative Wildlife Research Units at the nations land grant universities. Historically, the Club has been involved in education through the publication of its many books, starting with American Big Game Hunting (1893). Others include Hunting and Conservation (1925), American Game Mammals and Birds (1930), Crusade for Wildlife (1961), An American Crusade for Wildlife (1975), The Black Bear In Modern North America (1979), and many others. Daniel Boone Davy Crockett
Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.
- Theodore Roosevelt
1887
The Club was founded by Theodore Roosevelt along with George Bird Grinnell, J. Coleman Drayton, Colonel James E. Jones, Thomas Paton, R. Stuyvesant Pierrepont, Archibald Rogers, E. P. Rogers, Elliott Roosevelt, J. West Roosevelt, and Rutherford Stuyvesant. The list also includes well-known artist Albert Bierstadt, General Philip Sheridan, and General William Tecumseh Sherman.
1888
A committee was appointed by the leadership of the Club ... to promote useful and proper legislation toward the enlargement and better government of the Yellowstone National Park.
1889-91
Enlargement and protection of Yellowstone National Park was the Clubs first project. Club members William Hallet Phillips, Secretary of the Interior Lucius Q. C. Lamar, Jon W. Noble, and Arnold Hague of the U.S. Geological Survey secured congressional enactment of the Timberland Reserve Bill, which added 1 million acres to Yellowstone and birthed the national forest system beginning with 36 million acres.
1892-93 1894
The Club Published American Big Game Hunting Yellowstone Park Protection Act Legislation Passed
Legislation pushed through Congress by U.S. Congressman and Club member John F. Lacey increased the size of Yellowstone by 3,344 square miles and served as the model legislation for the protection of future national parks. Key club members also included U.S. Senator George Vest, George Bird Grinnell, and General Philip Sheridan.
1895
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1895
The Club developed the Bronx Zoo and related wildlife conservation research worldwide. The New York Zoological Society is now known as the Wildlife Conservation Society and is active in 60 foreign countries. Instrumental in initiating this included Club members Madison Grant, Theodore Roosevelt, and C. Grant La Farge.
1896
Ornithologists Union
1897
Introduced to Congress by Club member John F. Lacey, this act established the forest reserve system in the United States to supply timber to the country. The forest reserve system was a precursor to the establishment of the national forests in 1905.
1897
The Club developed a national policy for sustained multiple use of forest and professional management thereof, which established a national conscience on destruction of natural resources and mobilized public support for continuing congressional legislation. This was initiated by Club members U.S. Congressman John F. Lacey, former Secretary of the Interior Carl Schurz, Arnold Hague, Gifford Pinchot, Charles D. Walcott, and George Bird Grinnell.
1898-99
1900
Club member Congressman John F. Lacey pushed through Congress this legal cornerstone of fish and wildlife conservation. This law made it a federal offense to transport illegally taken game across state linesthe beginning of the end of markethunting and the foundation for all game laws. Also instrumental in initiating this was Club member T. Gilbert Pearson.
1901
Club founder Theodore Roosevelt became the 26th president of the United States following the assassination of President William McKinley on September 14, 1901.
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1902
The Club was instrumental in establishing the Reclamation Act (30 dams, 3 million acres of Western farm lands and habitat irrigated). President Theodore Roosevelt used his political power to push this through Congress. Club founder Theodore Roosevelt signed the first piece of game law legislation protecting the wildlife of the newly formed Territory of Alaska the model for game laws in the contiguous states. This was initiated by Club members Madison Grant, U.S. Congressman John F. Lacey, Henry A. Allen, Edward William Nelson, Charles H. Townsend, George Bird Grinnell, Dr. Joseph Grinnell, William T. Hornaday, W. Austin Wadsworth, and U.S. Congressman W. E. Humphrey. The Club assigned a committee to create the first big game scoring and data collection system to objectively measure and evaluate species to document the existence and condition of these species as a baseline for recovery efforts.
1903
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1904
Roosevelt Re-elected
Club founder Theodore Roosevelt re-elected as the 26th president of the United States.
The Club Published American Big Game in Its Haunts National Association of Audubon Societies Founded
Club member Gifford Pinchot established the initial Audubon Society, which had chapters throughout the East. It was later named the National Audubon Society.
