RMEF Project Gets Funding Support from Walmart, NFWF
A still-in-progress Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation conservation project in Nevada received a funding boost from Walmart and the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF). The [...]
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New Wyoming Plate Funds Wildlife Migrations, Crossing Structures
Below is a news release from the Wyoming Game and Fish Department. As you cruise along Wyoming’s scenic roads, you’ll most likely encounter a pronghorn [...]
Info Sought about Western Montana Elk, Deer Poaching Cases
Below is a news release from Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks. For 2024-2025, Fiocchi partnered with the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation to increase the visibility [...]
Idaho Nonresident Elk/Deer Go on Sale Dec. 10
Below is a news release from the Idaho Department of Fish and Game. Idaho Fish and Game is changing its sales date for 2025 nonresident [...]
Outdoor Recreation (Hunting Included) Doe$ an Economy Good
A new report shows outdoor recreation in America generated $1.2 trillion in economic input in 2023, the largest measure since the U.S. Department of Commerce’s [...]
ROOSEVELT COUNTRY – AN RMEF FILM
Thick, wet and rugged. Negotiating the steep forestland along the Oregon Coast to hunt, let alone find Roosevelt elk is challenging. Leupold & Stevens CEO [...]
RMEF Weighs In, Colorado Unanimously Adopts Mountain Lion Plan
Ten days after Coloradans decisively rejected a ballot initiative that sought to ban mountain lion hunting, the Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) Commission unanimously adopted [...]
RMEF Among Group Protesting Recreational Shooting Ban at Utah National Monument
The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation joined a collaborative group of nine other conservation and sportsmen organizations protesting the closure of recreational shooting within Bears Ear [...]
Controversial Court Decision Makes Forest Restoration in California More Difficult
Below is a Sacramento Bee op-ed by RMEF Chief Conservation Officer Blake Henning and Property and Environment Research Center CEO Brian Yablonski. Implementing forest restoration in [...]
November 2024 Advocacy Update
STATE Colorado Prop 127 Hunting Ban Defeated, East Slope Lion Plan Approved – By more than a quarter million votes, Colorado voters decisively rejected a [...]
A Sleigh Ride Among the Elk
Below is a news release from the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources. Another season of bundling up and riding on a horse-drawn sleigh or wagon [...]
USFS Rolls Out Massive Northwest Forest Plan
Twenty-four million acres. Seventeen national forests. Three states – California, Oregon and Washington. The U.S. Forest Service recently released the draft environmental impact statement for [...]
Wardens Seek Info about Southwest Montana Bull Elk Poaching
Below is a news release from Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks. For 2024-2025, Fiocchi partnered with the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation to increase the visibility [...]
Pronghorn Herd Wiped Out on Colorado Roadway
“Heartbreaking!” “Sad.” “Horrible!” Those are just a few of scores of online comments after Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) posted a video showing where 53 [...]
New Study Rejects Claim that Wolves’ Presence Helps Yellowstone Aspen Bounce Back
A new study analyzing 21 years of data challenges the popular belief that gray wolves in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem (GYE) helped aspen trees recover [...]