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The Boone and Crockett Club is a hunter-conservationist organization founded in the United States in 1887 by Theodore Roosevelt. The club was named in honor of hunter-heroes of the day, Daniel Boone and Davy Crockett, whom the club's founders viewed as pioneering men who hunted extensively while opening the frontier, but realized the consequences of overharvesting game. In addition to authoring a famous "fair chase" statement of hunter ethics, the club worked for the expansion and protection of Yellowstone National Park and the establishment of American Conservation in general. The Club and its members were also responsible for the elimination of commercial market hunting, creation of the National Park and National Forest Services, National Wildlife Refuge system, wildlife reserves, and funding mechanisms for conservation, all under the umbrella of what is known today as the North American Model of Wildlife Conservation.〔(The Wildlife Society - The North American Model of Wildlife Conservation and Public Trust Doctrine )〕 Key members of the club have included Theodore Roosevelt, George Bird Grinnell, Madison Grant, Charles Alexander Sheldon, William Tecumseh Sherman, Gifford Pinchot, Frederick Russell Burnham, E. D. Riekens, Jr., Charles Deering and Aldo Leopold.〔(American Big Game: Members of the Boone and Crockett Club )〕 Today the club is known largely for maintaining a (scoring) and data collection system and by which native North American big game animals may be objectively measured and tracked as a gauge of successful wildlife policies and management. The Boone and Crockett Club is headquartered in Missoula, Montana, which is also the home of the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation. ==Timeline== Key dates in the history of the organization include: *1887: Founded by Theodore Roosevelt *1887: Passage of the Timberland Reserves Bill - birthing the National Forest system *1894: Passage of theYellowstone Protection Act *1895: Established the New York Zoological Society *1900: Passage of the Lacey Act which brought an end to commercial market hunting *1903: Passage of the National Wildlife Refuge System Act *1905: Passage of the Forest Reserves Transfer Act *1913: Passage of the Migratory Bird Act *1922: National Collection of Heads and Horns established at the Bronx Zoo in New York City. *1930: American Committee for International Wild Life Protection is founded by the Boone and Crockett Club for the purpose of representing American sympathy and interest in international wild life protection. John Charles Phillips (1876-1938) was made the chair. This committee is later incorporated into the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources.〔 〕 *1932: First big-game records book published, ''Records of North American Big Game'' by Prentiss N. Gray. *1934: Passage of the Migratory Bird Hunting Stamp Act *1937: Passage of the Pittman-Robertson Act *1947: Big Game Competitions, with the winners being chosen by a Judges' Panel *1950: Scoring system for big game records was refined and formally adopted. *1960: ''An American Crusade for Wildlife'' by James B. Trafethen published. A history of the Boone and Crockett Club that has been accepted as the landmark text for conservation. *2004: "Hunt Fair Chase" program launched. This program brings together the hunting and conservation communities to deliver a positive message of hunter ethics to all hunters 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Boone and Crockett Club」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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