Restoring Elk Country – Payette National Forest Prescribed Burns
A lack of fire on a forested landscape not only takes a toll on the quality of wildlife habitat it supplies, but it has a [...]
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Mule Creek, WY – onX Public Access Project
Sometimes conservation and the creation of public access take patience and time. In 2015, private landowners worked with the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation and Wyoming [...]
Restoring Elk Country – AZ Rain Tank Replacement
Restoring Elk Country – AZ Rain Tank Replacement In June 2021, lightning ignited the Rafael Wildfire in central Arizona, just west of Sedona. Before firefighters [...]
Cheney Reservoir, CO – onX Public Access Project
Western Colorado or the Colorado Plateau, as locals call it, is beautiful, rocky and rugged. It is an arid region featuring high desert habitat with [...]
Wildlife-Friendly Fence Modification & Construction
Fence modifications can be implemented to improve ease of migration for elk and other wildlife. RMEF has complied a ‘best practice’ guide containing wildlife-friendly fence [...]
Bear Creek Lolo Trails, MT – onX Public Access Project
Bear Creek Lolo Trails, MT In 2022, RMEF worked with YT Timber to conserve and open access to two parcels that made up a 1,040-acre [...]
Restoring Elk Country – Migration Corridor Funding
Restoring Elk Country – Migration Corridor Funding It’s simple, really. If you don’t know where elk, mule deer and pronghorn antelope migrate, you cannot understand [...]
Restoring Elk Country – Tomblin WMA, WV
Restoring Elk Country – WV Tomblin WMA Invasive Plant Treatment Returning elk to their historic West Virginia range in 2016 did not mark the end [...]
Ataya, KY – onX Public Access Project
Ataya, KY Wins for elk, other wildlife, hunting and especially public access and conservation don’t get much bigger than this one. In late 2023, a [...]
Restoring Elk Country – Book Cliffs, UT
Restoring Elk Country – Book Cliffs, UT The Book Cliffs of eastern Utah are among the most remote, rugged and yet beautiful landscapes in the [...]
Overland Trail, Wyoming – onX Public Access Project
Overland Trail, Wyoming Sometimes the most difficult part of elk hunting is just finding a way to get there, especially if landownership patterns simply don’t [...]
Restoring Elk Country – Sproul State Forest Forage Openings, PA
Sproul State Forest Forage Openings, PA The mature, hardwood forests of north-central Pennsylvania are beautiful. Among them is the 305,000-acre Sproul State Forest, the largest [...]
Cumberland Forest, Virginia – onX Public Access Project
Cumberland Forest – Virginia It marks a first for the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation. And it’s good news for elk and hunters in the state [...]
Big Snowy Mountains – onX Public Access Project
Big Snowy Mountains – Montana It is a textbook example of a Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation land conservation and access project. In 2022, RMEF worked [...]