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ANNUAL REPORT 2011

R O C K Y M O U N T A I N E L K F O U N D A T I O N

M DaviD allenPREsIDENT & CEO

John CaiDChAIRMAN, BOARD OF DIRECTORs

The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation reached another major milestone in 2011, notching its 6 millionth acre

conserved. That means in less than three decades, passionate elk hunters have given their time and money to conserve enough prime habitat to cover Yellowstone, Grand Canyon, Glacier, Yosemite, Rocky Mountain and Great Smoky Mountains national parks combined. The Elk Foundation works with federal, state, tribal and private partners to ensure each dollar does the most good. For every dollar we raise, we put $9 to work on the ground where it counts—forever protecting the most crucial elk habitat and improving essential forage, water, cover and open space. That habitat is spread all across elk country from southern Alaska to North Carolina.

Six million acres amounts to 608 acres conserved every day since 1984. That’s nearly one square mile of elk country per day for 27 years. That’s an incredible pace—and a massive block of country where cows can nurture the next generation of calves each spring and summer, where wild bulls will continue to fill the air with bugles come fall, and where all of them can find vital forage to carry them through the winter. So far, the Elk Foundation has completed more than 5,000 land protection and stewardship projects to make healthy habitat for America’s greatest game. Wherever there’s a wild elk herd, you can bet there’s an RMEF project nearby.

In 2011, the Elk Foundation forever protected almost 41,000 acres of the most critical habitat for elk and other wildlife. In addition, RMEF funded 220 stewardship projects to enhance habitat on nearly 112,000 acres across 19 states. On top of that, we helped restore wild, free-ranging elk to the Ozarks of southern Missouri after a 150-year absence.

RMEF volunteers, staff and members alike should be proud. And that wasn’t the only good news of the year: our membership has swelled to an all-time high of more than 184,000. That total, posted at the end of December, is 6,135 members more than year-end 2010. It is the fourth straight year that RMEF has set a new membership record.

We’re grateful for the growth, and we believe it’s a testament to the fact RMEF is becoming more relevant than ever. Elk country is more than a pretty landscape. It represents an entire lifestyle. And when an elk hunter’s way of life is threatened—as it is now with habitat loss, overgrown forests, too many wolves, shrinking hunting access and more—you can bet they’ll find a way to respond. Hunters, after all, have been championing wildlife since the very beginning.

Every early culture from the horn of Africa to the Arctic relied on hunting for their very sustenance and survival. Through the hunt they forged profound connections with the land and all it supports. They learned quickly that stewardship of the land went hand-in-hand with maintaining wildlife—and

their own way of life.

Rooted in this same fundamental equation, leaders like Theodore Roosevelt and Aldo Leopold shaped a set of ideals in the first half of the 20th century that came to be known as the North American Model of Wildlife Management. They articulated the philosophy that all wildlife is held in a public trust and that ethical, regulated hunting is an integral cog in the wheel of abundant and sustainable wildlife. Simply put, the United States has the most successful wildlife management system in the world. Hunters and anglers have contributed more financial and physical support to that system than any other group of individuals.

Hunting Is Conservation. Today, the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation is encouraging everyone who supports hunting to take greater pride in our legacy. We honor all that the hunters who came before us have contributed to the recovery and long-term health of the wildlife we treasure. And we salute all that the hunters of today are doing to ensure that legacy endures.

Members of RMEF have gone above and beyond to support “boots on the ground” conservation. All of you who contribute your time, treasure and talents to grassroots conservation organizations like the Elk Foundation are proving every day that hunters truly are titans of conservation.

Hunting absolutely provides us with the world’s healthiest and most delicious meat, but it also honors our culture and gives us a deep-seeded connection with the land and wildlife. It is a natural and integral part of our lives. The more we hunt, the more we care about the habitat, the animals and the future of both. This is a vital part of our American heritage. We must celebrate it and keep it alive so we can keep driving to conserve the next million acres of great elk country. Thank you.

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P r e s i d e n t ' s a n d B o a r d ' s M e s s a g e

John Caid, Chairman Pinetop, AZFred Bryant, Vice-Chairman Kingsville, TXLee swanson, Vice-Chairman Cross Plains, WIDon Cook Emporia, KsLarry Devin Griswold, IAMichael Flores sacramento, CAGary “swede” French Eagle Creek, ORLee Gamble Dandridge, TNGeorge McCoy Las Cruces, NMPaul O’Connell Beech Mountain, NCBill L. Olson houston, TXLinda Powell summerfield, NCLou Prusinovski Redding, CAChuck Roady Bonners Ferry, IDDennis Radocha Boise, IDRob springer Mulberry, FLMark Tolar Woodville, TXKeith Ward huson, MTGlenda Wilson Cody, WY

Board of DirectorsCharlie Decker Libby, MTBob Munson Lynnwood, WA

Norm Bruce, Secretary/Treasurer Minitonas, MBRodger Fleming Butler, PABob Forbes Cranbrook, BCGeorge McCoy, Ph.D Las Cruces, NMMartin scholz Tomslake, BC

M David Allen President & CEO Rod Triepke secretary & COOLori Parker Treasurer & CFO

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Founders & Honorary Lifetime Members

Officers

The Mission of The RoCky MounTain elk founDaTion is To ensuRe The fuTuRe of elk, oTheR wilDlife anD TheiR habiTaT.

