On behalf of the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation (RMEF), we thank President Trump and his administration for recognizing the vital role hunters play in sustaining wildlife and for issuing the Reinvigorating America’s Hunting Heritage Executive Order that strongly aligns with RMEF’s mission to ensure the future of elk, other wildlife, their habitat and our hunting heritage. We are honored by the president’s invitation to attend the White House ceremony where the policy was announced.
The order’s focus on expanding public access, actively managing habitat, facilitating wildlife movement and habitat connectivity, strengthening cooperation with state wildlife agencies, supporting science-based management of game populations, addressing predators and other population-limiting factors, and combatting invasive species closely reflects RMEF’s work for more than four decades. These priorities are central to our mission, and we look forward to working with the administration, federal agencies and state partners as the order is implemented. —Kyle Weaver, president and CEO of the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation