Carl Wilson’s dream of turning an abandoned Interstate 90 overpass in northern Idaho into a wildlife crossing became a reality thanks to the dedication of fellow RMEF volunteers and partners. After Wilson passed away in 2022, friends and supporters completed the final phase of the project in summ...

A lifelong hunter from the Midwest experiences the widest range of raw emotions while surrounded by screaming bulls on his first-ever elk hunt. From sheer excitement and anticipation to shock, disbelief, frustration, worry and determination, Brayden Treu of Mathews experiences it all – the full g...

Join a dedicated crew of RMEF volunteers, including Montana Knife Company employees, on a recent habitat stewardship project as they remove old barbed wire fencing from Flathead Ridge Ranch in northwestern Montana. The majority of the ranch’s 126,000 acres are open to public hunting, fishing and ...

Building on the successes of past years’ work projects, RMEF returns to the elk-rich Colorado mountains near Weston Pass. One RMEF volunteer said it best: “If you’re gonna shoot the elk, you need to support the elk.” The work being done here is an ongoing effort to rid the area’s vast public land...

With recent investments in an in-house research program, RMEF has taken the crucial next step toward owning science-based conservation. Follow along as a team of scientists from the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks and RMEF research staff monitor elk calves as part of a larger elk-h...

“If it helps elk, it helps all wildlife.” Those words ring true in the famed Black Hills where some three dozen Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation volunteers gather for the annual South Dakota Rendezvous and work project.​

Follow along as men and women, boys and girls refurbish riparian habitat for w...

Searching for a Blacktail deer among the rainforest of western Oregon, Bob Ziehmer of Bass Pro Shops & Cabela’s reflects on how hunters led the way in restoring game populations across the country nearly a century ago and continue their stewardship of natural resources today. Ziehmer not only rec...

Along Oregon’s rugged coast, representatives from Browning & Silencer Central team up with the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation (RMEF) for their first-ever Roosevelt elk hunt. Over four rain-soaked days, they navigate thick timber, coastal fog and the challenges of hunting Roosevelt bulls.

“It neve...

Conservation is not a one and done fix. For the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, it’s a timeless, dedicated commitment to protect and enhance habitat for elk and a myriad of other wildlife species.

Look no further than Kentucky’s elk range for a recent example where RMEF worked alongside partners...

Excited to learn as much as possible while soaking in “an opportunity of a lifetime,” Troy Ball of LaCrosse Footwear travels to New Mexico with his bow in search of a bull elk.

Along the way, he experiences how hunting helps conserve elk populations by enhancing herd health, genetics and other d...

MISSOULA, Mont. — There is a new access point to more than 13,000 acres of previously difficult-to-reach and nearly land-locked public land in south-central Idaho.

The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation worked with interim landowner Eric Siegfried, also an RMEF life member, to acquire and convey a 23...