September 2023 Advocacy Update
FEDERAL House, Senate Vote to Restore School Funding. The U.S. House of Representatives voted 424-1 and the Senate voted unanimously to pass the Protecting Hunting [...]
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Highway 160 Wildlife Crossing – Restoring Elk Country
A busy highway can be a barrier to wildlife movement. It can also be dangerous or even deadly for wildlife and drivers alike. Thanks to [...]
Dixie Point – OnX Public Access Project
Dixie Point – Arkansas When the call came to help elk, deer, wild turkey, black bears and other Arkansas wildlife, the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation [...]
Threemile WMA Forest Thinning – Restoring Elk Country
History is not always kind to forestland. Take the Bitterroot Valley in western Montana, south of Missoula, where fire suppression and a lack of forest [...]
Cowiche II, WA – OnX Public Access Project
Call it a win for public access, hunting, migrating elk and especially the calves of Cowiche. The eastern slopes of the Cascade Mountains are home [...]
Advocacy Update
FEDERAL BLM “Conservation Rule” RMEF submitted comments regarding the BLM’s proposed Conservation and Landscape Health rule that would create “conservation” as a new use of [...]
North Fork Pound Lake Prescribed Burn – Restoring Elk Country
This landscape is home to one of the greatest wildlife management conservation successes in recent American history. And a smoky facelift makes it even better. [...]
Cold Springs Creek – onX Public Access Project
A puzzle with a missing piece cannot fulfill its best use. The same goes for wild landscapes. Take the 1.2 million acre Black Hills National [...]
$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. [...]
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 [...]
Win for Wildlife Management: Oregon Commission Structure Bill to Become Law
6/30/2023 update: The Oregon Senate followed the lead of the Oregon House and passed HB 3086 which requires the Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission to [...]
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 [...]