Leading the Charge

The late nineteenth century witnessed a transformation in how we in North America viewed and cared for wildlife, and since that time, the hunter-conservationist movement has provided critical leadership for what is now a global phenomenon. It must be hunters who point out that this complex of viewpoints created a revolution in how we cared for wildlife and set forth a movement sufficiently relevant that it could be embraced by all of North American society, not just hunters, who then, as now, were in the minority. The challenges facing wildlife in the twenty-first century are many, and our best hope for its future lies in developing the broadest and strongest coalition possible to ensure that the right decisions are made by those in positions of economic and political power.