1905
During a meeting at the New York Zoological Society, the American Bison Society is formed with Club member William T. Hornaday serving as the president and President Theodore Roosevelt as honorary president. The American Forestry Conference led to President Roosevelt signing this bill, proposed by Club member Gifford Pinchot (first chief of the U. S. Forest Service), which established the U.S. Forest Service by transfer of the forest reserves from the Department of Interior to the Department of Agriculture. Instrumental in initiating this included Club members Chief of the U.S. Bureau of Biological Survey C. Hart Merriam, T. S. Palmer, and U.S. Congressman John F. Lacey.
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1906
This collection of wildlife specimens from around the world was established by Club members Madison Grant and William T. Hornaday at the New York Zoological Society, Bronx Zoo, in New York City. Its intention was to awaken the public to the plight of vanishing wildlife and harness their support for future legislation aimed at the conservation of these natural resources. The inscription over the entrance reads, In Memory of the Vanishing Big Game of the World. Key Club members involved were President Theodore Roosevelt and C. Grant La Farge.
1907
The Club helped pass legislation which directed the U.S. Forest Service to aid in enforcement to protect fish and game.
1908
Private funds raised by the Club through the American Bison Society were used to purchase land to establish the National Bison Range in Western Montana in an effort to protect what was left of pure strain, wild, prairie bison.
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1908
Club founder President Theodore Roosevelt organized this national conservation conference at the White House, which was attended by 44 governors.
1909
Club founder President Theodore Roosevelt organized the Second National Conservation Conference. The Club founders legacy: having turned 230 million acres into 5 national parks, 150 national forests, 55 game and bird preserves and other federal reservations, 18 monuments, and 21 reclamation projects.
1910
President William Howard Taft signed legislation for establishing Glacier National Parkfirst surveyed and proposed by Club member George Bird Grinnell, along with the help of other Club members and U.S. Senator Thomas B. Carter. Also instrumental in initiating this included Club members Professor Raphael Pumpelly, Henry S. Graves, and Chief of the U.S. Forest Service Gifford Pinchot.
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1911
1912-13
The Weeks-McLean Act was designed as the first attempt to stop commercial market hunting and the illegal shipment of migratory birds from one state to another. Pushed through Congress with the help of Congressman and Club member John W. Weeks, the Weeks-McLean Act rested on weak constitutional grounds, having been passed as a rider to an appropriations bill for the Department of Agriculture. It was soon replaced by the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918, which decreed that all migratory birds and their parts (including eggs, nests, and feathers) were fully protected. Also instrumental in initiating this included Club members Congressman George Shiras III, John Bird Burnham, Edward William Nelson, T. S. Palmer, William T. Hornaday, Madison Grant, Dr. Henry Fairfield Osborn, T. Gilbert Pearson, George Bird Grinnell, Charles S. Davidson, and Elihu Root.
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1914 1915
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1917
With the help of Club member Charles Sheldons campaigning and surveying of the area for the protection of Dalls sheep, and legislation written by the Club that designated the parks boundaries, the Club helped secure passage of the Mount McKinley National Park Act, now Denali National Park. In addition to Sheldon, this was initiated by Club members Chief of the U.S. Bureau of Biological Survey Dr. Ed. W. Nelson, Stephen T. Mather, and Belmore Browne.
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1917
Club member Aldo Leopold started his career studying the causes and effects of a massive die-off of all mule deer in the Black Mesa area of Arizona. This was the first scientific management study of a major wildlife program in America, and the entire study and work of Aldo Leopold was paid for by the Club. The forest was named the Apache National Forest in 1908.
1918
The league is dedicated to saving the worlds largest tree, the redwood, in California. Key Club members involved were Madison Grant, John C. Merriam, Dr. Henry Fairfield Osborn, and Stephen T. Mather. The Club helped ratify the Migratory Bird Treaty with Great Britain (Canada) to establish federal control over hunting of migratory birds.
1919
Club founder and 26th president of the United States, Theodore Roosevelt, dies January 6, 1919.
1920
The Club began work to establish Humboldt State Redwood Park in California to preserve 60,000 acres of redwoods. The Club establishes the Committee on Roosevelt National Park and Yellowstone National Park.
Committee Established
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1921-24
1925
The Club Published Hunting and Conservation American Wild Fowlers Founded
1926-27
Club members founded the American Wild Fowlers in 1927, which later became Ducks Unlimited.
1928
The Club initiates the enlargement and renovation of the Hall of North American Mammals. Key Club members involved were Childs Frick, Dr. Harold E. Anthony, James L. Clark, Bayard Dominick, Alfred Ely, Prentiss Gray, E. Hubert Litchfield, Madison Grant, and Kermit Roosevelt.
