In This IssueTRCP Crosses the 100,000th Partner Mark
Visit Our New Angling 4 Oceans Web Site
Important New Campaign for Better Fish and Wildlife Management Funding
Do You Know a Hero of Conservation?
TRCP Energy Initiative Keeps Close Eye on BLM Rule Changes
TRCP Board and Policy Council Members Appointed to Interior Department Hunting Advisory Committee
New TRCP Presence in Northwest
Obituary: Bill Howard
Views: Recent Op-Ed on How T.R. Would Have Approached Drilling Expansion
Updates from TRCP Partner Organizations - Latest Actions from the National Conservation Community
Grassroots Report - Feedback on Current Grassroots-driven Events and Initiatives
Featured Conservation Leader - Meet the People Who Drive the Work of the TRCP
New on the Reading List
Your Photos - Check Out the Recent Successes of Your Fellow Partners
Roosevelt Reflection - Essays and Historical Tidbits on the Man from Whom the Partnership Draws its Name and Inspiration
TRCP News and Views - Latest Dispatches from the Partnership- TRCP Crosses the 100,000th Partner Mark
- Visit Our New Angling 4 Oceans Web Site
- TRCP Helps Launch Teaming With Wildlife Campaign
- Do You Know a Hero of Conservation?
- TRCP Energy Initiative Keeps Close Eye on BLM Rule Changes
- TRCP Board and Policy Council Members Appointed to Interior Department Hunting Advisory Committee
- New TRCP Presence in Northwest
- Obituary: Bill Howard
- Views: Recent Op-Ed on How T.R. Would Have Approached Drilling Expansion
- TRCP Crosses the 100,000th Partner Mark
 When more than 500 members of the International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF) recently joined the TRCP as Individual Partners, we were thrilled for several reasons. Not only were we proud to formalize a relationship with the men and women who put their lives on the line every day for the benefit of others, but the 500-plus firefighters brought our total number of Inidividual Partners to more than 100,000. This figure not only adds support to our policy initiatives, it provides an important measure of our progress as an organization. As TRCP has steadily grown, we have all become more effective by working together. We thank each one of you for helping us reach this point.
At left: IAFF General President Harold Schaitberger, right, is joined by new TRCP Individual Partner Ed Jaros at the 2006 IAFF Legislative Conference in Washington, DC. Jaros, a firefighter and IAFF member from Little Rock, Arkansas, discovered the benefits of joining the TRCP almost immediately when he won a shotgun in our raffle. | Back to Top | | Go to TRCP Home Page |  Visit Our New Angling 4 Oceans Web Site
As part of our efforts to advance the priorities of recreational saltwater anglers through a campaign called Angling 4 Oceans, the TRCP has launched a new Web site: www.angling4oceans.org. Angling 4 Oceans efforts will focus on tackling the reauthorization of the Magnuson-Stevens Act (MSA), the federal law that governs marine fisheries management, by integrating our SALT Principles into the bill (at right). Though many anglers may not realize it, every fishing trip on the ocean is predicated on this law. Because of the impact that the MSA has on sportfishing, it is absolutely essential that recreational anglers participate in the debate as this seminal law is reauthorized. | Back to Top | | Go to TRCP Home Page | - Important New Campaign for Better Fish and Wildlife Management Funding
 The TRCP and other conservation groups gathered on Capitol Hill on March 1 to launch a new campaign under the banner of Teaming with Wildlife, a coalition of 3,000 organizations assembled to boost state and federal funding for wildlife conservation, outdoor recreation and conservation education and to prevent wildlife from becoming endangered. This coalition, which is headed by the International Association of Fish & Wildlife Agencies, a TRCP Partner Organization, includes wildlife managers, conservationists, hunters and anglers, businesses and many others who support the goal of restoring and conserving our nation's wildlife.
The Teaming with Wildlife Coalition is calling for greater funding to support the full implementation of the new State Wildlife Action Plans, which lay out clear requirements and actions for wildlife conservation in each state. To help launch the campaign, more than 150 people from 44 states flew to DC to speak with their elected representatives about Teaming with Wildlife and the new State Wildlife Action Plans. Read more at: www.teaming.com. At Left: Pictured from left are Naomi Edelson, Teaming With Wildlife Director, P. Lynn Scarlett, Deputy Secretary of the Interior, and John Baughman, Executive Vice President of the International Association of Fish & Wildlife Agencies. | Back to Top | | Go to TRCP Home Page | - Do You Know a Hero of Conservation?
 Field & Stream magazine has initiated its first annual Heroes of Conservation Awards, which will be judged by a panel of conservation leaders, including TRCP Chairman Jim Range and Board members Steve Williams (President of the Wildlife Management Institute) and Jim Martin (Conservation Director of the Berkeley Conservation Institute).
The awards will recognize sportsmen committed to the conservation of fish and wildlife. Six finalists will be flown to New York City for the awards ceremony in late September 2006, for a Heroes of Conservation Awards Gala, sponsored by Toyota, where one top honoree will receive a new 2006 Toyota Tundra. Runners-up will be awarded cash prizes. The Heroes of Conservation Awards are open to all individuals involved in hunting- and fishing-related conservation projects. Selections will be based on a number of factors including leadership, commitment, project growth and results. Field & Stream is profiling three promising Heroes of Conservation entries each month, detailing various projects to preserve the land, water and wildlife vital to sportsmen’s pursuits. To nominate an individual involved in a conservation project, please visit www.fieldandstream.com. All nominations must be received by May 15, 2006. | Back to Top | | Go to TRCP Home Page | - TRCP Energy Initiative Keeps Close Eye on BLM Rule Changes
 Recently, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) declared that the agency could not comply with a law requiring drilling permit requests to be processed within 30 days. The BLM is now proposing to change its timeline for processing Applications for Permits to Drill (APDs) from the 30 days mandated by a pre-existing rule, to a timeline contained in the Energy Policy Act passed by Congress last year.
The Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership’s Energy and Wildlife Working Group is hopeful that this is a step toward addressing problems not only with the APD permitting process but with the federal mineral rights leasing process as well. We agree that the 30-day processing timeframe for APDs is not appropriate, especially given the minimum necessary steps to address fish and wildlife habitat impacts. As BLM considers adjusting its APD processing, there are several factors and priorities to be considered. Read more at: http://www.trcp.org/pr_blmdrilling.aspx. | Back to Top | | Go to TRCP Home Page | - TRCP Board and Policy Council Members Appointed to Interior Department Hunting Advisory Committee
Two members of the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership’s (TRCP) Board of Directors and a member of the TRCP Policy Council have been appointed to a new Sporting Conservation Council that will advise the Department of the Interior on conservation issues of interest to the hunting community.Board members John Baughman, the Executive Vice President of the International Association of Fish & Wildlife Agencies, and Robert Model, Chairman of the Boone & Crockett Club of America, will be joined on the council by Policy Council member James Mosher, the Executive Director of the North American Grouse Partnership. According to the Department of the Interior, the council will be called upon to provide guidance in the areas of habitat restoration and protection; the impact of energy development on wildlife resources; forest and rangeland health; hunting access to federal lands; and other issues in which the sporting and conservation community can provide a valuable perspective to resource managers and senior leaders throughout the department. Read more at: http://www.doi.gov/news/06_News_Releases/060323b.htm. | Back to Top | | Go to TRCP Home Page | - New TRCP Presence in Northwest
 The TRCP is proud to announce the newest addition to our staff, Joe LaTourrette, who is based in Olympia, Washington. Having more than 30 years of experience in wildlife conservation, planning, research, policy and program development, LaTourrette will serve as a policy initiative consultant on the West Coast regarding the reauthorization of the Magnuson-Stevens Act and on roadless forest policies.
LaTourrette comes to the TRCP after working as a wildlife and natural resources consultant for Conservation Strategies, which works with government leaders to promote the Northwest’s resources and natural habitats. He also has 12 years experience representing the Department of Wildlife, the Department of Ecology and various other nonprofit wildlife conservation, sportfishing, and outdoor recreation organizations in Congress and the Washington State Legislature. LaTourrette has served on the Chaired State Legislative Committee of the International Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies, as the former President of the Washington Wildlife and Recreation Foundation board and on the board of the Capitol Land Trust. He was also honored by the Seattle Audubon Society as Agency Official of the Year in 1984 for his key involvement in passage of the federal Washington Wilderness Act. | Back to Top | | Go to TRCP Home Page | - Obituary: Bill Howard
 With the recent passing of Bill Howard, who died on March 23, 2006, of an apparent heart attack, the conservation community lost one of its most able champions. Howard, who served as Executive Vice President of the National Wildlife Federation for more than a decade and was the President of the Wildlife Habitat Council at the time of his death, was responsible for guiding these organizations to new heights. Prior to coming to Washington, he was the Executive Director of the Oklahoma Wildlife Federation, where his work earned the organization the Affiliate of the Year award in 1976. He also served on a gubernatorial Blue Ribbon Panel to rewrite Oklahoma’s state forestry practices regulations. Bill was named Conservationist of the Year by the Oklahoma Izaak Walton League and received a Governor’s Conservation Services Citation in Oklahoma.
