$1 Million Wildfire Restoration – Restoring Elk Country
Catastrophic wildfire can alter a landscape for years or even decades. High-intensity fires destroy trees, shrubs, plants, root systems and the soil’s protective vegetation layer. [...]
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Three Rivers, OR – onX Public Access Project
When it comes to ideal elk range – the less fragmented, the better. You’ll find the Siuslaw National Forest west of Portland and south of [...]
RMEF Testifies in Favor of Sound Wildlife Management, ODFW Commission Structure
In an effort to better reflect the diverse landscapes and wildlife populations across Oregon and improve sportsmen and rural representation on the Oregon Fish and [...]
Advocacy Update
FEDERAL Grizzly and Wolf Delisting. Congressional bill HR 764 was introduced to delist wolves in the Lower 48 in February, and passed the House Subcommittee [...]
Fall Creek Aspen Restoration – Restoring Elk Country
Southeast Idaho is a war zone most people don’t know about. Conifers creep into and crowd out aspen stands, which supply valuable, life-sustaining habitat for [...]
Steel Trap – onX Public Access Project
Even what appears to be the smallest of actions can leave a large, long-lasting positive imprint on elk, hunting and public access. What happened in [...]
Green Mountain Prescribed Burns – Restoring Elk Country
Fire does a forest good when it burns periodically. When fire suppression prevails, the result can be white-hot flames and catastrophic wildfire that destroys trees, [...]
Waugh Mountain Forest Thinning Colorado – Restoring Elk country
Unfortunately, it’s an all-too common dilemma across vast portions of elk country. A past overemphasis on fire suppression resulted in forestlands that are uncharacteristically dense [...]
Wildcat Canyon – onX Public Access Project
USE CODE RMEF FOR 20% OFF YOUR ONX SUBSCRIPTION -> onxmaps.com It’s a winning conservation formula – effort plus patience equals success. Nowhere is this truer [...]
New Garden Pennsylvania – onX Public Access Project
When you get a chance to conserve and open access to a great piece of elk habitat, you do what it takes to get it [...]
Hatfield Knob Forage Openings Tennessee – Restoring Elk Country
Enhance it and they will come. The southern stretch of the Cumberland Mountains is Tennessee elk country, and Hatfield Knob is its epicenter. About 50 [...]
Bitterroot Trails – onX Public Access Project
USE CODE RMEF FOR 20% OFF YOUR ONX SUBSCRIPTION -> onxmaps.com Sprawling developments can have major negative consequences for wildlife and public access. In western Montana [...]
2022: Strength, Stability and Conservation Success
MISSOULA, Mont. — The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation rolls into the new year with a robust and highlight-filled 2022 conservation resume. In addition to teaming [...]
Picturesque Elk Habitat Conserved in Wyoming
MISSOULA, Mont. — A stunningly scenic 507-acre swath of rich wildlife habitat in southern Wyoming is conserved thanks to a collaboration between a conservation-minded family [...]