2019 Annual Report

Reflecting on a Successful Season

Hunting, fishing, and conservation have never been partisan issues. But today, a profound appreciation for the outdoors provides common ground for policymakers across the political spectrum to tackle some of our top priorities. In 2019, the TRCP played a key role in the victories outlined on the map below, proving once again that the voice of sportsmen and women transcends politics. Explore these accomplishments by clicking on each waypoint to learn more.
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Testified Before Congress Added five new Board Members Expanded Policy Council Sent 35,000 Letters to Capitol Hill Grew to 100,000 members Grew 23% on social media Held 1st Hispanic Summit Increased revenue by 20% Added 12 new corporate sponsors Named a top-rated charity Permanently reauthorized the Land and Water Conservation Fund Passed hunter recruitment bill Released inaccessible public lands report Secured investments in wildlife-friendly highway crossings Worked on Everglades restoration Prevented disposal of public land Conserved migration corridors in five Western states Fought for backcountry conservation areas Cracked down on overfishing of menhaden Held saltwater media summit Stood up for the Clean Water Act Fought for a sustainable Colorado River Basin Combatted chronic wasting disease Pushed for Farm Bill implementation 2020

Testified Before Congress

Three members of the TRCP staff represented sportsmen and women on Capitol Hill, urging Congress to improve access to public lands, pass five priority pieces of legislation that would invest in fish and wildlife habitat, create drought solutions while enhancing conditions for fish in the Colorado River Basin, and step up in the fight against CWD, especially by giving states the resources they need to track and fight the disease in the wild.

Sent 35,000 Letters to Capitol Hill

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Grew to 100,000 members

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Grew 23% on social media

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Held 1st Hispanic Summit

TRCP partnered with the Hispanic Access Foundation and Nuestra Tierra Conservation Project to host the summit, share stories, collaborate on conservation goals, and–of course–flyfish in Taos, New Mexico.
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Added 12 new corporate sponsors

    

Prevented disposal of public land

The TRCP also pushed federal land management agencies to identify inaccessible public lands and develop a plan to increase access to them. Combined with our work to study the scope of the landlocked public lands problem and secure our best tool for opening these lands, the TRCP is advancing bipartisan solutions that can actually get more sportsmen and women out there.
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Cracked down on overfishing of menhaden

After a foreign-owned industrial fishing company willingly exceeded its harvest quota in Chesapeake Bay, the TRCP, tens of thousands of recreational anglers, dozens of businesses, and nine East Coast state governors requested that the Secretary of Commerce take action to hold the company accountable.
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HOW YOU CAN HELP

WHAT WILL FEWER HUNTERS MEAN FOR CONSERVATION?

The precipitous drop in hunter participation should be a call to action for all sportsmen and women, because it will have a significant ripple effect on key conservation funding models.

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