Founded in 1887
Missoula, Montana

The oldest wildlife conservation organization in North America

 

• 1887 Founded by Theodore Roosevelt and George Bird Grinnell
•  initiator of the first National Parks, including Yellowstone, Glacier, Denali and Grand Canyon
• the initiator of the first legislation for wildlife
  – Timberland Reserve Bill
  – Yellowstone Protection Act
  – Lacey Act
  – Migratory Bird Treaty Act
  – Alaskan Game Laws
• champion of the earliest science-based wildlife management efforts and legislation
  – the National Wildlife Refuge System Act
  – the creation of the Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Units

Boone and Crockett Club
250 Station Drive
Missoula, Montana 59801

406.542.1888

boone-crockett.org