CLUB HISTORY
The Palm Beach County Airboat & Halftrack Conservation Club was established in 1952 - over 50 years ago.

Presidents
1954 Woody Upthegrove
1955 David Crowe
1956 Ernie Palmer Sr
1957 Brooks Martin
1958 Jim Rice
1959
1960
1961 Roger Tadlock
1962-63 Ernie Palmer Jr
1964-65-66-67 Omar Morris
1968-69 Bob McDonald
1970-71 Robert Stossel
1972-73 Omar Morris
1974-75 Bill Coleman
1976 Norman Padget
1977-78 Jim Slaymaker
1979 Larry Roush
1980 Jim Williams
1981-82-83-84-85 Mike Savage
1986-87-88-89-90 Larry Palmer
1991-92 Walt Brandon
1993 Bishop Wright
1994-95 Ken Sullivan
1996-97 Alan Palmer
1998 Bryan Kennedy
1999 Ken Sullivan
2000-01-02 John Creasman
2003-04-05-06 Ron Taylor
2007-08-09-10 Glenn Brandon

Everglades Youth Camp


This Club is the original builder and donator of the Everglades Youth Camp in the J. W. Corbett Wildlife Management Area off of Seminole Pratt-Whitney Road, in western Palm Beach County, Florida.

Club Growth
Membership has grown about 20% yearly. Concerned sportsmen feel that the only way to preserve our natural resources are to join an established organization with a proven track record.

In 2000, both labor and funds went to:

JW Corbett Management Area and Everglades Youth Camp was the Club's primary mission in 2000; Installed new culverts in the JW Corbett with necessary labor;
Corbett Sign Day

Cleaned main canal of JW Corbett choked with hydrillia & foliage;

Provided trash dumpsters during hunting season in JW Corbett;

Purchased and installed over 600 ft. of chain link fencing around retention pond in Youth Camp; Removed several lightening damaged trees in the Youth Camp;

Painted all the cabins at the Youth Camp;

Cleared roadway behind Camp from overgrowth for bus access;

Replaced rain gutters and repaired roof on cafeteria in Youth Camp;

Purchase 4 air conditioners to replace damaged units; and

Replaced the roof over the Director's Office at the Youth Camp.

Every year the Club pays tuition to send 10 children to the Youth Camp in the summer.

Delegates to represent everyone
Club sends 2 delegates to the FFWCC Jacksonville meeting to speak on issues concerning education and tuition at the Youth Camp.

Special Appointment
The FFWCC appointed 1 of our members to sit on a steering committee to plan "A Day in the Woods" in conjunction with the "National Hunting and Fishing Day."

Public Education Efforts
This Club takes pride in educating the public on conservation, game management and preservation of resource issues.

South Florida Fair
The Club is a major participator in the annual South Florida Fair.

Buggy Races
Members regularly attend, support and work with neighboring conservation club events to develop similar goals and accomplishments to benefit Florida resources.

FL Wildlife Federation (FWF)
Our Club has a member who is actively involved in the Florida Wildlife Federation for many, many years and has held several notable positions with FWF. This has been a benefit to our Club in many instances.

Sponsorships
The Club is sponsoring and seeking to sponsor other youth athletic leagues.
Recently the club donated monies towards a Youth program, the National Archery in Schools Program aka NASP and the local school is GreenAcres Elementary.

Airboat Lobbyist
For the past several years the club has been donating monies to the Florida Airboat Association to help fund the lobbyist to fight for preserving our Airboating rights.
Twenty (20) percent of the 2007-08 Raffle Airboat net proceeds was donated
to the FAA Lobbyist in 2008.

Growth & Expansion
The Club continues to set sights on the involvement of young people in conservation issues.