Our Impact - Camp Fire Conservation Fund

Our Impact

1905 Saving the American Bison

Camp-Fire members organize the American Bison Society to repopulate the west’s wild bison population
1909 SAVING THE FUR SEAL

Camp-Fire members lead legislative efforts on a global scale to save the Alaskan fur seal population
1910 Game Breeder’s Bill

The Club was asked by the NYS Government to write the Game Breeders Bill which would prohibit the sale of wild game
1910 PASSING THE PLUMAGE ACT

Camp-Fire was instrumental in passing the Plumage Act which protected migratory birds from mass extinction
1910 GLACIER NATIONAL PARK

Camp-Fire helped lead efforts to preserve and create Glacier National Park
1910 DEFEAT OF LONG ISLAND WATERFOWL BILL

Defeated a bill to introduce a spring waterfowl season
1911 Bayne Bill

Bayne Bill prohibiting game bird sales
1911 RECODIFICATION OF NYS GAME LAWS

CFCA members served on committee reorganizing NYS game laws and its various amendments
1912 CONSERVATION OF ELK

Creation of subcommittee for the preservation and management of elk
1914 CFCA President George Pratt named NYS Conservation Commissioner
1914 WATERTON LAKES PARK

Increased Waterton Lakes Park Preserve in Alberta, Canada
1917 MT MCKINLEY NATIONAL PARK

Created Mt McKinley National Park
1919 GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK

Culminating in work begun in 1914, CFCA helped establish the Grand Canyon as a National Park
1924 KAIBAB DEER

Worked with B&C and government to recommend action for Kaibab Deer population in Grand Canyon
1925 NEW YORK STATE CONSERVATION FUND

Supported creation of the NYS Conservation Fund to accumulate hunting, fi shing license fees
1926 SEQUOIA NATIONAL PARK

Worked to expand the Sequoia National Park, home of ‘General Sherman’, world’s largest tree by volume
1926 GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK

Supported the creation of Great Smoky Mountains NP
1926 SHENANDOAH NATIONAL PARK

Supported the creation of Shenandoah National Park
1926 MAMMOTH CAVE NATIONAL PARK

Supported creation of Mammoth Cave National Park
1927 JACKSON HOLE ELK

Committee on the Conservation of Jackson Hole elk
1927 QUETICO-SUPERIOR NATIONAL FOREST

Members fought dam creation in Minnesota which led to the creation of Quetico-Superior National Forest
1930 CREATION OF NATIONAL PARK STANDARDS

Wrote the National Park Standards for the US
1931 NYS REFORESTATION ACT

Section 16 of Article VII via the Hewitt Amendment, authorized the Conservation Department to acquire land outside the Forest Preserve for reforestation
1934 WALCOTT-KLEBERG DUCK STAMP BILL

CFCA member (Medal of Honor 1934) and Senator Frederick Walcott helped to create the Duck Stamp Bill as a means to raise funds for wetland and migratory bird conservation
1934 FISH AND WILDLIFE COORDINATION ACT

CFCA has a seat at the National Conservation of Wildlife Resources discussions
1935 NYS REPORT ON WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT

CFCA members on NYS Planning Board created a report on wildlife management in NY- first of its kind
1935 Preservation of Whiteface Mountain

Following commercialization from the1932 Winter Olympics, the Club worked to defeat Porter-Bereton Amendment, preserving Whiteface Mountain
1935 DUTCH ELM DISEASE

Helped secure funds from the US Government for the fight against Dutch elm disease
1935 PAN AMERICAN TREATY FOR MIGRATORY BIRDS

CFCA works to get 15 Central/South American countries to sign the Pan-American Treaty designed to protect migratory birds
1936 LIVESTOCK GRAZING ON PUBLIC LANDS

Worked to create an amendment allowing the Taylor Grazing Act to also cover national forests, parks, and monuments
1936 CONVENTION FOR THE PROTECTION OF MIGRATORY BIRDS AND GAME MAMMALS

Supported the creation of the Migratory Bird Treaty with Mexico
1936 NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION

National Wildlife Federation is created with several CFCA members on the board
1937 PROTECTION OF NATIVE BIRDS

CFCA helped get a bill affording protection to birds in Puerto Rico
1938 NYS HUNTER LICENSE REVOCATION BILL

