The Fascinating Web of King Kong, Giant Lizards, and the Boone and Crockett Club
In the latest release from the Boone and Crockett Club’s Classics Series, you travel to a far away land of living dinosaurs, lava-spewing volcanoes, and, of course, there’s King Kong.
Two Studies Show Environmental Lawsuits Paid for by Programs for Seniors, Vetrans, and Small Business - Government not Accounting for Costs
Studies released independently by Notre Dame Law School and the Government Accountability Office show that environmental groups pad their claims for reimbursed legal fees using a social program entitled the Equal Access to Justice Act, and the U.S. is not keeping track of expenditures.
B&C Member Spotlight - Carl E. Akeley
Although the original intent of the Boone and Crockett Club was “to work for the preservation of the wild animal life of this country,” members have not confined themselves to America. Carl Akeley was an African adventurer, explorer, and conservationist who twice nearly lost his life battling African game.
Charles Sheldon and the Creation of Denali National Park - B&C Impact Series
How one member of the Boone and Crockett Club (almost) single-handedly established Denali National Park.
House Passes Boone and Crockett Club Supported Chronic Wasting Disease Bill
MISSOULA, Mont. – The U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation last night that will provide funding for research and management to help fight chronic wasting disease (CWD), an always fatal neurological disease affecting members of the deer family.
B&C Member Spotlight - C. Hart Merriam
The United States Fish and Wildlife Service was created in 1940 by merging the Bureau of Biological Survey with the Bureau of Fisheries.
B&C Member Spotlight - Madison Grant
Six years after George Bird Grinnell and Theodore Roosevelt founded the Boone and Crockett Club, Grinnell sponsored for membership a young, assertive New Yorker named Madison Grant. The year was 1893. Grant had many successful years representing the Club, but he also became one of America’s most controversial figures.
Madison Grant was born on November 19, 1865.
Equal Access to Justice Act Findings
Two separate studies from the Government Accountability Offices (GAO) and the Notre Dame Law School confirm that legal fee reimbursements going to environmental groups suing the government, contrary to intent of Congress and without accountability for costs.