Chevron’s Gold Trailblazer in Conservation Partnership focuses on University Programs and Overall Mission Support
MISSOULA, Mont. – [June 17, 2025]—The Boone and Crockett Club announced today that Chevron has recommitted as a Gold Trailblazer in Conservation partner. Through the partnership, Chevron is supporting the Club’s overall mission to promote the conservation and management of wildlife, especially big game and its habitat, to preserve and encourage hunting, and to maintain the highest ethical standards of fair chase and sportsmanship in North America. In addition, their support provides travel stipends for wildlife management students in B&C’s University Programs to participate in professional conferences.
“Chevron is dedicated to wildlife conservation through its operations and collaborations with key organizations such as the Boone and Crockett Club,” said Kim McHugh, vice president of Chevron’s Rockies Business Unit. “We strongly believe in their mission and take pride in assisting future wildlife managers by enhancing their networking opportunities through the Club’s University Programs.”
Since its founding by Theodore Roosevelt in 1887 the Boone and Crockett Club and its members led the development of policies that protected federal public lands, developed the frameworks of modern game laws, funded conservation efforts, and reinforced the vision of sustainable use of our natural resources. Among the Boone and Crockett Club’s most forward-looking initiatives is its University Programs that attract the brightest young people to the strongest universities to work with the foremost wildlife faculty in the country.
The Club now has Professorship programs at three universities and Fellowship programs at four others. Over the past six years, the Club has rejuvenated these programs with new faculty involvement and an expanding Fellowship program. The fourth and fifth Professorship programs are planned at two more of the nation’s finest universities over the next two years. Through these efforts, the Club has been at the forefront of educating future conservation leaders whose career trajectories place them in positions where they can act on their passions, practice stewardship, apply best science, and advocate policy.
“Throughout our history, the Club has been supported through strategic partnerships with state and federal agencies, policy makers, other non-governmental conservation organizations, universities, and business and industry,” concluded Tony Schoonen, chief executive officer of the Boone and Crockett Club. “We thank Chevron once again for their commitment to wildlife conservation and our University Programs. This partnership helps fulfill a critical component of our conservation mission by supporting the education and training of our future wildlife management professionals.”
About the Boone and Crockett Club
Founded by Theodore Roosevelt in 1887, the Boone and Crockett Club promotes guardianship and visionary management of big game and wildlife in North America. The Club maintains the highest standards of fair chase sportsmanship and habitat stewardship. Member accomplishments include enlarging and protecting Yellowstone and establishing Glacier and Denali national parks, founding the U.S. Forest Service, National Park Service and National Wildlife Refuge System, fostering the Pittman-Robertson and Lacey Acts, creating the Federal Duck Stamp program, and developing the cornerstones of modern game laws. The Boone and Crockett Club is headquartered in Missoula, Montana. Click here to learn more about the Boone and Crockett Club.
About Chevron
Chevron is one of the world’s leading integrated energy companies. We believe affordable, reliable and ever cleaner energy is essential to enabling human progress. Chevron produces crude oil and natural gas; manufactures transportation fuels, lubricants, petrochemicals and additives; and develops technologies that enhance our business and the industry. We aim to grow our oil and gas business, lower the carbon intensity of our operations and grow lower carbon businesses in renewable fuels, carbon capture and offsets, hydrogen and other emerging technologies. More information about Chevron is available at www.chevron.com.
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