This year marks the 20th anniversary of the great Yellowstone fires. It was an event that turned America's first national park into a living laboratory for measuring fire's effects on habitat for elk and other wildlife, and shaped the conservation vision of a young Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation.

Lawmakers working with a better understanding of elk habitat conservation and management. That's the ultimate goal behind the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation's 2008 platinum-level support of the bipartisan Congressional Sportsmen's Foundation and National Assembly of Sportsmen's Caucuses.

As America prepares to celebrate National Hunting and Fishing Day (September 27) and decades of conservation successes funded via sporting licenses and excise taxes, new data show that groups like the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation are increasingly important financiers of fish, wildlife and habitat programs.

When Theodore Roosevelt called the first White House conference on conservation in 1908, America craved wild game but many species were dwindling.

America's oldest and most prestigious North American conservation organization, the Boone and Crockett Club, which was founded in 1887 by Theodore Roosevelt, will be recognized during the January 8th Saturday Night Gala of the Dallas Safari Club 2009 convention as the recipient of the Peter Hathaway Capstick Hunting Heritage Award (PHCHHA).

With vibrant photos of North American big game animals, insightful scoring tips and vintage images of award-winning trophies, a new 2009 wall calendar from Boone and Crockett Club makes a great gift for hunters and conservationists.

Under Armour, the originator of performance apparel and gear engineered to keep athletes cool, dry and light, is strengthening its support of conservation with a new donation to the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation.