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This Kid’s All Heart
In early October 2013, the Palouse Whitepine Chapter in Moscow, Idaho, hosted a young man from Farmington, Utah, on an Outdoor Dream hunt. The Outdoor Dream Foundation is a non-profit organization that...
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Why RMEF Volunteers Do What They Do
Nine-year-old Kate Deklerk has attended the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation's Peoria, Illinois, banquet for five years with her father Tony. Regional chair Terry McLaughlin emcees the event and gets...
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A Trip Down Memory Lane for RMEF Volunteers
Royal Teton RanchRocky Mountain Elk Foundation volunteers are renowned for their ingenuity when it comes to fundraising. But every once in awhile they outdo even themselves—and leave an impression that...
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“Gamesmanship” Kicks off RMEF Habitat Council’s Arizona Meeting
RMEF comes up a winner on the stadium scoreboardIt doesn’t take much to bring out the boy in the man. All he needs is an audience to play to and the opportunity to recall, reminisce, maybe stretch the...
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Stepping Up Even More to Help Elk
The mission of the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation is to ensure the future of elk, other wildlife, their habitat and our hunting heritage. If you are a hunter, you already contribute to the cause via the...
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New RMEF Member, Racer Shows his True Colors
Casey Delp loves to go fast! The faster, the better. But it’s not just the speed and raw horsepower that catches your eye. It’s his pink camo paint scheme with a large Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation...
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What’s After ‘Life?’ Habitat Council Members Provide the Proof
The question was a simple one: “What’s after life?” It came from a relatively new member of the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation. His status as a supporting (or annual) member was not enough so he donated...
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RMEF's Comment to Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks Regarding Elk Management in...
February 26, 2014Dan Vermillion, ChairmanMontana Fish & Wildlife CommissionPO Box 668Livingston, MT 59047Re: RMEF comments related to Elk Management in Areas with Brucellosis2014 Work Plan –...
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'Moved' to Make a Difference
We recently received the letter below from a couple in Texas.Dear Mr. Allen and all of the RMEF staff,We sat down tonight to write you a check for $500. Then I read the story A Green Light for Red Hill...
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RMEF Rolls Out Red Carpet for Secretary of Interior Jewell
Secretary Sally JewellIt was another busy Saturday afternoon at the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation’s Elk Country Visitor Center. Wildlife lovers of all ages made their way through the various displays,...
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Hunting Is Conservation: How Wildlife is Thriving Because of Guns & Hunting
The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation maintains that Hunting Is Conservation. That mantra holds true on many different fronts and in a multitude of different ways. A few years back, RMEF unveiled 25...
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Leaders of Conservation: RMEF President/CEO David Allen
Below is a reprint of an article posted on OutdoorHub on March 25, 2014.This interview with Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation President David Allen is the first in OutdoorHub’s Leaders of Conservation...
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Leon Boyd: Blazing a Trail for Elk in Virginia
Leon BoydLeon Boyd, the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation’s Virginia district chair and chair of the Southwest Virginia Coalfields Chapter, says one of the things he enjoys most about elk reintroduction is...
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Michigan Governor Recognizes Outstanding RMEF Volunteers
Dan Johnson, RMEF Michigan state chair; Judith Robinson, aide to Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder; Bruce Mach, Southeast Michigan Chapter;Tim Johnson, Saginaw Valley Chapter;Larry Bialobrezeski, Saginaw...
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Conservation at Work in Washington State
The 640-acre Pine Canyon property is a recent addition to a long list of critical elk country the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation has helped conserve in Washington.Another hunting season had gone by, and...
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Partnership Pays Off for Wyoming Youth
Ryan Mauck (left) and Cole Benton Thirty years ago, you’d have been hard pressed to find an elk in north-central Wyoming and just over the border in south-central Montana. Today, hundreds of elk now...
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My Obligation: Be the Best Hunter I Can Be
Have you ever entered a contest or drawing and wondered what happened to whoever was lucky enough to win? Below is such a true tale. We'll tag along with new RMEF Life Member Tim Lovern--from the day...
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Meeting the Visionaries Face-to-Face
I’ve had Charlie Decker and Bob Munson’s picture (The Visionaries by Larry Zabel) hanging on the wall of my den for the last six years. I feel like I know them, though until this weekend, we had never...
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The True Definition of Elk Hunting
"Elk hunting runs deep. Not that it's always fun, because it isn't. It's a contrast in superlatives, ranging from agony to euphoria, and it will stretch your sense and your senses to the limit. It...
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When Anti-Hunters Attack
We’ve all been there. Someone finds out that you’re a hunter and you immediately find yourself on the receiving end of a raised eyebrow, a sarcastic comment, a cutting question or, even worse,...
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