Bass Force One- Springfield MO - Landlocked Boats on Waymarking.com

When I first saw this I thought it was a joke but it is real.

"During his eight years as the nation's 43rd chief executive officer in the White House, President George W. Bush often jetted about the country and the world aboard Air Force One.

Thanks to a special gift from Bass Pro Shops and Tracker Marine founder and CEO Johnny Morris, the former U.S. President and Texas resident can now roam the nation's fishing waters aboard a stylish bass rig dubbed "Tracker Bass Force One."

Patterned after Air Force One – and made at the Tracker Marine plant in Lebanon, Mo. – the boat was presented to Bush on Monday, Sept. 15, 2014, during a surprise keynote speech at the Tracker Marine Conference at Big Cedar Lodge on Missouri's Table Rock Lake.

Two decades ago, Bush's father and the 41st president of the United States, George H. W. Bush, made a similar address at the same Tracker Marine convention in nearby Springfield, Mo.

According to a Bass Pro Shops' news release on the event, the younger Bush – an avid outdoorsman and angler like his father – was there at the invitation of Morris.

Attendees from all over the United States and from countries around the world including Australia, China, Russia and South Africa heard of Bush's love for the outdoors and the work his administration did to protect water, wildlife habitat and other natural resources.

Among other things, Bush and his administration restored, improved and/or protected more than 3,000,000 acres of wetlands and other wildlife habitat through the North American Wetlands Conservation Act.

That landmark act continued the Bush family legacy of wetlands protection in the U.S. since back in 1989, the elder Bush established a national policy of "no-net loss of wetlands" during his time in the Oval Office." (http://outdoorchannel.com/article.aspx?id=25206&key=43rd-president-ready-to-cast-from-bass-force-one&refID=Newsletter_I416)

President George W. Bush, an avid fisherman and outdoorsman, made a surprise appearance as keynote speaker Monday at the Tracker Marine Conference at Big Cedar Lodge on Table Rock Lake.

The president's father, President George H. W. Bush, addressed the same convention 20 years ago in 1994 in Springfield.

Bass Pro Shops Founder Johnny Morris presented Bush with Tracker Bass Force One, patterned after Air Force One, made at the Tracker plant in Lebanon.

At the conference, Bush spoke about his administration's work to protect water quality and natural resources. While in the White House, Bush restored, improved or protected more than 3 million acres of wetlands and created wildlife habitats through the North American Wetlands Conservation Act and other cooperative conservation efforts, according to a news release from Bass Pro Shops.

"We pioneered a new model of cooperative conservation in which government and private citizens and environmental advocates work together," said Bush, a longtime family friend of Morris.

Morris praised the president for initiating many conservation efforts that helped protect wildlife habitats and water quality.

"We are inspired by and grateful to Mr. Bush and his father for their shared love of the sport of fishing and for their leadership and commitment to national conservation efforts," said Morris. "His efforts help ensure recreational fishing opportunities continue to exist for us and future generations. We are very proud that the president fishes out of his own Bass Tracker boat on his ranch in Texas." (https://fishgame.com/2014/09/bush-given-bass-force-one-boat-tracker-conference/)

Is there a tour: No but it is in the Bass pro Nature Museum. If boat is a garden what was planted in it: Not listed

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