In April we had the honor of participating in the formal dedication of the Camp Fire Conservation Fund Conference Center coinciding with the Centennial Celebration of the Roosevelt Wild Life Station.
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First William T. Hornaday Scholarship Recipient Funded by the Camp Fire Conservation Fund
To honor select recipients of the William T. Hornaday Silver Medal award, the Camp Fire Conservation Fund offers an annual William T. Hornaday Silver Medal Scholarship. One scholarship recipient is chosen by Camp Fire from the Silver Medal winners each year. Consideration for this scholarship is automatic upon being awarded the Hornaday Silver Medal. On […]
National Scouting Museum – Ernest Thompson Seton Memorial Library Plaque Dedication
The National Scouting Museum–Philmont Scout Ranch in New Mexico was officially dedicated on September 15th, 2018. After one and a half years of construction, the vision of combining the National Scouting Museum, previously located in Irving, Texas, and the Philmont Museum–Seton Memorial Library is complete. “These two historic institutions are now one comprehensive museum which […]
“...conservation of land and conservation of people frequently go hand in hand”
“Try to leave this world a little better than you found it and, when your turn comes to die, you can die happy in feeling that at any rate you have not wasted your time but have done your best”
“The continued existence of wildlife and wilderness is important to the quality of life of humans”
“The purpose of conservation: The greatest good to the greatest number of people for the longest time”
“There can be no greater issue than that of conservation in this country”
“We and the beasts are kin”
“Like the resource it seeks to protect, wildlife conservation must be dynamic, changing as conditions change, seeking always to become more effective”
“Leave this world a little better than you found it”
“Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature. It will never fail you”
“A true conservationist is a man who knows that the world is not given by his fathers, but borrowed from his children”
“Conservation is a state of harmony between men and land”