RestoringElk Country

Decades of fire suppression and reduced timber harvest left many forests in an unnatural condition. Specifically, they are overly dry, overly dense, lack lush vegetation [...]

Research shows central Utah’s Monroe Mountain in Fishlake National Forest is a mere shadow of its glorious aspen-filled past. Soil surveys indicate 60 to 70 [...]

To put it simply, elk and other wildlife cannot thrive without abundant, quality habitat, or in other words, without food, water, shelter and space to [...]

Restoring historic wildlife movement corridors is a tall task, especially when there’s an interstate highway that cuts a swath through the landscape. That’s exactly the [...]

Fire is essential to forest health. When carefully applied to the landscape and monitored, fire triggers a rebirth of explosive, fresh, diverse growth in the [...]

Sagebrush ecosystems provide crucial habitat for many species of wildlife. But in some areas, like the often arid Modoc National Forest in northeastern California, an [...]

Fire suppression combined with a lack of active forest management on a landscape for up to 100 years triggers detrimental impacts on wildlife habitat. That’s [...]

How strong is the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation’s conservation commitment to restoring elk country? So strong that it can move houses—literally. Here are two examples. [...]

Due to fire suppression and a lack of active management, forests can become unnaturally dense and overgrown…and that’s bad news for elk and other wildlife [...]

Simply put, it was an idea that took six years to fully develop and accomplish. The challenge was how to provide dependable water sources for [...]

Without fire, forest health suffers because of overly dense limbs and leaves above that block sunshine to the forest floor below, thwarting the growth of [...]

In 2014, then 12-year-old Ryley McCuiston shot this magnificent bull elk in northwest Arkansas. It is a product and reflection of the healthy habitat created [...]

Western Colorado is prime elk country. To maintain or enhance that habitat, the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation provided funding for about 60 different projects both [...]