News for Immediate Release

January 15, 2008

Contact: Kate Cywinski, 615-831-6793, kcywinski@trcp.org

                Neal Hart, (615) 792-6767, nealh@tritonboats.com

Triton Boats Joins Union Sportsmen’s Alliance as Corporate Partner

America's #1 fiberglass fishing boat manufacturer donates high performance, U.S.-made bass boat to one lucky USA member

WASHINGTON—The Union Sportsmen’s Alliance (USA), a program of the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership (TRCP), has added Triton Boats as a corporate partner to help spur membership and support initiatives to conserve quality places to hunt and fish.

Based in Ashland City, Tennessee, Triton Boats, a member of Brunswick Corporation, manufactures up to 8,000 fiberglass and aluminum fishing boats a year, the most of any manufacturer under one brand, according to the company’s Founder and President Earl Bentz.

As a new USA corporate partner, Triton donated a water-ready 18 Explorer tournament bass boat with a matching trailer valued at approximately $25,000 to support the USA in its drive to increase membership in the hunting and fishing association, which provides union members a forum for sharing ideas and outdoor experiences, finding hunting and fishing tips, receiving discounts on clothing and equipment and staying current on TRCP efforts to conserve America’s outdoor heritage. 

Preserving the outdoors is close to Bentz’s heart and a key reason he partnered with the USA and the TRCP, a coalition of organizations and individuals working to guarantee all of us quality places to hunt and fish. “They have always been a staunch supporter of preserving land and habitat, so working with the TRCP is a natural alliance for Triton,” says Bentz.

Bentz donated the exceptional package in support of the USA as a special thank-you to the union customers who have helped Triton become one of the largest fishing boat manufacturers in the United States. “Our company's success is due in part to our many loyal union customers. We are honored to partner with the USA to equip a hardworking union member with one of our highest quality fishing boats” Bentz said.

“One of the USA’s commitments is to seek out and deliver exceptional opportunities for union sportsmen and sportswomen that uphold their union values, said Fred Myers, Executive Director of the USA.  “That’s why we’re so proud of our new relationship with Triton Boats.  We are very excited to offer our members the chance to win a U.S.-made Triton boat powered by a union-made Mercury engine, and we look forward to working with Triton in the future.” Learn more about the Triton boat give-away at www.UnionSportsmen.org.

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Inspired by the legacy of Theodore Roosevelt, the TRCP is a coalition of organizations and grassroots partners working together to preserve the traditions of hunting and fishing.