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R e v e n u e s

Net special events $8,028

Net merchandise, royalty & advertising sales 2,665

Membership dues 8,148

Donations (excluding conservation easements) 5,550

Conservation Easements 24,079

Land sales 5,034

Contract & grant revenue 2,217

Investment income 140

Other income (loss) 201

Funds available for program & support services $56,062

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Fundraising 1,263

Administration 4,194

Program services 48,988

Total expenses $54,445

Increase in net assets $1,617

AsseTs, L IAbIL IT Ies & neT AsseT summARY

Current assets $12,524

Investments 11,157

Property & equipment, net of depreciation 25,923

Conservation land holdings 2,523

Other assets 1,942

Total assets $54,069

Current liabilities 5,828

Planned gift liabilities, net of current portion 1,258

Long-term debt, net of current portion 3,365

Total liabilities $10,451

Total liabilities & net assets $54,069

Unrestricted net assets 19,437

Temporarily restricted net assets 17,076

Permanently restricted net assets 7,105

Total net assets $43,618

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The information above is derived from the 2011 financial statements audited by Clark Nuber P.s. Complete audited statements can be seen at www.rmef.org, or request a copy at (800)225-5355.

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PeRManenT lanD PRoTeCTionForever. That’s how long we aim to keep elk country wild and open to the public. We achieve that through acquisitions, conservation easements, land exchanges, land and real estate donations and contributions.

2011 ToTal: 21 land protection projects protected 40,952 acres of critical wildlife habitat in eight states.

habiTaT sTewaRDshiPWe work with federal, state, tribal and private partners to improve essential forage, water, cover and open space for wildlife.

2011 ToTal: 220 habitat and wildlife stewardship projects enhanced 111,894 acres in 19 states.

hunTinG heRiTaGe & ConseRvaTion eDuCaTionThe Elk Foundation’s programs nurture a better understanding of the role people play in conserving elk, other wildlife and their habitat and the importance of our hunting heritage.

2011 ToTal: 282 conservation outreach and hunting heritage projects reached more than 789,000 children and adults in 41 states. In addition, 38,716 people of all ages visited the Elk Country Visitor Center in Missoula.

MeMbeRshiPThe Elk Foundation’s dedicated members hail from every state and province. Each year, they donate thousands of hours to help put on nearly 680 fundraising events that net millions of dollars. Members also volunteer for hundreds of dirt-under-the-fingernails projects, like pulling weeds, removing hazardous old fences and installing water guzzlers.

2011 ToTal: 184,135 members all across North America stepped up to help keep elk country wild.

The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation helped ensure the future of elk, other wildlife and their habitat with a great year of achievements through these programs.


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alabaMaShowing U.S. military men and women our appreciation for their service to our country by getting them into the great outdoors is something the Elk Foundation takes pride in. For example, in 2011 the foundation’s North Alabama Chapter hosted a deer hunting opportunity for four veterans from Alabama and Tennessee. Volunteers coordinated logistics, provided lodging, prepared meals and guided the hunters. This is the third year the chapter has offered the hunt.

alaskaAlaska Outdoor Kids! provides outdoor experiences for hundreds of youths and women who may not have the opportunity otherwise. The Elk Foundation is helping sponsor the effort, which is a partnership of the Outdoor Heritage Foundation of Alaska and the Alaska Department of Fish and Game. The program includes more than 200 young people engaged in the Youth Shooting League and 65 schools participating in the National Archery in the Schools Program. It also introduces young people to the outdoors and conservation through the Alaska Conservation Camp as well as the Youth Outdoor Days, which give young people a chance to learn shooting, archery and fishing along with camping and other outdoor skills. But it doesn’t stop there. The program hosts more than 20 Becoming an Outdoors-Woman programs in the state each year, involving everything from basic outdoors classes to a hunt on Kodiak Island. Elk Foundation funds helped provide supplies, NASP kits, targets and ammo for these various programs.

aRizonaNot all parents have the skills or experience to introduce their kids to hunting, shooting and the outdoors, and that’s where Youth Outdoors Unlimited and the Arizona Game and Fish Department come in. With funding assistance from the Elk Foundation and others, the partners held three junior hunter camps in 2011—including a predator hunter camp, small game hunter camp and antlerless elk hunter camp—to provide youths and their parents with hands-on instruction in tracking and calling game, shooting, safety and ethics, field dressing and skinning, and conservation. About 200 youths, parents and volunteers attended the camps. The Elk Foundation helped purchase supplies, and foundation volunteers pitched in to help with tracking and calling, retrieving game and cooking meals.