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1929
The Club helped establish the Migratory Bird Conservation Act, which established the national waterfowl refuge system. Instrumental in initiating this included Club members Lewis R. Morris, Charles Sheldon, George Bird Grinnell, John C. Phillips, John Burnham, and T. Gilbert Pearson.
1930
Club member Aldo Leopold presented the first American game policy at the American Game Conference. The resulting changes improved resource agency organization, university wildlife education programs, and wilderness protection, further solidifying the career of the wildlife professional.
The Club initiated the American Committee for International Wildlife Protection, which became the American Committee for International Conservation in 1974.
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1931
The Club helped establish the Sheldon National Antelope Range in Northern Nevada and Southern Oregon, named after Club member Charles Sheldon. Key Club members involved were T. Gilbert Pearson, Charles Sheldon, Childs Frick, and Ira N. Gabrielson.
1932
The Club established the second uniform measuring system for all native North American big game trophies. This was initiated by Club members Prentiss N. Gray, Carl Rungius, James L. Clark, Samuel B. Webb, and Dr. Harold E. Anthony.
The Club Published Records of North American Big Game, 1st Edition
The Club published its first edition of the records book, Records of North American Big Game, under the auspices of the National Collection of Heads and Horns at the New York Zoological Society after scouring museums of the world and sport hunters trophy collections for specimens. Trophies were ranked by simple measurements such as length of longer antler or horn.
1933
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1933
Club member Aldo Leopold authored Game Management, which established the principles and discipline of wildlife management and the origins of land ethics.
1934
The Club worked in partnership with the American Wildlife Institute, which became the Wildlife Management Institute in 1946, to establish the annual North American Wildlife and Natural Resources Conference. Key Club members involved were J. N. Ding Darling, Chief of the U.S. Forest Service F. A. Silcox, and Ira N. Gabrielson. Club members founded the North American Wildlife Foundation.
North American Wildlife Foundation Founded Migratory Bird Hunting Stamp Act
Club member J. N. Ding Darling is appointed Director of the U.S. Bureau of Biological Survey, the forerunner of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. In his 18 months as director, Darling initiated the Federal Duck Stamp program and designed the first Duck Stamp with the support of Club member U.S. Senator Frederic C. Walcott. Proceeds from the sales of these stamps are used to purchase wetlands for the protection of wildlife habitat. Since 1934, over $670 million has been raised and more than 5.2 million acres of habitat have been purchased for wildlife. Darling vastly increased the acreage of the National Wildlife Refuge System. Darling also initiated what emerged as the national system of Cooperative Wildlife Research Units at 10 universitiesthe first organized science in service of wildlife carried out through a partnership of the federal government, state agencies, and land-grant universities.
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1935
The National Wildlife Federation was founded by Club members J. N. Ding Darling, C. R. Gutermuth, Ira N. Gabrielson, and Karl T. Frederick. Darling was its first president.
1936
Club members began laying the groundwork, provided the legislative channels, and helped generate broad public and political support for what would be called the Pittman-Robertson Act.
Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge Located Near Charleston, South Carolina
The refuge was increased to 66,287 acres with the addition of Bulls Island which was donated by Club member Gayer G. Dominick.
1937
The Pittman-Robertson Act passed, designating sportsmens dollars for an excise tax on sporting arms and ammunition for conservation and game management. The ground work for this act began with the Clubs work on the 1929 Migratory Bird Conservation Act.
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1937
American Wild Fowlers, which was initiated by the Club, became Ducks Unlimited, founded by Joseph Knapp, E. H. Low, and Club member Robert Winthrop.
1938
The Club further refined the uniform scoring system for all native North American big game trophies.
1939
The Club Published North American Big Game, 2nd Edition World War II Closes In
1940
1941-45 1946
World War II
The Club initiated the new Wildlife Management Institute, formerly the American Wildlife Institute. The Club founded the Natural Resources Council of America.
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1947
1948
The Club held its first National Big Game Competition at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City with the intent of encouraging selective hunting, promoting the concept of fair chase, and ensuring that their record books were as accurate and up-to-date as possible.
1949
Club member Aldo Leopolds estate posthumously published A Sand County Almanac. Still used in classrooms today, Leopolds book is considered one of the most influential works about conservation ever written. The book argues the need for a land ethic through which humans embrace a more respectful, harmonious relationship with the natural world.
Hosted at the American Museum of Natural History, New York City, New York.
1950
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Hosted at the American Museum of Natural History, New York City, New York.
1950
The Club adopted a more comprehensive and universally-accepted method for measuring big game trophies and gathering data to now evaluate population health and habitat quality, which leads to improved state and federal wildlife policy and management. The new measuring system was created and tested by Grancel Fitz, and Club members Samuel B. Webb, James L. Clark, Milford Baker, Frederick K. Barbour, and Dr. Harold E. Anthony from the American Museum of Natural History.
1951
Hosted at the American Museum of Natural History, New York City, New York.
1952-53
The Club Published Records of North American Big Game, 3rd Edition
The Club published the third edition of its popular records book, Records of North American Big Game. This is the first edition that lists and ranks trophies according to the scoring system the Club adopted in 1950and still used today. This scoring system recognizes trophies for both massiveness and symmetry. Hosted at the American Museum of Natural History, New York City, New York.
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1954-55
Hosted at the American Museum of Natural History, New York City, New York.
1956 1957
Hosted at the American Museum of Natural History, New York City, New York.
The Club established Floridas National Key Deer Refuge. Key Club members involved were J. N. Ding Darling, Richard Borden, and C. R. Gutermuth.
1958
The Club Published Records of North American Big Game, 4th Edition 8th North American Big Game Competition
Hosted at the American Museum of Natural History, New York City, New York.
1959
1960
All trophy record entries into the Club records book now must include a signed statement attesting to fair chase; this changed to requiring a notarized statement in 1974.
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1960 1961
Hosted at the American Museum of Natural History, New York City, New York.
The Club published An American Crusade for Wildlife by Club member James B. Trefethen.
1962
Hosted at the American Museum of Natural History, New York City, New York.
1963
Unfair Chase
The Club promoted the concept that using a plane to spot, land, and then shoot big game was deemed unfair chase and helped to establish such laws.
1964
The Club helped pass the National Wilderness Preservation Act. An early spokesman for the Club on wilderness protection that later led up to the 1964 Act was Aldo Leopold. Hosted at the Carnegie Museum, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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1964
The Club Published Records of North American Big Game, 5th Edition
1965
The Club moved its offices from the American Museum of Natural History in New York City to the Carnegie Museum in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
1966 1967
The Club provided a grant for the study of the ecology of fire and elk in the Bob Marshall Wilderness Area of Montana.
1968-70
The Club provided a grant to the Natural Resources Council of America for a monumental study of the reports of the Public Land Law Review Commission. The Club helped pass the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act. Hosted at the Carnegie Museum, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Wild and Scenic Rivers Act Legislation Passed 13th North American Big Game Competition
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1971
Hosted at the Carnegie Museum, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. This is the first time the competition moved to a triennial event.
1972-73
Big Game Research Needs Reviewed by the Club The Club Published Records of North American Big Game, Revised 6th Edition
1974
The Club helped organize the Wild Sheep in North America Symposium. The book, Wild Sheep in Modern North America, was published, leading to a better understanding of sheep biology and set the stage for a major reintroduction and recovery effort. Another outcome from this summit was the formation of the Foundation for North American Wild Sheep, now the Wild Sheep Foundation. Early presidents of the organization included Club members Dr. James H. Duke Jr. and Daniel Pedrotti.
Hosted at the Marriott Motor Hotel, Atlanta, Georgia. This is the first time the Big Game Competition was renamed North American Big Game Awards Program.
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1975
The Club moved its offices from the Carnegie Museum in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to Alexandria, Virginia.
1976
The Club organized the National Black Bear Symposium, which focused on black bear biology, habitat, propagation, and management.
1977
1978
The National Collection of Heads and Horns was moved from the Bronx Zoo to the National Rifle Associations museum in Washington, D.C. The North American species were retained by the Club, and the foreign species were donated to Safari Club International for relocation into its International Wildlife Museum in Tucson, Arizona. The collection was secured by the efforts of Club members Lowell E. Baier, Samuel B. Webb, and William H. Nesbitt.
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1979
The Club published The Black Bear in Modern North America after the 1977 National Black Bear Symposium.
1980
The Club raised funds to refurbish the American Museum of Natural History Hall of North American Mammals dioramas. The project was completed in 1987 with the principle support of Club member Colonel Francis T. Colby.
