In 2000, AWCP was founded by leading conservationists who recognized the need to bring together organizations with a focus on wildlife conservation, ethical hunting, and responsible wildlife management. The idea was to gather wildlife and natural resource professionals with similar interests in order to leverage individual strengths for the greater good of conservation and access. During the inaugural meeting at Boone and Crockett Club’s (North America’s oldest conservation organization) headquarters, there were 35 organizations represented. Today, AWCP consists of 52 organizations that work to proactively address the most pressing challenges facing sportsmen and sportswomen, wildlife, and our treasured lands and waters.
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HOW SPORTSMEN AND SPORTSWOMEN SUPPORT THE AMERICAN SYSTEM OF CONSERVATION FUNDING
LAST YEAR ALONE.... $3.3 BILLION
WILDLIFE FOR THE 21ST CENTURY
The American Wildlife Conservation Partners (AWCP) present the following nine recommendations and subsequent sub-recommendations, known as Wildlife for the 21st Century (W-21) Volume VII, for the next presidential Administration and the next two Congresses. Collectively, these recommendations will bolster fish and wildlife populations, enhance the conservation of America’s lands and waters, and provide crucial access opportunities for America’s tens of millions of sportsmen and sportswomen. These recommendations will also help ensure the wise use of our public resources, keeping America strong, sustainable, and healthy.
Wildlife for the 21st Century: Volume VII is available for download at left.
AWCP SIGN-ON LETTERS
In order to further the mission of AWCP, to ensure wildlife conservation, and sustainable public use of these natural resources, AWCP members interact and engage with federal agencies and Congress regularly to advance policies, both legislative and regulatory, which promote wildlife conservation and public access to lands.
Below are letters sent to Members of Congress, Congressional committees, federal agencies, and other governing entities, from various AWCP groups. Click on individual letters to download a PDF.
AWCP ORGANIZATIONS
AWCP is a coalition of 52 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.
2025 Chair – John Devney
Delta Waterfowl
2025 Vice-Chair – Joel Webster
Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership
TERMS EXPIRE 2025
Ed Arnett, The Wildlife Society
Ryan Bronson, Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation
William Kelleher, The Conservation Fund
TERMS EXPIRE 2026
Andrew Earl, Texas Wildlife Association
Ben Jones, American Woodcock Society/Ruffed Grouse Society
David Willms, National Wildlife Federation
TERMS EXPIRE 2027
Ariel Wiegard, Quail Forever & Pheasants Forever
Catherine Appling-Pooler, National Deer Association
Joe Betar, Houston Safari Club
Tony Schoonen, Boone and Crockett Club
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE (PRECEDING TWO CHAIRS)
Taylor Schmitz, Congressional Sportsmen's Foundation
Dan Winn, Ducks Unlimited