“If it helps elk, it helps all wildlife.” Those words ring true in the famed Black Hills where some three dozen Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation volunteers gather for the annual South Dakota Rendezvous and work project.
Follow along as men and women, boys and girls refurbish riparian habitat for wildlife from beavers and birds to eagles and elk by planting thousands of willow saplings in the backcountry.
RMEF is the voice of elk and elk hunters. When you join, you become a member of a conservation movement – one that puts money on the ground to confront expanding development by conserving and protecting habitat for elk, mule deer, moose, pronghorn antelope, wild turkey, black bears, upland birds and other wildlife species. You also help RMEF open and improve public access for hunting, fishing and other recreational activities. And you further mission priorities of ensuring the future of hunting, expanding the scientific knowledge of elk and advocating for science-based resource management and conservation.