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Grants provided by the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation will fund archery, shooting and hunting heritage programs for hundreds of youth in Kansas, Nebraska and Oklahoma. The funding will also improve elk and small game habitat in Kansas and Oklahoma, and go toward elk research and tree replanting efforts in Nebraska. “It is vital that we [...]
The Wildlife Conservation Board (WCB) approved $18.8 million to help restore and protect fish and wildlife habitat throughout California at its Nov. 29 quarterly meeting. The 21funded projects will provide benefits to fish and wildlife species, including some endangered species, and provide public access opportunities to important natural resources. Several projects will also demonstrate the [...]
The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation will fund conservation projects in Arizona this year that improve elk habitat by adding water and rejuvenating forage. RMEF grants for 2012 total $152,620 and directly affect six counties: Apache, Coconino, Navajo, Randolph, Yavapai and Yuma. An additional project has statewide interest. “Our organization worked for many years to improve [...]
Rejuvenating elk habitat across Idaho—and re-establishing a showcase elk herd in the Clearwater Basin—headline a list of conservation projects to be funded this year by the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation. RMEF grants for 2012 total $134,460 and directly affect 20 counties: Adams, Bear Lake, Boise, Bonneville, Caribou, Clark, Clearwater, Custer, Elmore, Gem, Gooding, Idaho, Lemhi, [...]
The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation completed its first Nevada conservation easement which now protects 645 acres of prime elk habitat for a regional herd. “This is big for us,” said David Allen, RMEF president and CEO. “RMEF has a history in Nevada that dates back decades, but this working relationship with a conservation-minded family solidifies [...]
The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation has topped $400,000 in grants and pledges to advance the science of wolves, wolf interactions with elk and other wildlife, and wolf management overall. The total includes more than $200,000 in science grants in just the past five years, more than any other five-year period in RMEF history. Nearly all [...]
As a flurry of new elk restoration projects unfold in the eastern U.S., the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation is looking in on the herds and hunting opportunities that it was helping to establish one decade ago. In 2002, Kentucky, Tennessee and Great Smoky Mountains National Park were busy relocating elk and establishing their first wild [...]
A new conservation acquisition will permanently protect important habitat for species including Chinook salmon, cutthroat trout, Oregon chub, Pacific lamprey, western pond turtles and red-legged frogs. The 175 acre Horseshoe Lake property has been protected by the Greenbelt Land Trust and consists of Willamette River frontage near Albany, Ore., in Linn County that will benefit [...]
The Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources won an Agency of the Year award for achievements in deer conservation and management from the Quality Deer Management Association. The award is the association’s highest national recognition. “One hundred years ago, Kentucky had very few deer. Now we’re one of the top deer hunting destinations in [...]
Elk need food and water. Improving habitat to provide both is the main theme in a list of New Mexico conservation projects slated to receive 2012 grants from the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation. The RMEF funding commitment totals $77,500 and affects seven counties: Catron, Lincoln, Mora, Otero, Sandoval, Socorro and Rio Arriba. David Allen, RMEF [...]
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