1981
The Club Published Records of North American Big Game, 8th Edition
1982
The Club moved the National Collection of Heads and Horns to the Buffalo Bill Historical Center in Cody, Wyoming, from Washington, D.C.
1983
1984
In the early 1980s, the Club sought a significant project to commemorate its approaching centennial anniversary. Such a project would need to serve as testimony to the Clubs full century of involvement in the conservation of wildlife resources, as a tribute to its distinguished members past, and as a living legacy for the future. The Club raised private funds to purchase the Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Ranch, adjacent to the Rocky Mountain Front in Montana, under the direction of then-Club President William I. Spencer, Secretary John W. Hanes, Jr., and Treasurer Sherman Gray.
The Club organized the Boone and Crockett Foundation The Club Published the Boone and Crockett Clubs 18th Big Game Awards
1985
1986
The Club introduced the new Associates Program so that like-minded individuals could associate themselves with the Club and its conservation efforts and goals.
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1986
Hosted at the Nevada State Museum and Historical Society, Las Vegas, Nevada.
The Club Published the Boone and Crockett Clubs 19th Big Game Awards
1987
The Club Published Records of North American Whitetail Deer (First Edition) The Club Published Records of North American Big Game (1932 reprint) The Club Published Records of North American Big Game, 9th Edition
1988
1989
At the request of President George H. W. Bush, the Club was asked to draft a conservation agenda for the Bush administration, spearheaded by Club member Lowell E. Baier, with a committee consisting of Daniel Poole, Russell Train, Lynn Greenwalt, John Gottschalk, George Hartzog, Jack Berryman, and Elvis Stahr. Hosted at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
1990
The Club Published the Boone and Crockett Clubs 20th Big Game Awards
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1991
Club member James L. Cummins and Alex Echols, along with U.S. Senator Robert Kasten, helped establish the Wetlands Reserve Program to restore wetlands and migratory bird habitat.
1992
The Club Published the Boone and Crockett Clubs 21st Big Game Awards
1993
The Club funded its first endowed professorship chair at the University of Montana to guide graduate-student research and offer public service in the fields of wildlife conservation and ecosystem management. Instrumental in fundraising were Club members Paul Webster, Dr. Daniel Pletcher, John Poston, William Searle, and many others. Presently, there are Club professorships at the University of Montana, Texas A&M, Oregon State University, and Michigan State University.
The Club Published Records of North American Big Game, 10th Edition
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1994
The first issue of the Clubs Fair Chase magazine published during the winter quarter. Fair Chase magazine is the official publication of record of the Club and is the primary benefit of the Clubs Associates Program. That same year, the Clubs Lifetime Associates designation was offered.
The Club Published From the Peace to the Fraser 22nd Big Game Awards Banquet
1995
The Club Published the Boone and Crockett Clubs 22nd Big Game Awards
1996
Club member James L. Cummins conceptualized and wrote draft legislation for the Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program, a program to share with private landowners the cost of fish and wildlife habitat restoration and enhancement. U.S. Senator Thad Cochran introduced the legislation.
1997
The Club Published Measuring and Scoring North American Big Game, 2nd Edition 23rd Big Game Awards Banquet
1998
The Club Published the Boone and Crockett Clubs 23rd Big Game Awards
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1999
Club member James L. Cummins worked to establish Mississippis Sky Lake Wildlife Management Area, which contains the largest stand of ancient cypress in the world.
The Club Published Records of North American Big Game, 11th Edition The Club Published Return of Royalty
2000
Club President Daniel Pedrotti invited leaders of all conservation organizations to its headquarters in Missoula, Montana, for a unifying summit, facilitated by Dr. Jack Ward Thomas, Kathy Thomas, and Stephen Mealey.
2001
The Elmer E. Rasmuson Wildlife Conservation Education Center, the cornerstone of the Clubs conservation education efforts, opened and was dedicated at the Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Ranch in Dupuyer, Montana. In 2002 the Lee and Penny Anderson Conservation Education Program was implemented to increase humanities awareness and understanding of wildlife and the ecosystems we all share and influence on natural and cultural resources.
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2001
The Club began working on the Healthy Forests Restoration Act. The Club launched Conservation Across Boundaries program to train secondary education teachers about conservation curricula as a teaching aid. The Club, in partnership with the American Wildlife Conservation Partners, published Wildlife for the 21st Century, Recommendations to President George W. Bush, which outlined the organizations vision for a Conservation agenda. Hosted at Bass Pro Shops, Springfield, Missouri.