Revocation of hunting, fishing, trapping, licenses for persons violating Fish and Wildlife Law
1939 GLACIER BAY NATIONAL MONUMENT

CFCA sponsored the enlargement of Glacier Bay National Monument
1940 KINGS CANYON NATIONAL PARK

Creation of Kings Canyon National Park
1946 DALL SHEEP + CARIBOU PROTECTIONS

Worked to create protections for Dall sheep and caribou in Mt McKinley National Park
1947 EVERGLADES NATIONAL PARK

Worked directly to create the Everglades National Park
1947 INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE OF OIL POLLUTION OF THE SEA

Camp-Fire member Charles Banks Belt is appointed a member of the International Committee of Oil Pollution of the Sea
1950 NATIONAL SCIENTIFIC CONGRESS

Charles Banks Belt represented CFCA at the United Nations Scientific Congress on the Conservation and Utilization of Resources
1952 KEY DEER PROTECTION

Worked with Boone & Crockett, US Fish and Wildlife, Florida Game and Fish Commission to protect the Key Deer of Florida
1952 ATLANTIC WATERFOWL COUNCIL

Atlantic Waterfowl Council is created and chaired by a CFCA member
1954 PANTHER MOUNTAIN DAM PREVENTION

Defeated the Panther Mountain Dam proposal
1954 ECHO PARK DAM PREVENTION

CFCA led a fight to prevent the creation of the Echo Park Dam in Dinosaur National Monument
1961 YELLOWSTONE ELK HERD MANAGEMENT

Involved in discussion about managing the Yellowstone Elk Herd
1962 JFK CONSERVATION CONFERENCE

President Kennedy invited CFCA to the White House Conference on Conservation
1966 REGULATORY ACTION TO PROHIBIT DDT

CFCA successfully fought against widespread the synthetic insecticide DDT (dichloro-diphenyl-trichloroethane) use in NYS
1977 CAMP FIRE CONSERVATION FUND

Creation of the Camp Fire Conservation Fund, an independent 501(c)(3) which promotes conservation research and the ethical education of current and future generations of hunters and fishermen. Although a separate entity in its own right, in effect, the Camp Fire Conservation Fund is the financial arm of the Camp-Fire Club of America’s conservation activities.
1977 GREAT SOUTH BAY WATERFOWLERS ASSOCIATION

Habitat Protection
1977 LONG ISLAND WETLANDS WATERFOWLER LEAGUE

Habitat Protection
1979 ISLE ROYALE WOLF/MOOSE STUDY

Research
1979 ELK STUDY, NEW MEXICO

Research – National
1980 THEODORE GORDON FLYFISHERS ESOPUS CREEK LEGAL DEFENSE FUND

Habitat Protection
1980 FOUNDATION FOR NORTH AMERICAN WILD SHEEP

Disease Research
1981 BLACK BEAR BOOK

Publication and Research
1982 FRIENDS OF MARSHLAND

Trail Restoration
1982 UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA BIGHORN SHEEP STUDY

Research
1983 SPORTSMAN’S ALLIANCE OF MAINE BLACK BEAR STUDY

Research
1983 TROUT UNLIMITED ACID RAIN STUDY

Research
1984 AMERICAN COMMITTEE FOR INTERNATIONAL CONSERVATION

Published History
1984 FORDHAM UNIVERSITY ANADROMOUS FISH

Disease Study
1985 SUNY-ESF WILDLIFE BEHAVIOR + HABITAT STUDY

Research
1986 ACID RAIN STUDY

Research
1987 ANZO-BARREGO DESERT SHEEP/CATTLE STUDY

Research
1988 FLORIDA FISH & WILDLIFE FRESHWATER FISH STUDY

Research
1988 HUNTING AND WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT

Education Materials
1988 MONTANA BLACKFOOT/CLEARWATER ELK

Research + Population Study
1989 SUNY-ESF ADIRONDACK MOOSE

Habitat Restoration
1990 SONORAN ANTELOPE RECOVERY PLAN (4 YEARS)