aRkansasMost Americans are familiar with national parks. In 1972, Arkansas’ Buffalo River became our country’s first national river, now home-base to the state’s herd of 500 elk. Since the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission first restored elk in the early 1980s, state and federal agencies have worked hard to expand prime elk habitat outside of the Buffalo River bottomland. The Elk Foundation has been key to this effort over the past decade, helping fund projects to improve habitat for elk and other wildlife. In 2011 habitat managers completed prescribed burns and cleared new openings through “bush-hogging” across nearly 4,725 acres of forests and meadows. They also planted native vegetation on 438 acres, sprayed more than 10 acres of invasive weeds and planted trees on 5 acres. Wildlife managers say planting native warm-season grasses in particular is crucial to maintaining elk herd health.

Wallow wildFire Relief—ArizonaIn 2011, the Wallow Wildfire burned more than half-a-million acres of prime elk country in eastern Arizona, prompting the Arizona Game and Fish Department to propose emergency wildfire mitigation efforts. The Elk Foundation was happy to help out. The state’s 16 RMEF chapters raised and committed $75,000 to the effort, and these funds were matched by the national office in Missoula. half the money helped supply livestock feed and hay to private landowners whose cattle, sheep and horse pastures were being grazed by about 2,200 displaced elk. The projects ultimately staved off the need to artificially feed the elk before summer monsoon rains arrived and green-up began. The other half of the funds provided native seed to help restore the area.


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CalifoRnia The world’s smallest elk species should reap big benefits from a new land protection project in northern California. The Elk Foundation is working with landowners in Mendocino and Lake counties to place 65,261 contiguous acres in conservation easements, some of the best tule elk habitat left anywhere. In partnership with the California Wildlife Conservation Board and California Department of Fish and Game, the Elk Foundation and landowners signed off on Phase 1 in 2011, protecting 8,544 acres. The project is bordered on three sides by the Wild and Scenic Eel River system, forming a peninsula of pristine plant and wildlife habitat nearly nonexistent in this part of California. Developers have approached the landowners time and again to sell, and development has already occurred up to some of the property’s fencelines. The massive project not only secures vital wildlife habitat, but also encourages sustainable forestry and ranching—both vital to the economy in the area.

ColoRaDoA warm bed with a full cupboard right next door is an elk’s dream-come-true on winter range, and elk wintering along Reinecker Ridge in the James Mark Jones Wildlife Management Area are living that dream. Twelve hundred elk and 75 mule deer seek shelter on frigid nights in the bands of conifers and aspens found along the ridge, then meander down to the adjacent south-facing slopes during the day to feed. The Elk Foundation is helping the Colorado Division of Wildlife in its ongoing efforts to keep Reinecker Ridge attractive to elk and deer through a series of habitat enhancements. From March to May 2011, the partners mechanically treated 40 acres of declining aspen on 10 units ranging in size from 1.5 to 8 acres, snipping the stems during dormancy to stimulate aspen suckering during the growing season.

ConneCTiCuTGiving urban kids the opportunity to explore the sport of archery can be difficult, especially if their archery equipment is haggard. Such was the scenario for participants of Wethersfield High School’s archery program. Years back, the creators of the program intended equipment to be replaced on a regular basis. Due to budget constraints, that hasn’t happened. The Elk Foundation knows archery equipment requires maintenance and occasional replacement. To help out, the Foundation gave the school’s archery program a State Grant to purchase new arrows, shooting gloves and targets for the 100 students in the archery program. Now, archery will continue to inspire urban high-school students to get excited about the sport, which has proven to boost the grades of shooters. Future hunters there can hone their skills on targets, and maybe one day go after big game.

DelawaReWild elk haven’t been spotted in Delaware since early colonial times, but the Elk Foundation was more than happy to award a State Grant in 2011 to help support wetland restoration tours and conservation education at the Blackiston Wildlife Area. The program educates the public about the value of restoring forested wetlands and how waterfowl, aquatic furbearers, amphibians, reptiles and other organisms benefit from such conservation work. Impressed, the state Division of Fish and Wildlife’s Aquatic Resource Education Center and the DuPont Nature Center are taking advantage of the tours as well.

Willow Foothill • CaliforniaAnywhere from 100 to 300 Roosevelt’s elk use the 640-acre Willow Foothill property during the fall, winter and spring. Meanwhile, just north of the property subdivisions continue to creep closer. When the land came on the market in 2011, the Elk Foundation knew it needed to act to ensure it remained prime elk habitat. Now owned by the Foundation, the land will either be put under a conservation easement and sold to a conservation buyer or placed in public ownership. With only a single dirt road and very little infrastructure, Willow Foothill will forever remain a lonely place—just the way elk like it.

