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 Keck resigns from Turkey Federation after 30 years of service web posted March 27, 2008 Photo: NWTF  EDGEFIELD – Rumors
spread quickly around
Edgefield on Wednesday of a shake-up at the National Wild Turkey
Federation of two high level dismissals on Tuesday and the resignation
of Rob Keck, the Federation’s CEO, Wednesday morning. The NWTF
confirmed
Wednesday afternoon that Mr. Keck has tendered his resignation
effective June 1. Mr. Keck led the organization at the helm for
twenty-seven of his thirty years onboard.According to a release issued by the NWTF, Mr. Keck cited “personal and family reasons” for his decision to step down. "I was at a point in my life were I decided it was time to make a change," Keck told the Southern Sporting Journal on Wednesday. The National Board of Directors of the Federation instigated a “fact-finding mission” into the business practices of the headquarters in Edgefield last year that led to Chief Operating Officer Carl Brown, a 28-year employee, and Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing Dick Rosenlieb with 19 years of service, to step down on Tuesday. What was contained in the report has not been disclosed and all involved are remaining silent. The NWTF's National Board of Directors will immediately begin a nationwide search for Mr. Keck's successor. The NWTF is a grassroots, nonprofit organization with more than 550,000 members in 50 states, Canada, Mexico and 14 other foreign countries. It supports scientific wildlife management on public, private and corporate lands as well as wild turkey hunting as a traditional North American sport. In 1973, the National Wild Turkey Federation was founded in Fredericksburg, Va. At that time, there were an estimated 1.3 million wild turkeys and 1.5 million turkey hunters. Shortly after its founding, the NWTF moved to Edgefield, where it is headquartered today. Thanks to the work of federal, state and provincial wildlife agencies and the NWTF's many volunteers and partners, there are now more than 7 million wild turkeys and nearly 3 million turkey hunters. Turkey hunting has become the fastest growing form of hunting and has the second-highest number of participants of any type of hunting. Since 1985, more than $258 million NWTF and cooperator dollars have been spent on upholding hunting traditions and conserving more than 13.1 million acres of wildlife habitat. Hunters have also benefited as the NWTF has worked tirelessly to support our hunting heritage and protect and promote laws that increase hunting opportunity and safety. ©
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