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 [...]
RestoringElk Country
Highlighting how RMEF and its partners are utilizing member and volunteer support to Restore Elk Country to create the best possible habitat for elk and other wildlife. Produced with support by Yeti and Leupold.
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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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Restoring Elk Country – Crooked River, OR
Crooked River National Grassland, OR The sprawling Crooked River National Grassland of north-central Oregon, managed by the U.S. Forest Service, is home to many wildlife [...]
Restoring Elk Country – Invasive Plant Control
Invasive Plant Control Kentucky is home to the largest elk population east of the Mississippi. It’s also home to an unwanted invasion. Past large-scale surface [...]
Restoring Elk Country – Wildfire Restoration
Wildfire Restoration Tempered fire on a landscape burns off dead downfall and rejuvenates the soil, triggering the growth of beneficial early seral habitat for elk, [...]
Mount St. Helens Invasive Weed Treatment – Washington
Mount St. Helens Invasive Weed Treatment – Washington On March 27, 1980, a series of explosive hot ash and lava flows on Mount St. Helens [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]