Restoring Elk Country – Yakima-Tieton Main Canal
It sparked to life in late July of 2024. The Retreat Fire burned its way across more than 45,000 acres of sagebrush, grass, mixed conifer [...]
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One-Size-Fits-All “Blanket Rule” Hurts Wildlife, RMEF/PERC Lawsuit Goes Forward
Sixty days after filing an intent to sue the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) over its “blanket rule” that disregards science and hinders restoration [...]
Wisconsin 2025 Elk Hunt Application Period Open Until May 31
Below is a news release from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. Since 1990, the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation and its partners completed 647 conservation [...]
West Virginia Has Bumper Crop of Elk Calves, Faces Deadly Challenges to Match
It’s a good news-bad news scenario for elk in the Mountain State. “I have to say this year, calf production in 2024 may be the [...]
RMEF, Partners Move for Summary Judgement in Northern Rockies Wolf Case
The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, Sportsmen’s Alliance Foundation and Safari Club International filed for a summary judgement and asked the court rule against extremist groups [...]
Four Face Poaching Charges in British Columbia
Below is a Facebook post from the British Columbia Conservation Officer Service (COS). For 2025, Fiocchi partnered with the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation to increase [...]
Conservation Partners Welcome New DOI Secretary, Plug Priorities
The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation and 40 other wildlife, conservation and/or sportsmen groups outlined their conservation priorities in a congratulatory letter to new Secretary of [...]
Auction of Illegally Killed Utah Wildlife to Generate Money for Conservation
Below is a news release from the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources. For 2025, Fiocchi partnered with the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation to increase the [...]
RMEF Members Help Defeat Colorado Anti-Hunting Bill
A bill that sought to remove hunting and fishing as the main tools for wildlife management and instead replace it with “the best available wildlife [...]
Momentum Builds to Pass Key Forest Management Bill
Key legislation to enhance wildlife habitat, reduce the risk of catastrophic wildfire and improve overall forest health recently took a step forward in Washington DC. [...]
East Canyon, UT – onX Public Access Project
It takes money to carry out meaningful conservation. When the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation found out about a last-minute chance to conserve 2,600 acres of [...]
RMEF & Partners Conserve, Open Access to 7,156 Acres of Nevada Elk Habitat
(Photo credit: Susan Summer Elliott) MISSOULA, Mont. — A swath of land in eastern Nevada previously riddled with public access challenges is now entirely in [...]
Call on Lawmakers to Protect Kentucky’s Deer, Elk and Hunting
Below is a call-to-action email sent to Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation members in Kentucky. To bolster chronic wasting disease (CWD) management and help prevent its [...]
Call to Action: Ask Your Senators to Pass the Fix Our Forests Act
Below is an email sent to Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation members in California, Georgia, New Mexico and Vermont. Good news! Six weeks after the U.S. [...]