Understanding his great leadership, achievements and contributions to conservation and conservation education, the Wildlife Habitat Council Board of Directors is working with its staff to develop a suitable tribute, including an award in Howard’s name and a major celebration at their 2006 Annual Symposium in Baltimore, November 13-14, 2006. Read more at: http://www.wildlifehc.org/. | Back to Top | | Go to TRCP Home Page | - Views: Recent Op-Ed on How T.R. Would Have Approached Drilling Expansion
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Updates from TRCP Partner Organizations - Latest Actions from the National Conservation CommunityAmerican Sportfishing Association
Johanna Laderman, the Director of the FishAmerica Foundation (FAF), the conservation and research arm of the American Sportfishing Association, recently was honored by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for her commitment to conserving and protecting America’s valuable fisheries resources. More>> BASS/ESPN Outdoors
BASS Conservation Director and TRCP Policy Council member Noreen Clough met with several key Congressional members or their legislative staff regarding the Fish and Wildlife Service's FY 2007 Fisheries Budget and suggested areas of emphasis. This included fish passage, wetlands conservation, cooperative partners programs and the upcoming National Fish Habitat Action Plan. More>> Berkley Conservation Institute
The Director of the Berkley Conservation Institute and TRCP Board Member Jim Martin delivered two plenary talks at the recent North American Wildlife and Natural Resources Conference in Columbus, Ohio. His presentations focused on the challenges of managing wildlife in the squeeze between development and climate change. More>> Boone and Crockett Club
Boy Scout troops are invited to experience a seven-day High Adventure Program at the Boone and Crockett Club’s Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Ranch and Rasmuson Wildlife Conservation Center along the Rocky Mountain Front in Montana. More>> Coastal Conservation Association
The Coastal Conservation Association is applauding federal fisheries managers for hardening their position on the licensing of open-loop technology for liquefied natural gas terminals. More>> Ducks Unlimited
Ducks Unlimited (DU) has been awarded a North American Wetlands Conservation Act (NAWCA) grant to conserve 5,843 acres of habitat in northeastern California. DU’s Western Regional Office in Rancho Cordova, Calif., will collaborate with a diverse partnership of federal, state, local and private entities to deliver the Modoc Plateau/Pit River wetlands project. More>> International Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies
In an unprecedented effort, a team of conservation organizations recently approved the completion of the "National Fish Habitat Action Plan," a nation-wide effort to protect and enhance wetlands and waterways, and prevent aquatic species from further decline. More>> Izaak Walton League of America
The IWLA recently praised the Bush Administration’s proposal to fully fund the Wetland Reserve Program for the first time and urged similar attention to the Conservation Reserve Program. More>> The Nature Conservancy
The Nature Conservancy and the University of Notre Dame announced a new partnership to address the ecological and economic damage of aquatic invasive species in the Great Lakes. More>> New York State Conservation Council
The New York State Conservation Council is conducting a deer management survey to determine the opinions of sportsmen and women from around the state. Many sportsmen across the state are asking for stricter regulations on the buck take in New York. More>> Pheasants Forever/Quail Forever
Pheasants Forever (PF) is encouraging farmers and ranchers to consider enrolling their environmentally sensitive acres into this spring's Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) general sign-up. The competitive sign-up period runs March 27 through April 14, 2006 and is budgeted to accept up to 2.5 million acres during this sign-up. CRP is the nation's most successful conservation program: preventing soil erosion, improving water quality and creating wildlife habitat, while providing important payments to landowners. More>> Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation
The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation this month announced the opening of "Splendid Was the Trail: Photographs of the National Forests by K.D. Swan." This new exhibit celebrates the work of Kenneth D. Swan, a U.S. Forest Service photographer who captured the early days of the Forest Service and the amazing beauty of the lands and wildlife the agency managed. More>> Trout Unlimited
More than 400 Montana hunters and anglers have signed a letter urging the state’s congressional delegation to protect fish and wildlife and fishing and hunting along the Rocky Mountain Front, according to Russell Country Sportsmen, Montana Wildlife Federation and Trout Unlimited. More>> Whitetails Unlimited
Whitetails Unlimited is seeking to fill two positions for field directors. More>> Wildlife Management Institute
