RMEF Commits $300,000 to Defeat Colorado’s Proposition 114
MISSOULA, Mont. — The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation committed more than $300,000 toward efforts to defeat a dangerous 2020 ballot initiative to forcibly introduce wolves […]
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Hunting Is Conservation – Hunting is First Line of Defense Against Poaching
Poaching is the illegal taking of wildlife and ranks among the most egregious of wildlife crimes. This illegal and unethical activity comes in many forms […]
Merchandise Catalog Goes Digital in 2021
As we move into 2021, we will see some welcome improvements to RMEF’s Event Management System and the way we order merchandise from our vendors. […]
Sponsoring A RMEF Event Just Got Better
Looking for some new and exciting opportunities to fundraise for your local RMEF chapter? We have some great news. In late October 2020, RMEF will […]
COVID Doesn’t Slow Down Colorado Volunteers
Nobody will dispute that 2020 has been the strangest year of our lives. Lockdowns, restrictions, cancellations, postponements, etc. We have seen it all. Despite all […]
Idaho Volunteers Tear it Up with on-the-Ground Projects
Idaho volunteers participated in three land stewardship projects this July, proving that RMEF’s force of dedicated volunteers continues to get things done on the ground. […]
New York, New Hampshire Events Get Creative to Combat Covid
RMEF banquets usually don’t look too different from one another, at least in basic format. But these are different times. This year, New York and […]
RMEF Holds Elk Camp Online Auction
The spirit of Elk Camp was alive and well from afar through the Elk Camp Online Auction this year. RMEF’s national convention didn’t go forward […]
It Wasn’t Hard to Social Distance at the South Dakota Rendezvous—Even from Bison
When you go to a RMEF rendezvous work project, you don’t expect to be joined by an enormous bull bison. However, if the work project […]
Legislative Update
NATIONAL ISSUES President Trump signed the Great American Outdoors Act (GAOA) into law on August 4, 2020. Among other things, it permanently and fully funds […]
Montana Project Assists with Brucellosis Surveillance
Below is a Facebook post from Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks. It highlights the ongoing Targeted Elk Brucellosis Surveillance Project, funded in part by the […]
Michigan Men Arrested for Poaching Cow Elk
Below is a news release from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources. Acting on an anonymous tip, Michigan Department of Natural Resources conservation officers conducted […]
Authorities: Help Find Elk Poacher in North Idaho
Below is a news release from the Idaho Department of Fish and Game. On September 1, 2020, a landowner located a dead bull elk adjacent […]
Idaho Launches Maiden Hunt Video Series: Part 1 – Gretchen and Henry
Below is a news release from the Idaho Department of Fish and Game. Mentoring is woven in the fabric of hunting. For millennia the tradition […]