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floRiDaA disability should not prevent willing individuals from participating in outdoor activities, and that’s why the Elk Foundation provided a State Grant in 2011 to help American Disability Adventures (ADA) provide those opportunities. Through ADA, disabled individuals are given the chance to learn about and participate in hunting, fishing, camping and other outdoor recreational activities—all of which offer companionship, build confidence, and provide a shared sense of freedom and accomplishment.

GeoRGiaBesides a providing mouthful of a name to pronounce, the Jones County 4-H Shooting Awareness Fun and Education Team provides youths with the knowledge and skills for a lifetime of recreation and the potential for a career in natural resources. The program stresses safety, ethics, personal responsibility and outdoor skills while promoting decision-making and personal goal-setting. Young people gain an appreciation of natural resources and wildlife. Having grown from just a handful of participants, the project now involves more than 50 youths interested in the outdoors but who haven’t had the opportunity to experience it. An Elk Foundation State Grant helped purchase practice shot shells, practice targets, shooting safety items and team shirts.

iDahoOnce a premier elk hunting destination, the Clearwater Basin is now home to a struggling elk herd due to predators and poor habitat. The Clearwater Basin Collaborative aims to change that—and resolve other land management issues and conflicts—by bringing diverse interests to the table to devise ways to improve environmental and rural economic conditions in the region. Elk Foundation funding in 2011 helped inventory and treat weeds, set prescribed burns, cut brush, improve watersheds and maintain trails across nearly 83,000 acres.

illinoisThe Illinois State Rifle Association customized a 16-foot trailer as a pop-out classroom, so instructors can travel the state teaching lessons on firearms and archery. Of course, they need some firepower for the participants, which is why the Elk Foundation recently donated funds to purchase three Savage Mark II .22 caliber target rifles, which are lightweight and easy to operate. The unit houses 10 rifles, 10 shotguns, three clay bird throwers and targets, 12 target stands, six archery setups and all the classroom literature to train 40 students at a time. The Mobile Training Unit teaches 1,500 to 2,000 students per year, and because of high demand, the State Rifle Association hopes to outfit another unit soon.

inDianaThe Terre Haute Parks and Recreation Department held its 30th Annual Kids’ Fishing Rodeo at Dobbs Memorial Park in 2011, where youths ages 2 to 15 competed. Prizes were awarded for catching the largest fish and for catching the most fish. An Elk Foundation grant helped cover the cost of fishing poles and tackle boxes for the winning catches. More than 150 kids from around the area came out for the event.

Hope-Sagle Land Exchange • Idaho In 2011, following a decade of ground work, the Elk Foundation helped seal the deal on a land exchange, permanently securing 921 acres of elk and moose wintering range and public access overlooking Lake Pend Oreille in northern Idaho. Elk Foundation staff helped broker the exchange, and Elk Foundation volunteers in Idaho raised money to help cover project costs. Formerly owned by stimson Lumber, the land is now part of the adjoining Idaho Panhandle National Forest. Not only did the project protect critical wildlife habitat in a scenic area that’s disappearing beneath summer homes, it also provides an ideal location for developing a new access point into the existing Idaho Panhandle National Forest trail system.

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iowaForty-seven women ages 18 to 85 received hands-on instruction in shooting rifles, bows and handguns from members of the Elk Foundation’s River Bluffs Chapter at Iowa’s 2011 Becoming an Outdoors-Woman workshop. Each year, more than 80 weekend-long workshops are held across North America attracting more than 20,000 participants. The workshops introduce women to a variety of activities including hunting, shooting, fishing, canoeing, camping and cooking over a campfire. Iowa held its first workshop in 1994 and continues to hold one each fall, attracting women from all over Iowa as well and surrounding states.

kansasElk can test a farmer’s patience—and pocketbook—if they make a habit out of raiding crops. Damage complaints may in turn have dire consequences for the future growth of a herd. On the Fort Riley Army Base in northeast Kansas, the Elk Foundation has continued its long-standing commitment to give elk more to eat on the base and relieve pressure on surrounding agricultural lands. Project managers planted forage plots for wildlife that not only keep elk from depredating private fields, but also give the public a great location to see wildlife. A 2011 Elk Foundation grant paid for seeds and fertilizer.

kenTuCkyMost of Kentucky’s 10,000 elk live and thrive on reclaimed strip-mine lands, yet research about how best to reclaim these areas for wildlife isn’t well catalogued. In 2011, the Appalachian Wildlife Foundation contracted with the University of Tennessee to review all previously published and unpublished data and research results to create a summary that describes everything that is known of wildlife-friendly reclamation in the Eastern U.S. and Texas. This “one stop shop” will be available as a reference for regulators, wildlife agencies and wildlife conservation groups to develop techniques that benefit wildlife on mine sites. The Elk Foundation helped fund the research and publication costs.