24th Big Game Awards Banquet The Club Published the Boone and Crockett Clubs 24th Big Game Awards
2002
The Club worked with other conservation groups and Congress to authorize the Grassland Reserve Program. Club members David Anderson and James L. Cummins conceptualized the continuous enrollment for bottomland hardwoods in the Conservation Reserve Program to restore bottomland hardwoods and wetlands. This practice has resulted in significant habitat gains for the black bear in the Lower Mississippi River Valley.
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2002
2003
The Club, Mule Deer Foundation, and Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation formed the Chronic Wasting Disease Alliance to address CWD issues. The Healthy Forests Restoration Act was enacted, initiated by Club members Mark Rey, Melissa Simpson, David Anderson, Daniel Dessecker, Jeffery Crane, James L. Cummins, Stephen Mealey, and Paul Phillips. Club president Robert Model facilitated a meeting with American Wildlife Conservation Partners leaders and President George W. Bush at the White House where the president commended their efforts in the passage of this bill. Club members conceptualized and wrote draft legislation for the Healthy Forests Reserve Program, a program to recover listed species found in Americas forests.
2004
The Club launched the Hunt Fair Chase program (www.huntfairchase. com) to raise awareness among hunters about the importance of making ethical choices and to strengthen public perception of hunting.
Under the leadership of Lowell E. Baier, the National Conservation Leadership Institute was formed with Robert Model, Steve Williams, and John Baughman. First cohort of fellows graduated in 2006.
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2004
The Club Published the Boone and Crockett Clubs 25th Big Game Awards
2005
The Club published the American Wildlife Conservation Partners Wildlife for the 21st Century: Volume II; Recommendations to President George W. Bush for his conservation agenda. Club member James L. Cummins worked with Congress to authorize and fund the Holt Collier National Refuge, the only national wildlife refuge named in honor of an African-American. Collier was Roosevelts guide on the 1902 black bear hunt, which raised the national consciousness of the principles of fair chase.
Club member James L. Cummins worked with Congress to authorize and fund the Theodore Roosevelt National Wildlife Refuge in honor of Roosevelts conservation accomplishments. The refuge is located on the historic hunting grounds of Roosevelts 1902 black bear hunt. This hunt, referred to as the most famous hunt to have taken place on American soil, is the birthplace of the worlds most famous toy, the Teddy Bear.
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2005
The Club laid the conceptual ground work for a national television series to begin airing in July 2006. The conservation-hunting documentary series was patterned after a National Geographic special. The series received the networks Golden Moose Award in 2006 for the Most Informative Show and in 2009 received the Best Conservation Series Award. The series also received a national Telly Award for programming excellence for its episode on the gray wolf. Club members were instrumental in securing key reformation language being added to the Endangered Species Act by the House of Representatives, led by Club members Timothy Wigley, Melissa Simpson, James L. Cummins, and others. The Club funded an endowed professorship chair at Texas A&M University, led by Club members Daniel Pedrotti and Robert Brown.
The Club Published Records of North American Big Game, 12th Edition
2006
The Sporting Conservation Council (SCC), a federal advisory committee, was created at the encouragement of the Club by the Departments of Agriculture and Interior. Club member Robert Model was its first chairman and Club member Jeffrey Crane the vice-chairman; 11 of the 12 SCC members were Club members as well.
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2007
The Club funded an endowed professorship chair at Michigan State University, led by Club members William Demmer, Morrison Stevens, Sr., and James Shinners. Club member Lowell E. Baier spearheaded a fundraising campaign and orchestrated the federal governments acquisition of Theodore Roosevelts 23,550-acre Elkhorn Ranch from a private landowner. Considered the Cradle of Conservation, the ranch, which is adjacent to the Theodore Roosevelt National Park, will be protected in perpetuity. Members of the Club secured funding to continue the Starkey Elk Modeling Research Project after it was defunded by the U.S. Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management, notably led by Club members Mark Rey and Melissa Simpson, with the assistance of Stephen Mealey. The Club funded an endowed professorship chair at Oregon State University, led by Club members Stephen Mealey and Robert Model.
