RMEF Honors Stemler as Conservationist of Year
(Left to right: RMEF President & CEO Kyle Weaver, Casey Stemler, RMEF Chief Conservation Officer Blake Henning) MISSOULA, Mont. — The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation [...]
Established May 14, 198440 Years of the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation
When four elk hunters founded RMEF in 1984, there were approximately 550,000 elk in North America. Today, the elk population numbers more than 1.1 million. RMEF and its partners have completed more than 14,000 conservation and hunting heritage projects that conserved or enhanced nearly 9 million acres of habitat. Those projects also opened or improved public access to more than 1.59 million acres of land. The total value of RMEF projects since 1984 is more than $1.6 billion.
40th Anniversary Featured Stories
RMEF recently held it's 40th Anniversary celebration May 3-4, 2024 in Missoula, Montana. Members, volunteers, donors, conservation partners, corporate partners, staff and others gathered to honor the organization's founding and celebrate its 40 years of conservation successes! Here is a collection of stories that highlight the celebration and honor RMEF's mission of ensuring the future of elk, other wildlife, their habitat and our hunting heritage.
Yvonne Decker – A Volunteer from the Very Beginning
Below is the Answer the Call/Volunteer Highlight, found in the May-June 2024 issue of Bugle magazine. Yvonne Decker has been an RMEF volunteer from the [...]
Photo Gallery: RMEF’s 40th Anniversary Celebration
The Rocky Mountain celebrated its 40th anniversary with a jam-packed weekend of memories and conservation accomplishments in Missoula, Montana, the home of its international headquarters. [...]
Newberg Awarded RMEF’s Highest Conservation Honor
(left to right: Matthew Newberg, RMEF co-founder Charlie Decker, Randy Newberg) MISSOULA, Mont. — The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation presented public lands hunter and longtime [...]
Celebrating 40 Years of Volunteers
Below is Kyle’s Weaver’s President’s Message as shared in the May-June 2024 issue of Bugle magazine. In August of 1985, a mere 18 months since [...]
Aaron Jones – a Heart as Big as Elk Country
“He was a self-made man and a very special guy. Whatever he did, he did it by himself. It’s quite a story.” Below is a [...]
How RMEF Came To Life
By Bugle Staff Four decades ago, four men had a wild idea that almost bankrupted them. But tenacity and faith helped that seed of an [...]
RMEF Enters 40th Year Riding a Conservation High
MISSOULA, Mont. — The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation rolls into its 40th year of conservation fresh off a tandem of major land conservation and access [...]
Wallace Fennell Pate – an Iconic RMEF Volunteer
Below is a longer version of Answer the Call/Volunteer Highlight, found in the January-February 2024 issue of Bugle magazine. “There’s just something good about the [...]
Video: The Story of the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation
