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TRCP Hosts Second Annual Capital Conservation Honors
The TRCP will host its second annual Capital Conservation Honors dinner on Sept. 30 in Arlington, Va., overlooking the Washington, D.C., cityscape. In addition to celebrating the progress of the TRCP and our partner organizations in reasserting the voice of the nation’s sportsmen-conservationists in natural resource policymaking, the TRCP will honor Congressman John D. Dingell of Michigan and Johnny Morris, founder of Bass Pro Shops, for their dedication to conserving our natural resources and ensuring the future of America’s sporting traditions.
This year’s event will be held at Top of the Town, just across the Potomac River from our nation’s capital. The TRCP will present Rep. Dingell with the Sportsmen’s Champion Award and Morris with the Lifetime Conservation Achievement Award. In addition to these honors, Douglas Brinkley, author of the new Theodore Roosevelt biography, The Wilderness Warrior, will present the keynote speech on the conservation legacy of the TRCP’s namesake.
“This is a night where hunters, anglers and conservationists join together to recognize the important impact that a unified sportsmen-conservationist’s voice can have in policymaking as it relates to safeguarding our natural resources,” says George Cooper, president and CEO of the TRCP.
The event also features a silent auction, which includes an Orvis Helios fly rod and reel outfit, a fishing package for two on Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula courtesy of Frontiers Travel and a Beretta shotgun.
The night will pay homage to the legacies of both Roosevelt and TRCP co-founder and former chairman Jim Range. The Capital Conservation Honors dinner also will officially launch the TRCP’s Jim Range Conservation Fund.