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Budweiser Names Conservationist of Year at SHOT Show

Budweiser has named Bill D’Alonzo, a Ducks Unlimited volunteer and member of DU’s board of directors, its 2012 Budweiser Conservationist of the Year.

The presentation was made Wednesday at the SHOT Show in the Budweiswer-sponsored Press Room.

D’Alonzo, of Greenville, Del., has designated DU as the recipient of the $50,000 National Fish and Wildlife Foundation grant accompanying the award, and has asked that this gift be split between the Chesapeake-Delaware Bay conservation area and the Boreal Forest Initiative, in support of DU’s partnership with the Pew Charitable Trust.

Bill D'Alonzo

The annual Budweiser Conservationist of the Year program recognizes individuals who have made exceptional contributions to the outdoors and conservation. The winner selects a conservation organization to receive a $50,000 grant from Budweiser and the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation.

“Since 1995, the Budweiser Outdoors program has celebrated and supported the passion, dedication and leadership of conservationists across the country,” said Bob Fishbeck, senior manager for the Budweiser brands. “We all have a responsibility to help protect our natural resources and the work being done by Bill and other wildlife advocates is an inspiration for all of us to follow.”

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Budweiser to Sponsor SHOT Show Press Room

Budweiser and the National Shooting Sports Foundation have announced a new two-year agreement that will make Budweiser the official sponsor of the SHOT Show press room.

The agreement provides Budweiser with space in the press room to demonstrate its support for hunting and shooting and its Conservationist of the Year Award. The press room serves as the communications hub for the SHOT Show, which attracts more than 1,700 members of the media — the largest gathering of outdoor press in the world.

“The Budweiser brand and Anheuser-Busch have a long history of supporting and giving to organizations that are actively making a difference to conserve and protect the environment and the shooting sports,” said Bob Fishbeck, senior Budweiser manager. “For more than a decade, we’ve been proud to partner with the NSSF to develop shooting safety programs while promoting ethics in and around the field.”

Budweiser will be a familiar presence at the show, where it has sponsored many NSSF and SHOT Show-related events over the years.

“Budweiser has long been a good friend to our industry and hunters and shooters across America and a champion of wildlife conservation,” said Chris Dolnack, NSSF’s senior vice president and chief marketing officer. “Budweiser belongs at the SHOT Show. We’re thrilled they will again be sponsoring the press room.”

For more information about Budweiser’s support of conservation and the environment, visit www.budweiser.com.