The Club Published the Boone and Crockett Clubs 26th Big Game Awards
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2008
Club member James L. Cummins and Chris Adamo conceptualized and assisted in writing draft legislation for the Endangered Species Recovery Programsponsored by Senator Mike Crapo to recover listed species utilizing federal income tax benefits. The Club worked with several key conservation organizations and the Congress to include it as part of the Farm Bill. The White House Conference on North American Wildlife Policy convened as charged by Executive Order 13443 issued by President George W. Bush. The results include the Recreational Hunting and Wildlife Conservation Plan developed by the Sporting Conservation Council and the wildlife conservation community. Club member James L. Cummins conceptualized and wrote draft legislation for the Emergency Forest Restoration Program, a program to assist private landowners in restoring their forests following a natural disaster, and worked with the Congress and the American Forest Foundation to include it as part of the Farm Bill.
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2009
To address the diverse and conflicting legislative proposals pending in Congress, the Club, led by Stephen Mealey, Lowell E. Baier, Eric Taylor, Gary Taylor, and many others, authored a scholarly white paper on the adverse impacts of climate change to guide public policy development.
The Club was instrumental in securing legislation to extend the deductibility of charitable conservation donations of land and easements, and the carry-over thereof for income tax accounting, which incentivizes increased private land conservation practices. Club member Mitchell Butler led this initiative.
The Club published Theodore Roosevelt Hunter-Conservationist which was authored by R. L. Wilson.
The Club Published Wildlife for the 21st Century: Volume III
The Club published the American Wildlife Conservation Partners Wildlife for the 21st Century: Volume III; Recommendations to President Barack Obama for his conservation agenda. A summer internship program was initiated by Club member Mark Rey that invites select students from Michigan State and Mississippi State universities to Washington, D.C. The program places the students in key conservation-related positions throughout Washington for the summer and provides field trips to wildlife refuges, reclamation projects, national parks, research stations, and weekly lectures.
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2010
The Wildlife and Hunting Heritage Conservation Council was created in place of the Sporting Conservation Council to advise the Departments of Interior and Agriculture about recreational hunting and shooting sports activities and associated wildlife and habitat conservation. Eight Club members served on the initial council. The Council is chaired by Club member John Tomke and vice chaired by club Christine Thomas. One-half of the 18 members of the current Council are Club members. Hosted at the Grand Sierra Resort, Reno, Nevada.
27th Big Game Awards Banquet The Club Published the Boone and Crockett Clubs 27th Big Game Awards The Club Published 1906 Big Game Measurements Limited Edition [reprint]
2011
The Club was instrumental in the delisting of the gray wolf in the Northern Rocky Mountain and Western Great Lakes populations from the Endangered Species Act. This changed the status of these wolf populations from endangered and protected to a regulated game species. This initiative was led by many Club members including Gregory Schildwachter, Jeffrey Crane, David Anderson, Robert Model, and Melissa Simpson.
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2011
This legislation introduced in Congress was designed to reform the Equal Access to Justice Act by closing the loophole that permits nonprofit organizations to sue the federal government on technical procedural grounds like missing reporting deadlines, etc., and get their legal fees reimbursed by the federal government, which cost over $100 million per year. Instrumental in this legislation were Club members Lowell E. Baier, Jeffrey Crane, David Anderson, and Gregory Schildwachter.
The Club Published Records of North American Big Game, 13th Edition
2012
Club members were instrumental in securing the introduction to Congress of an omnibus legislative package of several reauthorizations of conservation laws that were expiring. This legislation continued key conservation programs and advanced hunting and shooting sports. Notable leaders of this initiative were Club members Jeffrey Crane, David Anderson, Melissa Simpson, Mitchell Butler, Gregory Schildwachter, Nelson Freeman, Gary Kania, and many others.
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2012
Club members were instrumental in securing the introduction of legislation in Congress to provide funding for access to public lands for hunters and anglers from the Land and Water Conservation Fund. When this legislation became gridlocked, the Club secured direct funding in the FY 2013 budgets of the U.S. Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management for sportsmens public access. Key Club members driving this initiative were David Anderson, Robert Model, Jeffrey Crane, Gary Kania, and Susan Recce.
2013
Club members Jeffrey Crane, James L. Cummins, Daniel Desseker, Dave Nomsen, and others worked to extend the conservation and forestry provisions of the Farm Bill.
The Government Litigation Savings Act Reintroduced 28th Big Game Awards Banquet
This legislation, originally introduced in Congress in 2011, was reintroduced. Hosted at the Silver Legacy Casino Resort, Reno, Nevada.
The Club Published the Boone and Crockett Clubs 28th Big Game Awards
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November 2013