Volunteers Remove Old Fence at Chimineas Ranch in California
A local volunteer day near Orcutt, California, was a huge success, with participants logging more than 380 hours to remove barbed wire, hog wire and t-posts from an old feedlot following the 2025 Madre Fire. Much of the fencing was 5-strand barbed wire laid over hog wire, and removing it provides better access to forage […]
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Creating Better Forage for Big Game on Idaho WMA
An RMEF grant recently helped the Idaho Department of Fish and Game (IDFG) improve habitat for elk and other big game on the 4,353-acre Georgetown Summit Wildlife Management Area (WMA) in the southeast part of the state. Georgetown Summit is primarily elk, mule deer and moose winter range but is increasingly used year-round by all […]
Michigan Volunteers Reopen Aspen Habitat for Elk, Other Wildlife
In the Pigeon River Country State Forest of northern Michigan, volunteers from RMEF and the Michigan United Conservation Club (MUCC) helped remove exclosures from a completed 40-year-old research project. The fencing was constructed in the 1980s by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) along with a Michigan State graduate student to study the effects […]
Exciting Opportunity to Participate in Online Auction at RMEF Big Game Days
This article is part of the Spring 2026 edition of the Volunteer Newsletter, a quarterly update meant to equip, empower and encourage RMEF volunteers. More articles are available on our dedicated Volunteer Newsletter page. July 16-19th RMEF will host a national online auction as part of RMEF Big Game Days, and your chapter has an […]
Timber & Tines Knows How to Banquet
This article is part of the Spring 2026 edition of the Volunteer Newsletter, a quarterly update meant to equip, empower and encourage RMEF volunteers. More articles are available on our dedicated Volunteer Newsletter page. CHAPTER HIGHLIGHT At RMEF, growing the number of chapters nationwide is a strategic priority for the next three years, aiming to […]
Elk Country Package Items Performing Well in 2026
This article is part of the Spring 2026 edition of the Volunteer Newsletter, a quarterly update meant to equip, empower and encourage RMEF volunteers. More articles are available on our dedicated Volunteer Newsletter page. Across the country, chapters have seen strong performance from several nationally supported merchandise items in live and silent auctions. While many […]
Key Raffle: Turning Low-Cost Items into High-Impact Net Revenue and RESULTS for Your Chapter
This article is part of the Spring 2026 edition of the Volunteer Newsletter, a quarterly update meant to equip, empower and encourage RMEF volunteers. More articles are available on our dedicated Volunteer Newsletter page Many chapters across the country continue to see strong results from incorporating a key raffle into their live auction. For those […]
Grassroots Matters: Growing Attendance One Relationship at a Time
This article is part of the Spring 2026 edition of the Volunteer Newsletter, a quarterly update meant to equip, empower and encourage RMEF volunteers. More articles are available on our dedicated Volunteer Newsletter page. At the heart of every successful RMEF banquet is something that cannot be ordered, emailed, printed or bought… Relationships. While national […]
From the Director: 2025 Field Operations Highlights
This article is part of the Spring 2026 edition of the Volunteer Newsletter, a quarterly update meant to equip, empower and encourage RMEF volunteers. More articles are available on our dedicated Volunteer Newsletter page. By Kirk Murphy, Managing Director of Field Operations Driven by a dedicated army of volunteers, 2025 was another year of significant […]
Aerial Spraying Improves Forage in Tennessee WMA
Nutrient-rich summer forage is crucial for reproductive success in elk populations nationwide. In Tennessee, several wildlife management areas have utilized aerial spraying techniques within young forest sites associated with a limited availability of forage. Underlying its importance is the fact that the Sundquist Unit of the North Cumberland Wildlife Management Area supports historically high numbers […]
RMEF Volunteers Pull Fence to Help Wildlife in Kansas
It’s not often that RMEF volunteers tackle field projects in front of an audience, but that was the case when a half-dozen volunteers joined staff members at Kansas’ Fort Riley Military Base to pull out and roll up three-quarters of a mile of tangled and rusty barbed wire fence. “Just a few hundred yards away, […]
Fighting English Ivy in Western Washington
Rodger and Ramona Wallace are no strangers to hard work when it comes to RMEF. With 35 years under their belts volunteering at banquets and on the ground, the couple has also spent more than a decade promoting and coordinating annual volunteer work projects to improve wildlife habitat in western Washington. A few years back […]