The Conservation Roundtable is a collation of executives representing America's top hunting, fishing and environmental organizations, who meet annually to discuss opportunities for collaboration and conservation. The organizations of this Roundtable collectively represent ten million Americans, tens of millions of acres conserved, and hundreds of years of conservation experience.”
Founded by Simon C. Roosevelt, the Conservation Roundtable Conferences are sponsored by The Rockefeller Brothers Fund, and hosted each year by Mr. Roosevelt and
Allison Whipple Rockefeller at the
Pocantico Conference Center on the Rockefeller Family estate.
According to Dale Hall, CEO of Ducks Unlimited, "The primary purpose is to bring together the leadership of major non-government organizations to see how we can focus on substantive issues that we all share."
Former efforts include the publishing of an open letter to President Obama, Congressman
John Boehner
John Andrew Boehner ( ; born , 1949) is an American retired politician who served as the 53rd speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 2011 to 2015. A member of the Republican Party, he served 13 terms as the U.S. represe ...
and Senator Harry Reid in Politico to encourage government “to find practical ways to make stewardship today more inclusive, concerted, and effective.”
While the Conservation Roundtable consists of non-government organizations, the group works alongside politicians and government offices. Most recently, a meeting of the Conservation Roundtable convened at the Department of the Interior under the auspices of the Secretary of the Interior
Ryan Zinke, co-hosted by Roosevelt, bringing together an even larger group of private conservation organizations and the senior most officials in the department. The purpose of the meeting was to advance collaborative thought and action on both the interior department's agenda and priorities of the NGOs.
Participants
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Lowell Baier – Boone & Crockett Club, President Emeritus
* Ben Carter – Dallas Safari Club, President
* Jamie Clark –
Defenders of Wildlife, President and CEO
* Dale Hall –
Ducks Unlimited, CEO
* Winifred B. Kessler –
The Wildlife Society, President
* Fred Krupp –
Environmental Defense Fund, President
* Larry Schweiger –
National Wildlife Federation
The National Wildlife Federation (NWF) is the United States' largest private, nonprofit conservation education and advocacy organization, with over six million members and supporters, and 51 state and territorial affiliated organizations (includin ...
, President and CEO
* Mark Tercek –
The Nature Conservancy, CEO
* George Thornton –
National Wild Turkey Federation, CEO
* Howard Vincent –
Pheasants Forever, President and CEO
* Jamie Williams –
The Wilderness Society, President
* Chris Wood –
Trout Unlimited, President
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David Yarnold
David Yarnold (born November 26, 1952) was the president and CEO of the National Audubon Society. He became the conservation organization's 10th president in September, 2010.
Biography
He was born in Los Angeles, California, and earned a B. ...
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The National Audubon Society
The National Audubon Society (Audubon; ) is an American non-profit environmental organization dedicated to conservation of birds and their habitats. Located in the United States and incorporated in 1905, Audubon is one of the oldest of such organ ...
, President
References
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Nature conservation organizations based in the United States