Multi-Year Grant
1991 AMERICAN FOREST AND PAPER CONSERVATION CONFERENCE

Event
1992 AMERICAN FOREST AND PAPER ADIRONDACK PARK CENTENNIAL

Event
1993 SIBERIAN TIGER EMERGENCY FUNDING

Research
1993 BIOLOGICAL CONTROL OF DEER TICK VECTOR-LYME

Disease Study
1993 LAND MANAGEMENT IMPACTS ON BLACK BEAR

Research Grant
1994 NY CANAL SYSTEM IMPACT ON FISH & WILDLIFE

Educational
1994 SUNY-ESF ANTHROPOGENIC FACTORS AFFECTING BLACK BEAR

Research Grant
1995 ALASKA NATURAL HISTORY ASSOCIATION TRAVEL JOURNAL

Published Work
1996 NRA-YHEC YOUTH HUNTER EDUCATION CHALLENGE

Multi Year Education Program
1996 AMERICAN FOREST AND PAPER CONFERENCE

Paul A. Schaefer Archive
1997 THE HORNADAY RIVER CHAR PROJECT

Research
1997 SUNY-ESF TAXONOMIC AND DIETARY CHARACTERISTICS OF COYOTES

Research
1997 KODIAK BROWN BEAR TRUST

Multi-Year Habitat Protection
1998 DUCKS UNLIMITED, AMHERST ISLAND CANADA

Marsh Restoration
1998 MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY, BLACK BEAR STUDY

Research
1998 WEST VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, DEER CENSUS

Research
1999 CONNECTICUT WATERFOWL ASSOCIATION, QUINNIPIAC RIVER

Marsh Restoration
1999 HORNADAY RIVER CHAR PROJECT, WATER STUDY AND MIGRATION

Research
2000 YELLOWSTONE PARK FOUNDATION, GRIZZLY BEAR/CUTWORM MOTH STUDY

Multi-Year Research
2000 KODIAK BROWN BEAR TRUST

Habitat Acquisition
2000 WEST VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, DEER RADIO COLLARS

Research
2001 ROCKY MOUNTAIN ELK FOUNDATION

Research
2001 WATER FOR WILDLIFE, SHARPTAIL RIDGE COLORADO

Habitat Improvement
2002 WEST VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, RUFFED GROUSE STUDY

Research
2002 WATER FOR WILDLIFE, CENTENNIAL SAGE GROUSE HABITAT IMPROVEMENT

Habitat Protection
2003 WEST VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, BLACK BEAR STUDY

Multi-Year Research Sponsorship
2003 CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE ALLIANCE

Multi-Year Research
2003 THE GREAT BEAR FOUNDATION

Research
2004 SUNY-ESF, ADIRONDACK DEER MIGRATION STUDY

Research
2004 YELLOWSTONE PARK FOUNDATION, WEST SLOPE CUTTHROAT TROUT STUDY

Research
2004 BOONE & CROCKETT, FAIR CHASE SUPPORT

Educational
2005 SUNY-ESF, AERIAL MOOSE STUDY, NORTHERN NEW YORK STATE

Research
2005 DUCKS UNLIMITED + SUNY-ESF, LONG ISLAND NY BLACK DUCK STUDY

Research
2006 NEW YORK DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION, BEAR TRACKING COLLARS

Research
2006 PURDUE UNIVERSITY, MULE DEER GENETICS STUDY

Research
2006 DUCKS UNLIMITED, YOUTH WATERFOWL EDUCATION

Multi-Year Educational Program
2006 BOONE & CROCKETT, COUES DEER STUDY

Multi-Year Research
2006 NORTH AMERICAN GROUSE PARTNERSHIP, SAGE GROUSE STUDY

Research
2006 UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA, YELLOWSTONE WOLF/ELK STUDY

Research
2006 PHEASANTS FOREVER

Educational
2007 WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE, CWD STUDY

Research
2007 PENOBSCOT RIVER RESTORATION TRUST

Research
2007 ROCKY MOUNTAIN ELK FOUNDATION, ELKHORN RANCH

Habitat Purchase
2007 MIANUS RIVER GORGE PARK PRESERVE, DEER RESEARCH

Multi-year Research Study
2008 THEODORE ROOSEVELT CONSERVATION PARTNERSHIP

Organization
2008 VITAL GROUND, GRIZZLY BEAR HABITAT

Research
2009 THEODORE ROOSEVELT WILDLIFE SANCTUARY AND AUDUBON CENTER

Multi-Years Organization Sponsorship
2009 WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE CWD STUDY

