This month’s Northeast RGS & AWS regional partnership spotlight focuses on Campfire Conservation Fund, Inc. which is based in Chappaqua, NY. Established in 1977, Campfire Conservation Fund works closely with the Campfire Club of America’s conservation committee, promoting awareness around the intelligent use of natural resources, supporting hunter and angler-led conservation efforts, and enabling education […]
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Hornaday Silver Medal Winner Scholarships Announced
Peter Livengood (Dunbar, PA) – 2019 CFCA Hornaday Scholarship RecipientSophomore at California University of PA – Dual degree: BS is Fisheries and Wildlife Biology & Law and Public Policy Francis Micah Holston (Griffin, GA) – 2020 CFCA Hornaday Scholarship Recipient (Parents Lee and Karen )Junior at Kennesaw State University – Dual Major: Physics and Political […]
Black bear research partnership leads to potential hunt
Black bears occurred historically throughout the southcentral and southeastern United States, but due to unregulated harvest and land use change, bear abundance and distribution was markedly reduced. In Missouri, black bear abundance similarly declined and few bears were present in the state by the early 1900s. Arkansas, Missouri’s southern neighbor, conducted a black bear restoration […]
Camp Fire Program in Wildlife Conservation 2020 Annual Report
2020 has been widely described as “unprecedented” due to the ongoing COVID-19 global pandemic and associated impacts to every kind of human system. Here at the Camp Fire Program in Wildlife Conservation, we are thankful for the commitment and expertise of the hardworking, dedicated group of staff and students highlighted in this report. Because of […]
The Formation of the American Wildlife Conservation Partners – Daniel A. Pedrotti
Centennial Celebration of Roosevelt Wild Life Station and Camp Fire Conservation Fund Conference Center Dedication
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.
“There can be no greater issue than that of conservation in this country”
“The continued existence of wildlife and wilderness is important to the quality of life of humans”
“Conservation is a state of harmony between men and land”
“We and the beasts are kin”
“A true conservationist is a man who knows that the world is not given by his fathers, but borrowed from his children”
“Like the resource it seeks to protect, wildlife conservation must be dynamic, changing as conditions change, seeking always to become more effective”
“...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”
“Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature. It will never fail you”
“The purpose of conservation: The greatest good to the greatest number of people for the longest time”
“Leave this world a little better than you found it”