Public Comment Sought on RMEF Land Project in Montana
The public is invited to comment on a proposal by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to acquire the 3,600-acre Seymour Creek parcel in the [...]
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Minam, Oregon – 15,000+ ACRES OF PRIME ELK HABITAT
Last month, RMEF volunteers and partners worked to clean up the historic Minam trail and expand access to the newly opened portion of the Minam [...]
RMEF Awarded First-Ever Virginia Elk Conservation Tag
In an effort to bolster wildlife habitat and management projects within its elk management zone, the Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources (DWR) awarded its first-ever [...]
Oregon Habitat Conserved for Roosevelt Elk Herd
MISSOULA, Mont. — What was a 447-acre private inholding is now in the public’s hands in northwest Oregon. The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation collaborated with [...]
Volunteers Propel RMEF Conservation Work
MISSOULA, Mont. — The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation celebrates National Volunteer Week by acknowledging since 1984, its volunteers helped conserve or enhance nearly 8.4 million [...]
Arizona Receives $2.1 Million in Conservation Funding from RMEF, Partners
MISSOULA, Mont. — The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation and its partners allocated $2,098,338 in grant funding in Arizona for elk habitat stewardship, wildlife management and [...]
California Granted Nearly $4.6 Million in Conservation Funding
MISSOULA, Mont. — The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation and its partners allocated $4,593,330 in grant funding for habitat enhancement, scientific research and hunting heritage projects [...]
Virginia’s First Elk Hunt – A “Conservation Milestone”
MISSOULA, Mont. — Ten years after the successful restoration of elk to their historic Virginia range, the Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources (DWR) is accepting [...]
$1 Million for Wildfire Restoration
Forest managers and scientists agree that executing active forest management techniques such as prescribed burns, thinning and other treatments enhance habitat for elk and other [...]
RMEF Commits $1 Million to Wildfire Restoration
MISSOULA, Mont. — The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation committed more than $1 million to landscape-scale efforts to help restore thousands of acres of public and [...]
Scientific Wildlife Management Wins, Colorado Bill to Ban Mountain Lion/Bobcat Hunting Defeated
A Colorado legislative committee voted 4-1 to defeat a bill to ban the hunting and trapping of mountain lions and bobcats. A new coalition called [...]
2021: A Year of RMEF Conservation Accomplishment
MISSOULA, Mont. — As the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation looks to advance conservation with its 2022 mission work, it looks back on a year of [...]
Montana Elk Habitat Protected, Open to Public Access
MISSOULA, Mont. — The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation and U.S. Forest Service worked with a willing landowner to conserve two private inholdings of wildlife habitat [...]
CWD Research Gets $100,000 Boost from RMEF
MISSOULA, Mont. — The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, a founding member and sponsor of the Chronic Wasting Disease Alliance, provided $100,000 in grant funding to [...]
Idaho Receives $750,000 in Conservation Funding
MISSOULA, Mont. — The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation and its partners allocated $750,639 of grant funding to benefit wildlife habitat and hunting heritage projects in [...]