The Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership works to guarantee all Americans quality places to hunt and fish. #OriginalConservationists #PublicLandsProud
Washington, DC
Joined August 2009
- Tweets23.8K
- Following2.2K
- Followers31.7K
- Likes5K
Pinned Tweet
Do you have what it takes to dare greatly like T.R.?
“It is not the critic who counts…” You’ve likely heard this powerful quote—but do you know where it came from, or what Theodore Roosevelt was really saying about striving valiantly and daring greatly, even if you fail?
Read the speech that inspired generations to step into the arena—then put your knowledge to the test with our ultimate Theodore Roosevelt trivia quiz.
Ready to channel your inner Rough Rider? Read the speech and take the quiz now 👉 trcp.org/2011/01/18/it-is-no…
Jaclyn Lunaas, TRCP’s forage fish manager, and Chris Macaluso, TRCP’s director of the Center for Fisheries and Mississippi River Program, joined the On The Water podcast to talk about the ASMFC’s upcoming decisions on menhaden management and why leaving more menhaden in the water matters for the striped bass, bluefish, weakfish and other fish anglers chase.
Let the ASMFC know you want the coastwide menhaden catch quota reduced, and fairer reallocation between states and listen to the podcast here: onthewater.com/blitzes-lies-…
All Hunters Love Stories
Some stories are worth telling twice. A morning chasing swamp rabbits in the Mississippi Delta reminds us that hunters speak the same language, no matter where we come from.
Read the story here: trcp.org/2025/10/14/all-hunt…
“When you play, play hard.” – Theodore Roosevelt
Through our collaboration with Withernot, a portion of every purchase of their Roughrider Rugby Shirt comes back to TRCP to support our mission of guaranteeing all Americans quality places to hunt and fish.
Withernot’s rugby shirts are built to last, from the backcountry to the backyard and back again. Play hard while supporting conservation – it’s a win-win.
Get your Roughrider Rugby Shirt at withernot.com/collections/ru…
TRCP Supports Colorado Amendment 83: Right to Hunt & Fish
🔗 trcp.org/2026/10/16/trcp-sup…
Amendment 83 recognizes the essential value of hunting, fishing and keeping wildlife management grounded in science.
For generations, hunters and anglers have helped fund wildlife management, habitat restoration, public access, species recovery, rural economic prosperity and outdoor recreation opportunities, which benefit all Coloradans. License fees and excise taxes hunters and anglers pay are a major source of funding for species and habitat conservation programs.
“Hunting, fishing, and wildlife conservation are a major part of who we are as Coloradans, and hunters and anglers have long been partners in conserving the state’s fish and wildlife,” said Liz Rose, TRCP’s Colorado field representative. “Amendment 83 recognizes that role and helps ensure hunters and anglers continue to contribute to the conservation and management of wildlife in Colorado, through on-the-ground work and through the dollars they contribute.”
Learn more: trcp.org/2026/10/16/trcp-sup…
One for the Wallet, One for the Wall
TRCP staff like Aaron Field, director of private lands conservation, are joining hunters across the nation by purchasing two Federal Duck Stamps this year, rather than the single stamp required for hunting waterfowl. Besides a second duck stamp serving as a collector's item, every purchase is an investment in conservation, with a full 98% of the price of each stamp going directly to acquiring and protecting habitat and conservation easements through the Migratory Bird Conservation Fund. That means your dollars are actually spent protecting duck factories like the Prairie Potholes Region—breeding grounds that replenish America’s waterfowl populations. We've bought our two stamps. Now it’s your turn.
Learn more: trcp.org/2026/10/09/one-for-…
#BuyTwoDuckStamps #DuckStamp #WaterfowlConservation #DuckHunting #MSwetlands
Days like this are why we do the work. Clean water, healthy fish and access to public waters make a morning like this possible. A few TRCP staffers spent a day on a Montana river, a good reminder that this is work worth doing.
📸: James Wicks
Western Wetlands Benefit Wildlife, Wildland Firefighters, and Water Resources
trcp.org/2026/10/08/western-…
This past September, local, state, and Congressional representatives from Colorado saw firsthand how restoring mountain streams and wetlands can reduce wildfire risk, slow the flow of water across the landscape, and improve fish and wildlife habitat. Projects like this one on Soda Creek, near Dillon, CO fulfill many purposes, and are ever more important in a drought-parched landscape.
“These kinds of projects make sense. Stream and wetland restoration can be cost-effective investments that improve watershed health and habitat availability, while also supporting fire preparedness and suppression efforts,” says @urn:li:person:pRRv_aiDMl, TRCP’s senior director of Western water.
Read our latest blog to learn more.
TRCP Data Centers & Conservation Science Forum
Sign up here! 👉 bit.ly/3To6iyp
Join us for the third of four sessions, where Eric Sjostedt, Ph.D., and Lauren Bridges, Ph.D., will discuss "Infrastructure and Policy: The Virginia Case Study."
As data center development accelerates across the United States, questions are emerging about the implications for water resources, energy demand, and land use. Through this four-part series, TRCP aims to convene leading experts to examine the scientific evidence, explore emerging challenges and opportunities, and foster informed dialogue that supports thoughtful conservation and natural resource decision-making.
Help Strengthen Chesapeake Bay Menhaden Protections
trcp.org/action-alert/help-s…
This November, the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission will consider several management changes to the industrial menhaden reduction fishery in the Chesapeake Bay. One area of consideration is to allow less menhaden harvest earlier in the season to protect predators like ospreys and striped bass, rather than “reduce” them into livestock feed and diet supplements. But having seasonal quota limits must actually MEAN something, by also penalizing the reduction industry if it overharvests during any quota periods and deducting catch allowances in the following year. Sign a petition to let the ASMFC know that overfishing must be penalized, and that you support better menhaden management in the Chesapeake Bay.
Sign our petition 👉 trcp.org/action-alert/help-s…
📸: CosmoVision Media
TRCP Welcomes Opening of Wildlife Crossings Grants
trcp.org/2026/10/02/trcp-wel…
The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) announced on Sept. 30 that applications are being accepted for the Wildlife Crossings Pilot Program. Approximately $80 million is now available for projects that keep elk, mule deer, and pronghorn migrations intact, reconnect trout streams and make roads safer for drivers. Proposals are due Nov. 16, 2026.
“Wildlife crossings are one of the clearest examples of a project that makes roads safer for families and keeps big game herds on the move,” said Madeleine West, TRCP’s vice president of Western conservation. “TRCP has worked alongside states, Tribes and partners for years to advance crossings because they deliver for everyone, from commuters and rural communities to the hunters and anglers who depend on healthy herds and connected streams. We’re encouraged to see this new round of funding open and look forward to the projects it will put on the ground.”
Learn more: trcp.org/2026/10/02/trcp-wel…
There's nothing like a crisp fall morning on the river. Where are you wetting a line this fall?
📸: James Wicks
Charting a Course for Public Access
The MAPOceans Act is now law. Signed by the president after clearing Congress with bipartisan support, it requires NOAA to digitize fishing and boating rules for federal waters.
It's also the third win in a broader effort TRCP has helped lead since 2022. The MAPLand Act digitized access records on public land. The MAPWaters Act, signed into law last December, did the same for rivers and lakes. MAPOceans extends that work offshore. One bill remains: the MAP Roads Act, which is still working its way through the House and Senate.
Each of these solves the same basic problem for hunters and anglers - knowing where you're allowed to go, and what the rules are once you get there. TRCP has been at the table for all of it.
Learn more about TRCP's work to improve your access to public lands and waters by visiting trcp.org/mapping-access/
Help Strengthen Chesapeake Bay Menhaden Protections
trcp.org/action-alert/help-s…
Atlantic menhaden are baitfish that provide a necessary foundation for healthy ecosystems, preyed on by numerous predators. This fall, the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission has an opportunity to cut the Chesapeake Bay's industrial menhaden harvest to protect sportfish and other predators, and in turn support coastal communities through a smarter, more precautionary management system. An important consideration the Commission will weigh deals with making sure the Bay menhaden management system is more adaptable, by requiring fishery managers to revisit the Bay Cap on menhaden harvest every 3 years. Let the ASMFC know you support a provision ensuring that managers keep decisions in line with the latest science.
Sign our petition 👉 trcp.org/action-alert/help-s…
📸: @HamptonsDrone
The TRCP retweeted
Jessica Turner Named President and CEO of the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership
trcp.org/2026/09/29/jessica-…
The board of directors of the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership (TRCP) is pleased to announce the appointment of Jessica Turner as President and CEO. A lifelong outdoorswoman, Turner is a proven leader in legislative strategy, conservation policy, and organizational growth with nearly two decades of experience. She will begin the role on November 9, 2026.
“Jessica is a proven coalition builder and an inspiring leader, with a deep knowledge of conservation policy, a real respect for our hunting and fishing heritage, and well-earned standing within the conservation community,” said Matt Cook, interim CEO and chair of the TRCP Board of Directors. “On behalf of the board, I am thrilled to welcome Jess Turner as the next president and CEO of TRCP. She’s spent her career building bipartisan support for America’s legacy of conservation, habitat and access, and making the business case for why it matters. We couldn’t be more excited to have her on the team.”
Most recently, Turner served as the President of the Outdoor Recreation Roundtable (ORR), where she led the coalition that helped secure passage of the Great American Outdoors Act and the EXPLORE Act, delivering lasting funding for the Land and Water Conservation Fund and modernizing outdoor recreation access and infrastructure on public lands.
