The first summit of AWCP was held in August of 2000 at the Boone and Crockett National headquarters in Missoula, MT. Campfire Club members Len Vallender, Scott Sutton and Dan Pedrotti (Honorary CFC Member) were in attendance. This landmark meeting resulted in the creation of the American Wildlife Conservation Partners—a coalition of 35 wildlife organizations
Today, AWCP has grown to a consortium of 50 organizations that represent the interests of America’s millions of hunter-conservationists, professional wildlife and natural resource managers, outdoor recreation users, conservation educators, and wildlife scientists. While individual organizations have their own primary areas of interest, collectively we all are dedicated to ensuring the vitality of our wildlife resources and providing for sustainable public use and enjoyment of those resources under the science-based management of the state and federal fish and wildlife agencies, in cooperation with habitat and land management by the federal, state, county, and local governments.
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“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”
“The purpose of conservation: The greatest good to the greatest number of people for the longest time”
“...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”
“Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature. It will never fail you”
“Leave this world a little better than you found it”
“Conservation is a state of harmony between men and land”
“There can be no greater issue than that of conservation in this country”
“Like the resource it seeks to protect, wildlife conservation must be dynamic, changing as conditions change, seeking always to become more effective”