The Boone and Crockett Club today released a comprehensive essay on conservation and preservation, which was approved by its board of directors during the Club's 130th annual meeting at Savannah, Georgia. Club members gather the first Saturday each December to commemorate the founding of the organization by Theodore Roosevelt in 1887.

The Dallas Safari Club last week announced their board's decision to no longer support the practice of captive bred lion shooting in Africa. The Boone and Crockett Club fully supports this decision.

The Boone and Crockett Club fully supports a new House bill that seeks to advance hunter recruitment and retention. The Modernizing Pittman-Robertson Fund for Tomorrow's Needs Act of 2017 (H.R. 2591) will provide technical and financial assistance to states for promoting hunting and recreational shooting.

The Department of the Interior and Secretary Zinke yesterday announced the distribution of $1.1 billion to state fish and wildlife agencies for fish, wildlife and habitat conservation projects. Sportsmen, through the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration and Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Acts, provided the money.