November 2023 Wapiti Wire Advocacy Update
FEDERAL Farm Bill The current Farm Bill expired at the end of September, and with a divided Congress and delays caused by the turnover of [...]
Elk NetworkConservation
RMEF is continually working to ensure the future of elk, other wildlife, their habitat and our hunting heritage. Learn more about what RMEF has been doing lately.
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Black Hills National Forest Hardy Pipeline – Restoring Elk Country
Black Hills National Forest Hardy Pipeline – South Dakota & Wyoming Water is the lifeblood of healthy wildlife populations. In some arid locations, such as [...]
Payne B&C California – onX Public Access Project
Payne B & C, California There is only one place in the world to find wild, free-ranging tule elk…and that is in California. In the [...]
Dean Creek Wildlife Viewing Area – Restoring Elk Country
Dean Creek Wildlife Viewing Area, Oregon It is one of the most popular destinations in all of Oregon for wildlife watching – and a great [...]
Cumberland, TN – onX Public Access Project
Cumberland, TN When something works, you stick with it – especially if it’s good news for elk, deer, black bears and other wildlife. In 2021, [...]
September 2023 Advocacy Update
FEDERAL House, Senate Vote to Restore School Funding. The U.S. House of Representatives voted 424-1 and the Senate voted unanimously to pass the Protecting Hunting [...]
Highway 160 Wildlife Crossing – Restoring Elk Country
A busy highway can be a barrier to wildlife movement. It can also be dangerous or even deadly for wildlife and drivers alike. Thanks to [...]
Dixie Point – OnX Public Access Project
Dixie Point – Arkansas When the call came to help elk, deer, wild turkey, black bears and other Arkansas wildlife, the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation [...]
Threemile WMA Forest Thinning – Restoring Elk Country
History is not always kind to forestland. Take the Bitterroot Valley in western Montana, south of Missoula, where fire suppression and a lack of forest [...]
Cowiche II, WA – OnX Public Access Project
Call it a win for public access, hunting, migrating elk and especially the calves of Cowiche. The eastern slopes of the Cascade Mountains are home [...]
Advocacy Update
FEDERAL BLM “Conservation Rule” RMEF submitted comments regarding the BLM’s proposed Conservation and Landscape Health rule that would create “conservation” as a new use of [...]
North Fork Pound Lake Prescribed Burn – Restoring Elk Country
This landscape is home to one of the greatest wildlife management conservation successes in recent American history. And a smoky facelift makes it even better. [...]
Cold Springs Creek – onX Public Access Project
A puzzle with a missing piece cannot fulfill its best use. The same goes for wild landscapes. Take the 1.2 million acre Black Hills National [...]
$1 Million Wildfire Restoration – Restoring Elk Country
Catastrophic wildfire can alter a landscape for years or even decades. High-intensity fires destroy trees, shrubs, plants, root systems and the soil’s protective vegetation layer. [...]
Three Rivers, OR – onX Public Access Project
When it comes to ideal elk range – the less fragmented, the better. You’ll find the Siuslaw National Forest west of Portland and south of [...]