The Wildlife Management Institute reports that the number of unfilled scientist positions in the US Geological Survey's (USGS) Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit program is expected to reach a record high under the President's fiscal year 2007 budget request. A record 22 Coop Unit scientist positions will need to be vacant at the end of the next fiscal year if program funding is limited to the funding requested in the President's version of the 2007 budget. More>> The Wildlife Society
On March 1st, 2006, Dr. Philippa J. Benson assumed the new role of Director of Publishing and Information Resources at The Wildlife Society. Dr. Benson joins TWS after seven years at the Center for Applied Biodiversity Science at Conservation International, where she created and led the scientific publishing program and headed efforts in electronic publishing and information resources. More>> | Back to Top | | Go to TRCP Home Page | Grassroots Report - Feedback on Current Grassroots-driven Events and InitiativesMilwaukee Union Members Enjoy Sports Show for Half-Price  As the result of a series of TRCP meetings with labor union leaders in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in early February, local union members had the opportunity to attend the Milwaukee Sports Show on March 14th for half-price. The arrangement was made possible by the help of TRCP Board member Charles Potter, Jr., the President and CEO of the Max McGraw Wildlife Foundation, and by the generous support of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. The newspaper also ran ads promoting the event.
Tim Hanson, a member of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers #494 in Milwaukee, attended the Milwaukee Sports Show on TRCP/Union Members Day, March 14th, with his wife, Vicky, their daughter and son-in-law Angela and Dean Orcholski, and grandchildren Gracie, Brandon, Allysa, Jameson and Madison. TRCP Partners Fuel Effective Advocacy Campaigns The TRCP has called upon its grassroots partners on two separate issues during the first quarter of 2006 and has garnered good results through our Action Grams. Our first advocacy campaign was requesting help for river and stream restoration programs. We had a 4.4% response rate, with nearly 800 Partners submitting comments to Congress. For our second campaign, we asked Partners to speak up on behalf of State Wildlife Grants Funding. More than 1,030 Partners (5.7%) took the time to write an email to their elected officials seeking support for the State Wildlife Grant program. | Back to Top | | Go to TRCP Home Page | Featured Conservation Leader - Meet the People Who Drive the Work of the TRCPQ & A with Steve Moyer, TRCP Policy Council Member  Steve Moyer is the Vice President for Government Affairs & Volunteer Operations for TRCP Partner Organization Trout Unlimited, the nation’s leading coldwater fishery conservation organization. A fisheries biologist by training, Moyer now serves as TU’s point person on federal policy issues.
When did you first become aware of the need to conserve fish species? I was so lucky to have a Dad who loved to hunt and fish, so I have been doing it myself as long as I can remember. I was intensely interested in the whole thing right from the start, and conservation was always a big part of our experience and discussions, such as harvest limits and why they were necessary. Then the 70’s came along, a great burst of environmentalism for the nation, and I was swept along. I remember taking our 6th grade glass to the stream behind my house to do a stream cleanup on the first Earth Day in the spring of 1970. The fish conservation call came early to me. Did you have an exceptional mentor either in the field or the classroom? My Dad was the first and best, of course. Neil Moyer, plumber, man of good cheer, few words, but a lot of good advice, was and still is my Number One mentor. I had three great ones at grad school at Virginia Tech, Dick Neves, Larry Nielsen, and Don Orth, who schooled me well in the science and policy of fish squeezing. Unfortunately, I’ve forgotten most of what they taught me, but I remember them and how they inspired me. Finally, I owe a huge amount to the three bosses I’ve had since graduating: Gil Radonski at the Sport Fishing Institute, Scott Feierabend at the National Wildlife Federation, and Charles Gauvin at TU. They gave me great opportunities and imparted a lot of wisdom. What propelled the decision to ply your wares in DC? One of life’s little Waterloos. There I was, working on my carefully crafted plan, on the comfortable road to being a happy field fish biologist. I had done my undergraduate work at University of Maine, did a year of fish technician work for a consultant in Pennsylvania, and had been rewarded with a research graduate assistantship at Virginia Tech. Just as I was about to leave for Blacksburg to start grad school, my major professor, Dick Neves, called me and told me to stay put because our funding was jeopardized by drastic cuts proposed by President Reagan’s Administration. I was stunned! I felt like my life’s work was being trashed! I was mad. The threat abated, and on I went to grad school, but it was a great lesson. Politics really matters! I didn’t know it until it hit me in the gut. While I was doing fish science, I took a number of