Multi-Year Research Study
2010 BOONE & CROCKETT, WILD SHEEP STUDY

Research Study
2011 TROUT UNLIMITED, FARMINGTON RIVER, CT

Habitat Restoration
2011 TROUT UNLIMITED, NEW ENGLAND BROOK TROUT

Research Study
2011 DUCKS UNLIMITED, MID-ATLANTIC WINTER HABITAT STUDY

Research Study
2012 DUCKS UNLIMITED MID-ATLANTIC WINTER HABITAT STUDY

Research Study
2012 PINE CLIFF WILDLIFE SANCTUARY, SAW MILL RIVER, NY AUDUBON CENTER

Organization
2012 FARMINGTON RIVER WATERSHED

Habitat Restoration
2013 FARMINGTON RIVER WATERSHED

Habitat Restoration
2013 YELLOWSTONE PARK FOUNDATION, LAKE TROUT STUDY

Research Study
2013 DUCKS UNLIMITED, CT BLACK DUCK STUDY

Multi-Year Research Study
2014 THEODORE GORDON FLYFISHERS

Organization
2014 CORNELL UNIVERSITY, NATIVE BROOK TROUT/ HYDRAULIC FRACKING STUDY

Research Study
2014 MAINE WILDLIFE CONSERVATION COUNCIL

Organization
2014 WILDCRU LONG SHIELDS, HWANGE PARK ZIMBABWE LION TRACKING COLLARS

Research Study
2015 CAMP FIRE FUND/BOONE & CROCKETT SUNY-ESF PROFESSORSHIP

Multi-Year Endowment
2015 SUNY-ESF AMERICAN CHESTNUT RESTORATION

Multi-Year Research
2016 YELLOWSTONE PARK FOUNDATION, CUTTHROAT TROUT RESTORATION

Research
2016 DUCKS UNLIMITED, BLACK DUCK DRONE STUDY

Research
2016 SUNY ESF CAMP FIRE PROFESSORSHIP

Endowment
2017 YELLOWSTONE FOREVER (CUTTHROAT TROUT)

Research
2017 SUNY-ESF CAMP FIRE PROFESSORSHIP

Endowment
2018 ADIRONDACK WILD

Multi-Year Organization Sponsorship
2018 HERITAGE GROUP-BLACKFOOT-CLEARWATER ELK (MONTANA FWP)

Research
2019 SUNY-ESF BELANT PROGRAM (3 YR.)

Endowment
2020 SUNY-ESF, EASTERN MALLARD DUCK STUDY

Research
2021 RUFFED GROUSE FORESTRY PROGRAM

Research
2021 SUNY ESF DUAL DEGREE PROGRAM WITH SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY-MAXWELL SCHOOL-M.P.A. PROGRAM

Endowment
2022 AU SABLE RIVER PROJECT

Research
2022 SAFARI CLUB INTERNATIONAL BEAR SPRAY TRAINING

Educational
2023 DELTA WATERFOWL UNIVERSITY HUNTING PROGRAM

Educational
2023 FRIENDS OF THE UPPER DELAWARE RIVER BILL CANFIELD FLY FISHING CAMP

Organization
2024 WILD SHEEP FOUNDATION DESERT BIGHORN SHEEP RELOCATION

Wildlife Management / Research
2024 ATLANTIC SALMON FOUNDATION (ASF) SALMON SMOLT RESEARCH AND EQUIPMENT

Research
2024 DELTA WATERFOWL UNIVERSITY HUNTING PROGRAM

Educational

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1905 Saving the American Bison

