The Boone and Crockett Club 



In the years that have elapsed since its organiza- 

 tion, the Boone and Crockett Club has accom- 

 plished a number of things which entitle it to the 

 lasting gratitude of the American people. Through 

 the efforts of its members have been carried on a 

 number of successful battles for good things, whose 

 importance the Club saw far in advance of the 

 public opinion of the time, and which in recent 

 years has come to b^ generally appreciated, 

 although not as yet wholly understood. 



Among the achievements which may fairly be 

 claimed for the club are these : 



(1) The carrying on to a successful end the 

 fight for the preservation of the Yellowstone 

 National Park. This fight commenced in 1882, 

 long before the Boone and Crockett Club was 

 organized, yet the men who began the fight and 

 for many years carried it on alone, were among, 

 the first members of the Boone and Crockett Club, 

 and the Club at once took up and carried through 

 to its end the work that they had started. Among 

 these men were Arnold Hague, Wm. Hallett 

 Phillips, Archibald Rogers, George G. Vest and 

 George Bird Grinnell. 



(2) The forest reserve system now in success- 

 ful operation in the United States and covering 

 lands aggregating one hundred millions of acres, 



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