conservation law and policy classes at Virginia Tech. I came to DC as an intern at the Sport Fishing Institute in 1985. I have been here ever since. To your mind, what species currently deserve the most immediate attention from conservationists? I suppose it is odd for someone who grew up fishing for stocked rainbows and hunting ringneck pheasants, conserving native species and their habitats is what really motivates me. The work of TU, TRCP, and our conservation partners to protect and restore native trout and salmon is my highest priority. We face huge challenges in those endeavors, as many of our native trout and salmon are listed as threatened or endangered, and others are not doing well. Old habitat killers, such as acid mine drainage, have been passed down from previous generations. The same tidal wave of development that wiped out most of the farm land in my little hometown is eliminating fish habitat in many places. And climate change looms ever larger as the Mother of All Habitat and Species Eliminators. Those native species were given to our generation to take care of, for our benefit, and for the future. We’ve much work to do. But there are some very positive initiatives moving forward now. Are there any under-the-radar programs that the average angler might not know about that will affect the species about which they care? I hope that they are not too far under the radar, but TU’s watershed restoration, instream flows, public lands and salmon recovery programs are effective and are on target for conserving native salmonids and their habitats. TRCP, TU and other conservationists are developing strong initiatives to enable the Farm Bill conservation programs to provide more help for fish habitat, and to ensure that the nation’s energy demands don’t undermine fish and wildlife habitat on our great Western public lands. Are there any federal policies on which anglers should be keeping a close eye? I am delighted by the major regional fish habitat plans that are unfolding for eastern brook trout, western native trout, and for the lovely trout streams of the Driftless Area of the upper Midwest (southwestern Wisconsin, southern Minnesota, northeastern Iowa, and northwestern Illinois). These are three great examples of what will constitute the new National Fish Habitat Initiative, a splendid partnership between the state and federal fish agencies and conservation groups, which is modeled after the North American Waterfowl Management Plan. I believe that these programs, if funded well and implemented enthusiastically, could reverse downward habitat trends and get us on the real road to restoration. What practical kinds of things can all anglers do to better protect fish and clean water? Find some valuable moments of each year to invest in conservation. Local conservation work will always be our touchstone. Activities such as helping a TU chapter to restore a stream, or an Izaak Walton League chapter to monitor water quality, will always be very important. But the advocacy side of conservation is equally important. The amazing irony of conservation that I have found is this: All of those things we try to get away from for awhile when we go fish and hunt - meetings, public hearings, lobbying members of Congress - are exactly what we MUST do more of to conserve fish and wildlife. What is your all-time-favorite stream? Can we fish people limit ourselves to just one? I think not. I will always cherish the two little tiny streams that lit my fire, the West Branch of Neshaminy Creek, just beyond my backyard in suburban Philadelphia, and Musser Run, a tributary of the Juniata River in central Pennsylvania that ran through my grandfather’s dairy farm. I love the brookies of the Rapidan here in Virginia, the smallmouths of the New River (Virginia) and the Juniata (Pennsylvania), and as a lifelong easterner, I am amazed by virtually all of the great western rivers. My colleagues have made me partial to the rivers of western Montana. Why are you involved with the TRCP? In the fish and wildlife conservation business, united we stand, divided we fall. To protect ourselves against the resource threats of our time, we must stick together. To take advantage of some of the great opportunities of our time, we must stick together. The longer I’ve been here, the stronger I believe it. That is what TRCP is attempting to do. It is a tough, but essential, job. | Back to Top | | Go to TRCP Home Page | New on the Reading List Eastern Hatches by Tom Fuller
Matching the hatch, one of the fundamentals of fly fishing, is difficult, if not impossible, to accomplish if you can’t identify the bugs on the water. This book begins with a detailed section on identifying hatches that will enable anglers to know what they're looking at when they see those bugs. The second part of the book is a complete guide on when and where the major hatches occur. You'll learn about everything from the famous Hex hatch in Michigan to the Hendrickson hatch on the Housatonic. Fuller conveys this detail in charts and in discussion. Finally, Part III is a guide to the flies to use in fishing these hatches-traditional imitations, regional variations, and advice on designing unique new flies. For more information, click here.