Safe Challenge • IndianaIn september 2011, 72 youths and their families and 45 volunteers (including 25 from the Elk Foundation’s Indiana Chapter) gathered for Indiana’s first sAFE Challenge event at the Craig Family Camp. sAFE, or shooting Access For Everyone, is the Elk Foundation program underwritten by Larry and Brenda Potterfield of MidwayUsA that makes it possible for any young person or novice shooter in America to learn firearm safety, the hunter’s role in conservation, shooting ethics and how to shoot a variety of firearms. The partners hosted 40 sAFE events in 22 states across the country in 2011, reaching 5,450 participants. After the Indiana event, one 8-year-old was overheard telling his grandfather that “today was the best day of my life. It was like paradise.”


MaineIt’s never too early to teach youngsters marksmanship and gun safety, and that’s why Silverton Sporting Ranch, with help from an Elk Foundation State Grant, offers a free, one-day youth gun-handling and safety event. Held in September, it offers the opportunity for participants to complete a five-station sporting clays course. As in previous years, Elk Foundation volunteers assisted with tending the traps and supervising kids while shooting. Cabela’s provided gift cards, hats and targets.

MaRylanDThe Old Line State may once again echo with the bugles of wild, free-ranging elk if a study launched in 2011 shows wapiti can thrive alongside residents and farmers in the western part of the state. Eastern elk once roamed throughout Maryland, but herds were killed off by 1850. Last year the Elk Foundation joined forces with the Maryland Legislative Sportsmen’s Foundation and Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) to research the feasibility of restoring elk to the state. A $125,000 Elk Foundation grant is helping to fund a habitat assessment, economic impact analysis and public opinion survey. The study will run for more than a year, after which the DNR will fully evaluate the results before making any decisions.

MassaChuseTTsMore than 6,200 people from Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Hampshire and Vermont invaded tiny Sturbridge (population 10,000) in September to attend the Division of Wildlife’s 15th Annual Massachusetts Outdoor Expo. A family event, its main goal was to get children interested in wildlife and the outdoors. Activities included firearm safety, trap shooting, .22 target shooting, canoeing, kayaking, mountain biking, wild game-meat tasting, rock climbing, fly-casting and birdhouse building. The Elk Foundation co-sponsored the event, and a volunteer-manned booth provided information about the Pennsylvania elk program.

MiChiGanNot every school has its own National Archery in the Schools Program (NASP) yet, but the Outdoor Discovery Center Macatawa Greenway (ODCMG) figured out a way to bring archery to the schools with a traveling archery program. Based on NASP curriculum, the Michigan Mobile Marksmanship Training Unit introduces youths in 4th through 10th grades to the sport and teaches the cultural history of archery through target shooting. The unit is available to local school groups, community groups, home school students, scouts, youth groups and special needs groups. In 2011, upwards of 330 kids participated, about 100 of them considered to be at-risk youths. An Elk Foundation grant helped purchase three Genesis bows, targets and an arrow net.

MissouriMissourians got to say “welcome home,” after a 150-year absence, to 34 wild elk in May 2011 after a trailer brought the herd from Kentucky and released them into a holding pen at the Peck Ranch Conservation Area. Following an acclimation period, the elk—including five new calves—were released into the wild in June to roam the rugged hills and valleys of the 346-square-mile elk restoration zone spanning parts of shannon, Carter and Reynolds counties. The Missouri Depar tment of Conservation plans to release up to 150 elk in the future, as well as hold a limited hunting season once the herd is well-established to help manage its size. The Elk Foundation provided $300,000 for trapping, disease testing and transportation costs, while RMEF members played a huge role in returning elk to Missouri, including spending countless hours calling and writing state legislators to get their support for the reintroduction. Many were also on hand to help prepare the release site and construct the holding pens on the Peck Ranch.



MinnesoTa A few hundred wild elk roam the Land of 10,000 Lakes, and to make sure their habitat is in top form, the Elk Foundation helped fund a seeding, fertilizing and mowing project on 49 acres at the Grygla and Wapiti wildlife management areas in 2011. Habitat maintenance will help produce good forage for elk and other wildlife, hopefully keeping the elk herd on public lands and away from private croplands where they tend to get into trouble.

MississiPPi Lewisburg High School (LHS) in Olive Branch, Mississippi, knows all too well how difficult it can be to teach students about archery safety and marksmanship without proper equipment. A member of the vaunted National Archery in the Schools Program (NASP), LHS has scratched by for some time with little to no funding. To help cover its expenses and allow LHS to continue its archery program, the Elk Foundation gave a grant to purchase arrows and shooting supplies. This will allow the 24 students on the Lewisburg team to keep aiming for the bull’s-eye in their competitions against other high-school teams throughout Mississippi.

