CLIMATE CHANGE
Boone and Crocket Club Position Statement - Adopted February 2008

For well over a century, the hunter-conservationists of the Boone and Crockett Club have been at the forefront of wildlife conservation in North America.  We have led the way in identifying threats to North America’s wildlife and their habitats and, on the basis of scientific research, have taken a leadership position in the implementation of measures necessary to ensure the continued proliferation of these resources.  At this time, the Club recognizes that the changing climate poses an indeterminate threat to our North American wildlife and habitat.

As such, we embrace the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s definition of climate change as being “a statistically significant variation in either the mean state of the climate or in its variability, persisting for an extended period (typically decades or longer).  Climate change may be due to natural internal processes or external forces, or to persistent anthropogenic changes in the composition of the atmosphere or in land use.”

The Boone and Crockett Club is concerned that there is a dearth of science focused on the specific effects of climate change upon North American wildlife and habitat.  Therefore, the Club shall facilitate the furtherance of science, deliberation, and implementation of policy intended to mitigate the effects of climate change on wildlife and habitats.  The Club also encourages all parties with an interest and appreciation for wildlife to become knowledgeable and to engage at an appropriate level.