This Month's Question:

Where can you go to see T.R.’s famous .500 .450-caliber H&H double-rifle?

Send your answer to .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) or submit it on the TRCP Facebook page for your chance to win a TRCP camo ball cap.

Congratulations to Mike Richetti from Indiana for answering last month’s question correctly.

“Because of Theodore Roosevelt, we have beautiful parks and places to take our children,” Richetti said.

Last month’s question: What late 19th-century invention did T.R.’s father describe as an “interesting toy” after it was demonstrated to him in his home?

Last month’s answer: the telephone.

Bill Geer, director of the TRCP Center for Western Lands, fishes for rainbow trout in Georgetown Lake, Mont. Send us your photos. E-mail them to .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) or post them in our “fan photos” album on Facebook.

Name: Lynn Tjeerdsma

Location: Washington, D.C.

Whether working on his South Dakota farm or in his Washington, D.C., office, Lynn Tjeerdsma, USDA assistant deputy administrator for farm programs, works to unite the interests of farmers, sportsmen and conservationists. READ MORE

Name: Duffy Leahy

Age: 59

Location: Los Angeles

Duffy Leahy was skeptical when he first saw a link to the TRCP home page on the Internet. As someone who is inherently wary of groups claiming to care about the environment, Leahy checked out the organization and liked what he saw. The TRCP’s message resonated with Leahy, who has to travel out of state every time he wants to hunt rabbit and deer. READ MORE

Featured Story

Sportsmen Praise USDA Decision to Release Open Fields Funds

The TRCP praised a decision by the U.S. Department of Agriculture to release funding for the “Open Fields” Voluntary Public Access and Habitat Incentive Program, a new effort to encourage owners and operators of privately held farm, ranch and forest lands to provide public access to their lands for wildlife-dependent activities such as hunting and fishing. READ MORE

Latest News

At TRCP Panel, Experts Urge Improvement of Marine Recreational Angling Data

Marine scientists and fisheries professionals from across the country met in Washington, D.C., on July 1 to discuss recreational saltwater fishing data collection and the conservation of marine resources at a blue-ribbon panel hosted by the TRCP. READ MORE

Sportsmen Urge Salazar to “Put Some Teeth” in Onshore Oil and Gas Leasing Reforms

In the wake of the Gulf oil spill, a sportsmen coalition urged Interior Secretary Ken Salazar to “put some teeth” in his onshore leasing reforms to safeguard fish and wildlife from irresponsible drilling – and to ensure that America’s public lands are not subjected to a disaster like the one decimating the Gulf coast.READ MORE

Renewal of Roadless Directive Conserves Backcountry Fish and Wildlife Habitat

On May 28, the U.S. Department of Agriculture reaffirmed its support of backcountry conservation by renewing a directive that requires secretarial-level review of road-building and timber-cutting projects in national forest roadless areas.READ MORE

USDA-Funded Private-Lands Conservation Programs Conserve Habitat, Uphold Sportsmen’s Access

The TRCP commended a move by the U.S. Department of Agriculture to fund important private-lands conservation programs that help sustain valuable fish and wildlife habitat and enable access by hunters and anglers. READ MORE

Regan, Cooper Bring Conservation Expertise to TRCP Board of Directors

Accomplished conservationists and sportsmen Ron Regan and George Cooper have joined the TRCP board of directors. The new directors were elected at the TRCP spring board meeting, which took place in Nashville, Tenn., earlier this year.READ MORE

Roosevelt Reflections

Theodore Roosevelt a Proud American President

Photo courtesy of USDOI.

In honor of July Fourth, here are a few Theodore Roosevelt quotations reflecting his hopes for America.

“Is America a weakling, to shrink from the work of the great world powers? No! The young giant of the West stands on a continent and clasps the crest of an ocean in either hand. Our nation, glorious in youth and strength, looks into the future with eager eyes and rejoices as a strong man to run a race.”

“The country needs and, unless I mistake its temper, the country demands bold persistent experimentation. It is common sense to take a method and try it, if it fails, admit it frankly and try another, but above all, try something.”

“It is by no means necessary that a great nation should always stand at the heroic level. But no nation has the root of greatness in it unless in time of need it can rise to the heroic mood.”

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