Budweiser Conservationist of the Year
2008 Conservationist of
the Year
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Lowell E. Baier, an avid outdoorsman,
was honored as the 2008 Budweiser Conservationist of the Year. |
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The Budweiser Conservationist of the Year selects a
conservation organization to receive a $50,000 grant from Budweiser and
the Foundation. The three runners up each direct a $5,000 grant to a
conservation organization of their choice. The award recognizes
individuals who have made significant contributions to the outdoors and
conservation.
Nominate
an individual before the June 6,
2008 deadline.
COMMITMENT TO WILDLIFE CONSERVATION
Lowell E. Baier has dedicated 37 years to wildlife conservation and
is president of Boone & Crockett (B&C) Club, founded in 1887.
Baier co-founded the National Capital Area Chapter of Safari Club
International. He is Founding Charter Member No.14 of the Foundation for
North American Wild Sheep, serving as an officer or board member for 15
years and national convention chairman from 1978 to 1981. He spearheaded
the rescue and preservation of the National Collection of Head and
Horns. For the last 25 years, he has played a key role in the
renaissance of the B&C Club, a non-profit organization founded in
1887 by Theodore Roosevelt to establish a coalition of dedicated
conservationists and sportsmen who would provide the leadership needed
to address the issues that affect hunting, wildlife and wild habitat.
Baier had a principal role in establishing a B&C post‑graduate
wildlife program at the University of Montana and in establishing the
National Conservation Leadership Institute for mid-career government
wildlife managers.
“It is with great humility that I accept this award not only
for myself alone, but also for the other three nominees, for my brethren
in the Boone and Crockett Club and all of our fellow stewards who labor
selflessly in noble service to enhance our country’s wildlife and
natural resources,” said Baier. “This award would have made
Theodore Roosevelt, the founder of the Boone and Crockett Club,
America’s oldest wildlife conservation organization, immensely
proud of his progeny.”
Baier was the lead in drafting President G.H.W. Bush’s wildlife
conservation agenda, a delegate to the White House Conference on
Cooperative Conservation and on the U.S. Forest Service Centennial
Steering Committee. He also spearheaded preserving the birthplace of
conservation in America, Theodore Roosevelt’s historic 23,550-acre
Elkhorn Ranch in North Dakota in 2007.
“For almost the last three years, I’ve led the charge on
behalf of the Boone and Crockett Club to acquire, preserve and protect
Elkhorn Ranch, which comprises some 38 square miles immediately adjacent
to the Theodore Roosevelt National Park,” said Baier.
“Proceeds from this award will go into the habitat restoration and
interpretive fund for the Elkhorn Ranch, which Theodore Roosevelt
established in 1884.”
Read Lowell E. Baier's acceptance
speech of this award.
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