Conservation Without Conflict: Saving Species and Livelihoods
SCIENCE BLASTS
By John F. Organ, B&C Professional Member Excerpt from Summer 2020 issue of Fair ChaseWildlife conservation in the United States has progressed through many phases while adhering to some core principles.
Collective Science and Collaborative Conservation
SCIENCE BLASTS
By John F.Roots of Conservation Groups – B&C Impact Series
Conservation doesn’t happen in a vacuum. Achieving grand conservation milestones takes networking, collaboration, patience, and partnerships. Boone and Crockett Club members know that. For this reason, many Club members have been on the ground floor in the formative days of numerous conservation and environmental organizations that still exist today. While this isn’t an exhaustive list of the…
Funding a System of Conservation - B&C Impact Series
Members of the Boone and Crockett Club were key players in laying the groundwork for both conservation of game species and generating the funds to pay for it—a system that we still use today.
The Conservation Foundation for 30x30
The new administration has joined in a call to conserve 30% of lands and waters by 2030; the hunting and fishing community’s century of conservation should provide a roadmap.
A Boon(e) for Stewardship: What America’s Oldest Conservation Club Taught Me About Caring for Nature
While recognizing that all of us use and appreciate the natural world in different ways, and that we all have our personal conservation heroes, I hope this story also inspires you to leave your own mark and enhance your own conservation stewardship—the sustainability of our natural resources and future of our recreational privileges depends on it!
Wolves, Cougars, Elk, and Deer in Oregon
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By John F.TECHNOLOGY: Please Enjoy Responsibly
What if the hunter success rate increases to 30 percent? The population can only sustain 10 elk harvested, but if there is 30 percent success, that means 30 elk are harvested from that popula- tion with 100 hunters out.
About Boone and Crockett Club - Timeline
Nearly devoid of wild game, North America’s landscape in the late-1800s was a very different place. Bison, elk, and even deer were nearly wiped from the continent to supply a growing demand for meat, hides, and heads. To provide feathers for fashionable hats of high-society ladies, migratory birds were annihilated—sometimes by the hundreds with one shot from a massive “punt” gun. Only a…
Reauthorizing a New Farm Bill
Many species of big game and associated wildlife, as well as ranchers and farmers, have all been the beneficiaries of legislation whose seeds were planted during the Great Depression.