 Clouser's Flies by Bob Clouser, Photographs by Jay Nichols
Called "one of the most useful books to be published in some time" by legendary angler Lefty Kreh, Bob Clouser’s "Clouser’s Flies" offers insight into the methods of one of the most innovative fly tyers of recent memory. Including variations on his famous original Deep Minnow, Clouser presents recipes for seventeen of his most successful patterns for baitfish, subsurface freshwater foods, and surface flies with detailed explanations and superb full-color photographs to accompany every step. In sections devoted to materials and tying techniques, Clouser offers insight into his methods and provides a solid foundation for designing flies with confidence. For more information, click here.
| Back to Top | | Go to TRCP Home Page | Your Photos - Check out the recent successes of your fellow partners Check out How Your Fellow TRCP Partners Fared this Season.
TRCP Partner John Gale caught this plump steelhead in one of the "mile creeks" off Lake Erie with a shrimp and egg pattern tandem rig. This photo was taken in the middle of January and John was fishing below a small waterfall in a stream that feeds directly into Lake Erie. "I was drifting my rig through a swift riffle when the steelie hit," Gale said. "It tore off line for about five minutes while it zigged and zagged all over the small stream before I was able to turn it, but getting the fish to hand made all the icy guides and glacial leader build-ups worth it." View the rest of the TRCP Partner Photo gallery here. We need your photos. We are working to expand the photo gallery on our Web site and would love to include your photo. Please send the photo with information on how and where you got what’s in the shot. If we pick yours for our next newsletter, we’ll send you a TRCP hat too. Send photos to photos@trcp.org. Electronic photos only please. | Back to Top | | Go to TRCP Home Page | Roosevelt Reflection - Essays and Historical Tidbits on the Man from Whom the Partnership Draws its Name and InspirationRoosevelt, Grinnell and Pinchot: Three Giants of American Conservation
By Ken Barrett  Arguably the most important partnership in the history of American conservation was among three men: Theodore Roosevelt, George Bird Grinnell (the editor of Forest & Stream magazine) and Gifford Pinchot (a prominent naturalist and forester). Together they formulated, established and carried out our nation’s first truly significant national conservation policies. All were well-educated, well-to-do members of the much-criticized (both then and now) "eastern elite." All attended either Harvard or Yale. Roosevelt - the consummate politician - was the man of action, a self-described "doer," the "man in the arena," who loved to be the center of attention. Grinnell was the man with ideas, who served behind the scenes and avoided the limelight whenever possible. Pinchot was the consummate professional, a first-generation forester, and by most estimates the quintessential manager (bureaucrat) par excellence.
It is important to remember, especially by those involved in the sometimes-contact-sport of policymaking, that these three men, who gave us our great public estate of parks, forests and refuges and who established important governing and management policies, did not often agree on the best ways to achieve the nation’s conservation goals. Theirs was a partnership honed, sharpened and polished by the grit of disagreement, discussion, compromise, respect and friendship.  Roosevelt and Grinnell’s friendships began more than a decade-and-a-half before T.R. would ascend to the presidency. Together they founded the Boone & Crockett Club in 1887 and honed their skills and partnership on issues like protection for Yellowstone National Park’s wildlife and bringing an end to the jack-lighting of deer in New York’s Adirondacks. T.R. met Gifford Pinchot in 1894, and the Connecticut Yankee who’d studied forestry in France joined the Boone & Crockett Club in 1897. President Roosevelt appointed Pinchot a special agent and forester in 1902, and after the passage of legislation in 1905 establishing the U.S. Forest Service (which included Pinchot’s much-sought-after multiple-use mandate), he was appointed the nation’s first Chief of the Forest Service.
In a letter from James B. Trefethen, author of An American Crusade for Wildlife, to John F. Reiger, author of American Sportsmen and the Origins of Conservation, he wrote, "George Bird Grinnell...and Gifford Pinchot were the two strongest influences in shaping the conservation philosophy of Theodore Roosevelt, which is largely the basis of the modern conservation program in America." Every serious hunter, angler, and conservationist should own and read copies of these two fine books. They are completely engrossing and clearly spell out the role hunters and anglers played in establishing nation’s conservation legacy. | Back to Top | | Go to TRCP Home Page | |