1909 SAVING THE FUR SEAL

1910 Game Breeder’s Bill

1910 PASSING THE PLUMAGE ACT

1910 GLACIER NATIONAL PARK

1910 DEFEAT OF LONG ISLAND WATERFOWL BILL

1911 Bayne Bill

1911 RECODIFICATION OF NYS GAME LAWS

1912 CONSERVATION OF ELK

1914 CFCA President George Pratt named NYS Conservation Commissioner

1914 WATERTON LAKES PARK

1917 MT MCKINLEY NATIONAL PARK

1919 GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK

1924 KAIBAB DEER

1925 NEW YORK STATE CONSERVATION FUND

1926 SEQUOIA NATIONAL PARK

1926 GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK

1926 SHENANDOAH NATIONAL PARK

1926 MAMMOTH CAVE NATIONAL PARK

1927 JACKSON HOLE ELK

1927 QUETICO-SUPERIOR NATIONAL FOREST

1930 CREATION OF NATIONAL PARK STANDARDS

1931 NYS REFORESTATION ACT

1934 WALCOTT-KLEBERG DUCK STAMP BILL

1934 FISH AND WILDLIFE COORDINATION ACT

1935 NYS REPORT ON WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT

1935 Preservation of Whiteface Mountain

1935 DUTCH ELM DISEASE

1935 PAN AMERICAN TREATY FOR MIGRATORY BIRDS

1936 LIVESTOCK GRAZING ON PUBLIC LANDS

1936 CONVENTION FOR THE PROTECTION OF MIGRATORY BIRDS AND GAME MAMMALS

1936 NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION

1937 PROTECTION OF NATIVE BIRDS

1938 NYS HUNTER LICENSE REVOCATION BILL

1939 GLACIER BAY NATIONAL MONUMENT

1940 KINGS CANYON NATIONAL PARK

1946 DALL SHEEP + CARIBOU PROTECTIONS

1947 EVERGLADES NATIONAL PARK

1947 INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE OF OIL POLLUTION OF THE SEA

1950 NATIONAL SCIENTIFIC CONGRESS

1952 KEY DEER PROTECTION

1952 ATLANTIC WATERFOWL COUNCIL

1954 PANTHER MOUNTAIN DAM PREVENTION

1954 ECHO PARK DAM PREVENTION

1961 YELLOWSTONE ELK HERD MANAGEMENT

1962 JFK CONSERVATION CONFERENCE

1966 REGULATORY ACTION TO PROHIBIT DDT

1977 CAMP FIRE CONSERVATION FUND

1977 GREAT SOUTH BAY WATERFOWLERS ASSOCIATION

1977 LONG ISLAND WETLANDS WATERFOWLER LEAGUE

1979 ISLE ROYALE WOLF/MOOSE STUDY

1979 ELK STUDY, NEW MEXICO

1980 THEODORE GORDON FLYFISHERS ESOPUS CREEK LEGAL DEFENSE FUND

1980 FOUNDATION FOR NORTH AMERICAN WILD SHEEP

1981 BLACK BEAR BOOK

1982 FRIENDS OF MARSHLAND

1982 UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA BIGHORN SHEEP STUDY

1983 SPORTSMAN’S ALLIANCE OF MAINE BLACK BEAR STUDY

1983 TROUT UNLIMITED ACID RAIN STUDY

1984 AMERICAN COMMITTEE FOR INTERNATIONAL CONSERVATION

1984 FORDHAM UNIVERSITY ANADROMOUS FISH

1985 SUNY-ESF WILDLIFE BEHAVIOR + HABITAT STUDY

1986 ACID RAIN STUDY

1987 ANZO-BARREGO DESERT SHEEP/CATTLE STUDY

1988 FLORIDA FISH & WILDLIFE FRESHWATER FISH STUDY

1988 HUNTING AND WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT

1988 MONTANA BLACKFOOT/CLEARWATER ELK

1989 SUNY-ESF ADIRONDACK MOOSE

1990 SONORAN ANTELOPE RECOVERY PLAN (4 YEARS)

1991 AMERICAN FOREST AND PAPER CONSERVATION CONFERENCE

1992 AMERICAN FOREST AND PAPER ADIRONDACK PARK CENTENNIAL

1993 SIBERIAN TIGER EMERGENCY FUNDING

1993 BIOLOGICAL CONTROL OF DEER TICK VECTOR-LYME

1993 LAND MANAGEMENT IMPACTS ON BLACK BEAR

1994 NY CANAL SYSTEM IMPACT ON FISH & WILDLIFE

1994 SUNY-ESF ANTHROPOGENIC FACTORS AFFECTING BLACK BEAR

1995 ALASKA NATURAL HISTORY ASSOCIATION TRAVEL JOURNAL

1996 NRA-YHEC YOUTH HUNTER EDUCATION CHALLENGE

1996 AMERICAN FOREST AND PAPER CONFERENCE

1997 THE HORNADAY RIVER CHAR PROJECT