MissouRiWith elk restored in 2011, Missourians are naturally curious about their newest wild neighbor, prompting the Missouri Department of Natural Resources (DNR) to purchase two Wild About Elk Education Trunks from the Elk Foundation to provide educational tools for youths and the public. The Elk Foundation assembled the kits, which contain antlers, hides and fun activities designed to help kids and adults learn about elk biology, habitats and conservation. DNR will use the trunks in school classrooms, youth programs, sports shows and conservation events.

MonTanaThe wild lands surrounding the East and West Forks of the Bitterroot River used to offer some of the best elk hunting in Montana. But elk numbers have plummeted from 1,900 in the West Fork in 2005 to 750 today. In the East Fork an estimated 3,000 elk still persist, down from 3,500 in 2005. Unfortunately, calf recruitment there has dropped from a healthy 30 calves per 100 cows down to an unsustainable 15 per 100. Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks suspects that wolves and other predators are playing the biggest role in the decline, combined with deteriorating habitat quality in some areas and subdivision on winter range. In 2011, wildlife biologists began collaring and tracking 40 cow elk as part of a three-year study to first map the cows’ winter migration routes and spring calving grounds, then radio-tag the calves once they’re born. By following the calves, biologists aim to determine how many die, the cause of death, the time of year and location. The Elk Foundation contributed $30,800 to the study.

Montana An ongoing project to protect key habitat and secure public access reached 1,480 acres along central Montana’s Tenderfoot Creek. A coalition of partners including the Elk Foundation, Bair Ranch Foundation, Tenderfoot Trust and U.s. Forest service placed two tracts totaling 320 acres into public ownership in 2011, which will be incorporated into the Lewis and Clark National Forest. Tenderfoot Creek is a tributary of the scenic smith River, a famous blue-ribbon trout fishery nestled in a towering limestone canyon. Tenderfoot Creek cascades down 3,200 feet of elevation through the classic elk country of the Little Belt Mountains, home to hundreds of elk, mule deer, moose, black bears and a host of other wildlife. The project’s first phase in 2010 conveyed 1,160 acres to the national forest. All together, 8,200 acres are planned for the Tenderfoot project, helping to shore up checkerboard ownership patterns between the area’s private and public landowners.

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naTionalThe Elk Foundation and U.S. Forest Service marked 25 years of partnering for elk country in 2011, and to celebrate the two collaborated on a children’s book titled, The Wild Life of Elk. The book follows the species through the seasons and centuries. It explores the many habitats in which elk thrive, the growth cycle of their antlers, the intricacies of their social structure, how they defend themselves during fights with rivals and attacking predators, and how they have adapted to survive brutal winters and blistering heat. The book also follows elk through history and shows the many ways that humans have depended on the species.

nebRaskaIn May 2011, Elk Foundation volunteers replaced a half-mile of an old, woven-wire boundary fence between Fort Robinson State Park and the Soldier Creek Wilderness. People came from five states to make it easier for deer, elk and bighorn sheep to migrate safely between habitats and to reduce fence damage. After pulling the old wire and poles, the crew pounded in new posts and stapled new wire. Because elk calves and bighorn lambs have difficulty going under or over woven fences, the team installed a smooth bottom wire 16 inches above the ground for the animals to slide under, and then strung the top wire at 42 inches. Originally planning for a three-day project, the enthusiastic group was able to pull off the work in a day and a half.

nevaDaCalled the “loneliest highway in America,” U.S. Route 50 crosses the northern tier of the White Pine Mountains. This range is famous for its ancient bristlecone pines but is actually named after the limber pines. In some spots, though, it might as well have been named after pinyons and junipers, which have all but taken over to the detriment of elk and other species. The Elk Foundation, U.S. Forest Service and Nevada Department of Wildlife aim to ensure this famous wapiti-rich range won’t be renamed anytime soon. In 2011, Elk Foundation funds assisted in clearing more than 1,000 acres of invading pinyon-juniper to help sustain the mountain and sagebrush habitat that has defined this area and supported mule deer and elk for millennia. Crews targeted young trees, spreading the slash as mulch to promote growth of forbs by trapping soil moisture. Pinyons and junipers may eventually return, but with projects such as this, they won’t take over.

new MexiCoOnce again the Elk Foundation stepped up to help the Gila National Forest with its ambitious effort to treat some 95,000 acres of habitat in Area 74—home to more than 20,000 elk—through prescribed burning and mechanical thinning over a 10-year period. Fire suppression has changed the ecosystem here, allowing forests to grow decadent to the extent that tree diseases and insect infestations are widespread. The potential for extreme wildfires has land managers concerned. The increase in grasses, forbs and browse from the 3,384 acres burned in 2011 should aid mule deer, turkeys and black bears, as well as northern goshawks and other rare species—not to mention the bugling bulls aplenty that entice elk hunters in this wild corner of New Mexico.

