Boone and Crockett Club Welcomes Confirmation of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack
The Boone and Crockett Club welcomes yesterday’s overwhelming vote of 92-7 by the U.S. Senate to confirm Tom Vilsack as the new Secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Vilsack served in this capacity during the eight years of the Obama Administration and proved to be an outstanding ally for private lands conservation. In addition, under his previous oversight of the U.S. Forest…
Boone and Crockett Club’s First Annual Conservation Auction Goes Live March 7, 2021
The Boone and Crockett Club has partnered with dozens of iconic brands and generous benefactors to organize its First Annual Conservation Auction. Hosted on Gunbroker.com, the auction features a wide selection of high quality and collectible merchandise and is open to the public. Bidding opens March 7th at 7:00 am EST and bids will be accepted until 7:00 pm EDT on March 21 (for firearms) and 7…
Victory in Maine but Conservation not Out of the Woods
Maine voters rejected Question 1, a ballot initiative to ban sportsmen's use of bait, hounds, and traps. If passed it would have negatively affected Maine hunters and the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife's ability to manage the states black bear population. But the vote was really about more than just bear hunting methods, said the Boone and Crockett Club today.
Bears on an Edge
Imagine a 300-pound male bear at the edge of a hardwood forest that borders a crop field bursting with ripe corn. Does he take a detour to avoid venturing into this exposed area, or does he walk in and enjoy the abundance of food? Would it matter if this was the only crop field in the area or adjacent to five other fields? Or if there were many bears in the area? Or if there were people nearby…
B&C Supports new Funding for Conservation
Four Boone and Crockett Club members are serving on a panel charged with developing new funding mechanisms for conservation. The goal is bridging the funding gap between game and nongame species - a concept heartily endorsed by the Club.
Remembering the Jordan Buck
Ninety-nine deer seasons have passed since James Jordan pulled the trigger on a gargantuan whitetail that would become one of the best-known trophies of all time
Springfield, MO., Tabbed for B&C Exhibit
One of the longest running public celebrations of wildlife and conservation will be held in Springfield, Mo., in 2016.
B&C Fellow - Ellen Pero
University of Montana - PhD - Projected to Graduate 2021 | Integrated ecology of a reintroduction: Missouri elk restoration/ ecology and management of the restored elk population in Missouri
B&C Fellow - Bryan Stevens
Bryan Stevens
Michigan State University, Ph.D. 2016
Yellowstone Plundered by Market Hunters
YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK (Sept. 17, 1876) - Soon on newsstands in all 38 states, an upcoming edition of Forest and Stream will feature a report by editor George Bird Grinnell on a poaching crisis still plaguing Yellowstone even in its fourth year as a U.S. national park.