Press RoomPress ReleaseFor Immediate Release
March 23, 2006
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Tim Zink, (202) 654-4625 TRCP Board and Policy Council Members Appointed to Interior Department Hunting Advisory Committee WASHINGTON - 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. The panel, whose members will serve two-year terms without compensation, is to meet at least twice a year. Members may recommend policies or programs designed to maintain or restore wetlands, forest and rangeland habitats, as well as policies or programs that promote access to hunting and recreation on federal lands.
The council will also be called upon to advise the Interior Secretary about wildlife conservation endeavors that benefit hunting and wildlife resources and that encourage partnerships among members of the public, the sportsmen-conservation community, wildlife conservation groups and state and federal governments.
*** The Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership is a coalition of leading conservation organizations and individual grassroots partners, working together to conserve fish and wildlife and their habitat, increase funding for conservation and management, and expand access to places to hunt and fish. |