Cathedral Canyon • NevadaThe picturesque granite outcrops of Cathedral Canyon stand high above the grasses and forbs beneath, making for heavenly elk summer range—except for the lack of water. To address this, the Elk Foundation and U.s. Forest service partnered in 2011 to install two 1,800-guzzlers and a water collection apron. The guzzlers work in tandem so that rain and snowmelt are funneled down a rubber apron into the first guzzler, which, if full, will overflow into the second guzzler. The partners also constructed a four-strand fence with treated corner posts around the collection skir t and placed a pipe-rail fence around the tanks to prevent damage from livestock and wild horses. Elk Foundation Ely Chapter volunteers provided free labor to install the guzzlers.


new yoRkSince 2001, the Conservation Alliance of New York’s Venison Donation Program has supplied hunter-harvested ground venison, as well as purchased ground beef, to food pantries across Ostego and Delaware counties. Nearly 30 tons of meat have been distributed to needy families over the past decade. The Elk Foundation is a sponsor of the program, and in 2011 awarded a State Grant to help cover processing costs.

noRTh CaRolina Great Smoky Mountains National Park lifted the “experimental” status of its restored elk herd in 2011, clearing the way for permanent management of elk in the park. Elk were extirpated from the region some 200 years ago. In a release funded by the Elk Foundation, the first elk stepped foot in the park in 2001, and today the herd is healthy at about 140 animals. Research indicates that the population is sustainable, has minimal impacts on the park’s resources and human-elk conflicts are manageable. Going forward, the park’s objective is to maintain a self-sustaining elk population within its boundaries with minimal impacts to the park’s other resources. Elk have been a popular addition and have boosted the local economy though increased tourism. In fact, the Cataloochee Valley, where elk were originally released, now receives about twice the visitation than it did prior to elk restoration.

noRTh DakoTaThe Mooreton Sportsman’s Club Youth Mentoring Program offers kids 16 and under who have successfully completed their hunter safety course the chance to take it to the next level before they venture into the field. Throughout the summer of 2011, around 30 youths were given one-on-one instruction on range and trapshooting etiquette, gun safety, shooting positions, point-of-aim, follow-through and sight picture. Elk Foundation funds helped purchase shells and clay targets, and volunteers from RMEF’s Bois-de-Sioux Chapter served as mentors, range workers, scorekeepers and cooks.

East Magdalena • New Mexicohills around East Magdalena used to be choked by a solid green blanket of overgrown pinyon pine, juniper, ponderosa pine and mountain mahogany. But the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), with Elk Foundation funding, is making this habitat more wildlife friendly through a multi-year restoration effort that aims to treat 10,725 acres of woody vegetation across 31,000 acres. In 2011, the BLM thinned about 267 acres—creating some 70 open patches across a 1,206-acre mosaic. habitat managers are focusing this work on ridges, canyon bottoms and meadows historically used by elk and other wildlife. Thinning the water-hogging conifers will offer more sunlight and moisture to grasses and forbs on the ground—a benefit not only to elk, but mule deer, Merriam’s turkeys, black bears and Mexican spotted owls as well.


ohioSoutheast of Canton in the beautiful rolling hills adjacent to Leesville Lake, young people and their parents gathered for the Youth Outdoor Camp put on by the Lake and Trails Organization and sponsored in part by the Elk Foundation. Upwards of 120 participants, ages 10-17, tried their hand at a number of outdoor skills. The camp is a four-year program. The goal for freshman is to obtain their Hunter Safety Certificate. Sophomores learn primitive living techniques, survival skills, watercraft safety, taxidermy, waterfowl hunting techniques and trapping. Third year students earn their Boater Safety Certificate and practice advanced shooting and archery, while the fourth year students get to participate in more advanced shooting instruction, high ropes clinic and advanced cooking. In addition, there is a pheasant hunt with trained field dogs and a deer-processing clinic.

oklahoMaPrescribed burning is almost always a homerun for wildlife, especially in areas so choked with trees that not much grows on the ground for animals to eat. In 2011, managers at the Pushmataha Wildlife Management Area (WMA) attempted to curb this problem by burning 10,555 acres as part of a decade-old program to enhance habitat for elk, deer, turkeys, quail and a variety of migratory songbirds. In reality, biologists have been researching the vegetative response to fire frequency here for 30 years. Opening up the canopy allows more sunlight to reach the forest floor, which increases the production of native grasses and forbs and reduces woody vegetation. An Elk Foundation grant helped purchase aerial ignition materials for the burns. The WMA plans to burn additional acreage in 2012, and then implement a rotational burn program to maintain the newly restored ecosystem.

oReGonIn 2007, the Egley Wildfire burned 140,000 acres of public and private lands in the Blue Mountains. Since 2009, the Elk Foundation has awarded a handful of grants to the Malheur National Forest to help with rehabilitation efforts in the area, including rebuilding guzzlers, treating weeds, fencing aspen stands and revegetating roads created or reopened during wildfire suppression efforts. Elk Foundation funds helped make as many as a dozen guzzler repairs in 2011, plus manually treated seven acres of noxious weeds, seeded 100 acres and closed 35 miles of roads—all in an effort to improve conditions for the coveted Blue Mountains elk herd, as well as the mule deer, rabbits and pygmy owls that call this region home.