“I’ve worked alongside TRCP for years, and I’ve always respected both its reputation, mission, and the results it delivers for hunters, anglers and partners alike,” said Turner. “As TRCP approaches its 25th anniversary, I’m ready to help lead the next chapter, carrying forward Theodore Roosevelt’s conservation legacy and continuing to shape the future of this work. I’m excited to be working alongside TRCP’s excellent staff, dedicated board and partners, and to build on the relationships across this community that have always made this work possible. This work only gets done together.”
Turner brings nearly two decades of leadership experience to the most impactful coalition of conservation organizations in the country. Read more: trcp.org/2026/09/29/jessica-…
Jessica Turner Named President and CEO of the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership
trcp.org/2026/09/29/jessica-…
The board of directors of the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership (TRCP) is pleased to announce the appointment of Jessica Turner as President and CEO. A lifelong outdoorswoman, Turner is a proven leader in legislative strategy, conservation policy, and organizational growth with nearly two decades of experience. She will begin the role on November 9, 2026.
“Jessica is a proven coalition builder and an inspiring leader, with a deep knowledge of conservation policy, a real respect for our hunting and fishing heritage, and well-earned standing within the conservation community,” said Matt Cook, interim CEO and chair of the TRCP Board of Directors. “On behalf of the board, I am thrilled to welcome Jess Turner as the next president and CEO of TRCP. She’s spent her career building bipartisan support for America’s legacy of conservation, habitat and access, and making the business case for why it matters. We couldn’t be more excited to have her on the team.”
Most recently, Turner served as the President of the Outdoor Recreation Roundtable (ORR), where she led the coalition that helped secure passage of the Great American Outdoors Act and the EXPLORE Act, delivering lasting funding for the Land and Water Conservation Fund and modernizing outdoor recreation access and infrastructure on public lands.
“I’ve worked alongside TRCP for years, and I’ve always respected both its reputation, mission, and the results it delivers for hunters, anglers and partners alike,” said Turner. “As TRCP approaches its 25th anniversary, I’m ready to help lead the next chapter, carrying forward Theodore Roosevelt’s conservation legacy and continuing to shape the future of this work. I’m excited to be working alongside TRCP’s excellent staff, dedicated board and partners, and to build on the relationships across this community that have always made this work possible. This work only gets done together.”
Turner brings nearly two decades of leadership experience to the most impactful coalition of conservation organizations in the country. Read more: trcp.org/2026/09/29/jessica-…
A 114-Year History of Oregon Elk and the Plan That Will Decide their Future
trcp.org/2026/09/25/a-114-ye…
In the spring of 1912, 15 elk were loaded onto a railcar in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, and shipped west to Wallowa County, Oregon. Three thousand people gathered along the tracks in nearby La Grande just to watch them pass through. From the rail depot, the animals were hauled by horse-drawn wagon through deep snow to Billy Meadows, 46 miles north of Joseph, Oregon, and released into a fenced enclosure on the edge of the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest. A second shipment followed the next year, and by 1915, 265 elk roamed the mountains. By 1933, elk hunting seasons opened across eastern Oregon.
The Forest Service’s draft environmental impact statement for the Blue Mountains is open for public comment through September 30, and hunters and anglers have a direct opportunity to weigh in on the future of this herd. trcp.org/2026/09/25/a-114-ye…
Today, we celebrate two important milestones: National Hunting and Fishing Day and National Public Lands Day. Together, they remind us not only of the sporting traditions that shaped America’s conservation ethic, but also of the lands and waters that make these traditions possible.
When National Hunting and Fishing Day was established more than 50 years ago, President Richard Nixon urged all citizens to join with outdoor sportsmen “in the wise use of our natural resources and in ensuring their proper management for the benefit of future generations.” And every year on National Public Lands Day, we are reminded that the lands and waters sustaining wildlife and fueling our outdoor traditions also connect us to one another as well as past and future generations.
At the TRCP, we’re proud to carry this legacy forward. With your help, we can ensure that future generations enjoy the same abundance of opportunity on our public lands and waters as we do today.
As you get outdoors to celebrate, we invite you to join in this tradition of stewardship and advocacy. Your support makes it possible for the TRCP to continue strengthening conservation programs, safeguarding access, and honoring the sporting heritage we all share.
Donate today: trcp.org/donate/
Tomorrow, hunters and anglers across the country celebrate National Hunting and Fishing Day and National Public Lands Day. Want to stay in the loop the other 364 days of the year?
In our weekly Roosevelt Report, you’ll receive the latest news on emerging habitat threats, legislation and proposals on the move, public land access solutions we’re spearheading, and opportunities for hunters and anglers to take action. Sign up now: trcp.org/action-alert/sign-r…
