Pope & Young Club Announces this Year’s Conservation Grants

CHATFIELD, MN – The Pope and Young Club has announced its Conservation Program Grants for the 2011-2012 fiscal year. The Pope and Young Club Conservation Program, with a budget for the year of over $126,000.00, includes Grants awarded to the following projects and programs in areas of education, pro-wildlife management, pro-bowhunting, research and partnerships:

National Archery in the Schools Program
Chronic Wasting Disease Alliance
The American Wildlife Conservation Partners
United States Sportsmen’s Alliance
Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation
Association of Fish & Wildlife Agencies
Wyoming Land Trust – pronghorn migration project
Primero Conservation Outfitters – jaguar research project
National Shooting Sports Foundation – public schools conservation videos
The Archery Hall of Fame & Museum
Hunting for Tomorrow Foundation
Jack Creek Preserve Foundation – youth conservation & bowhunting education
National Conservation Leadership Institute
P&Y / NASP Equipment Matching Grants Program
National Bowhunter Education Foundation’s Project STAND
The Kicking Bear Foundation
Conservation Leaders for Tomorrow
Ballot Issues Coalition
National Hunting & Fishing Day sponsorship
Orion, the Hunter’s Institute
Center for Wildlife Information – Be Bear Aware Program
Conservation Force
Professional Bowhunters Society – youth hunting program
Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks – Bitterroot elk research project
Henderson County Archery Club – youth archery
National Wildlife Federation – Montana bison project
Mianus River Gorge – deer management project
Arizona Game & Fish Department – deer genetics research

The Pope and Young Club has given well over a million dollars in funding to conservation projects around North America, including $600,000 in just the last five years.

Included in this year’s P&Y Conservation Program plan is significant funding for a partnership the Pope and Young Club is undertaking with the Boone and Crockett Club on their television program, Boone and Crockett Country. ***

Established in 1961, the Pope and Young Club is a non-profit North American conservation and bowhunting organization dedicated to the promotion and protection of our bowhunting heritage, hunting ethics and wildlife conservation. The Club also maintains the universally recognized repository for the records and statistics on North American big game animals harvested with the bow and arrow.

For information on joining the Pope and Young Club, please contact: Pope and Young Club, Box 548, Chatfield, MN 55923, 507-867-4144, www.pope-young.org