Foley Ridge • OregonUpwards of 120 elk once roamed Foley Ridge on the McKenzie River Ranger District. These days the number is down to 40. That’s largely because the natural openings that harbor the vine maple, grasses and forbs that elk love are getting choked out by invasive weeds and encroaching conifers that have gone wild since disturbances such as fire have star ted being snuffed out. In 2011, the U.s. Forest, Elk Foundation and a host of volunteers, young and old, helped turn the tide, treating 112 acres of invasive weeds, planting and seeding native plants on 57 acres as elk forage, and mowing and cutting back 38 acres of shrubs to promote sprouting. Over the next five years, these efforts will continue on different sites across Foley Ridge, as well as thinning work and improving water sources.



PennsylvaniaFar-sighted, conservation-minded landowners George and Irene Windolph permanently protected their 454-acre wildlife oasis near Nordmont through a donated conservation easement with the Elk Foundation in 2011. The move ensures the land will always be much like it is today—retired farmlands and well-managed forestlands with abundant populations of wildlife including deer, turkeys and bears. The couple has also worked hard to acquire the majority of the mineral rights. The Elk Foundation will hold the easement and monitor provisions annually.

souTh CaRolinaThirty mobility impaired and wounded veterans from throughout the southeastern U.S., and as far away as Ohio, along with wounded warriors from the Fort Gordon Veterans Hospital in Augusta, Georgia, were given the opportunity to hunt deer and hogs on the U.S. Department of Energy’s 150,000-acre Savannah River Site (SRS) site. This marks the 11th season of the mobility impaired hunt at SRS. The Elk Foundation’s Savannah River Chapter members raffled two rifles to raise proceeds for the two-day event, as well as assisted with the hunts.

souTh DakoTaThere has never been a radio-collared elk calf in the Black Hills—until now. Custer State Park hosts nearly 2,000 elk, but the herd is struggling, and biologists want to know why. The Elk Foundation is helping the state fund a study to determine the cause of the herd’s decline, so biologists can adapt their management to ensure a future for the elk in this legendary park. Elk Foundation funds bought radio collars, which biologists fitted to calf and cow elk to study movement, nutritional condition, reproduction and calf survival.

TennesseeHigh school students don’t mind heading back to class during their summer break for the Tennessee Outdoors Youth Summit (TOYS) hosted by the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency at the Montgomery County Shooting Complex. During this week-long event, participants receive hands-on instruction in hunting, trapping, archery, shooting, boating, camping, photography, plant identification, forestry, water quality, and wildlife and fisheries biology. They are even given the opportunity to gain certification in some of the programs. Elk Foundation volunteers from the Warioto Chapter were on hand in 2011 to teach marksmanship and educate students about the Elk Foundation’s work and the North American Wildlife Conservation Model.

State Game Land #311 • PennsylvaniaDecades ago, coal mining on what is now state Game Land #311 left behind a barren and damaged landscape nearly uninhabitable to wildlife. But the Elk Foundation, Pennsylvania Game Commission and Pennsylvania Bureau of Mine Reclamation have been working to reverse that. The latest effort in 2011 created 42 acres of new wildlife forage openings by preparing the soil with wood fibers and lime, then seeding and fertilizing it with high-quality clovers, legumes and grasses. The work was done in August and september, and by November, turkeys, deer, bears and other wildlife—including 170 elk—could be seen feasting on the lush growth.

TexasIntroducing kids to the outdoors is always a treat. Hidden Acres east of Dallas specializes in that very thing. With a State Grant from the Elk Foundation, Hidden Acres launched an archery program at its camp. The grant paid for six bows, arrows and target equipment. In addition, Hidden Acres was able to train five volunteers in archery instruction. This allowed 270 kids, grades 3 to 6—200 of them considered at-risk youths—to learn and practice archery, many for the first time. Last year, Hidden Acres upgraded its archery program with the purchase of five more bows and seven wrist-rocket slingshots, along with supporting equipment. Two of the bows were “minis,” allowing younger kids to try their hand at archery.

uTahThe streamside meadows, sagebrush flats and woodlands of the Book Cliffs grow exceptional trophy elk and mule deer, thanks in part to a long-standing partnership between the Elk Foundation and Utah Division of Wildlife Resources (DWR), who have teamed up on a number of projects over the years to keep wildlife habitat in tip-top shape. And 2011 was no exception: the partners lopped and scattered encroaching pinyon-juniper on more than 700 acres of big game summer and year-round range on Rock Springs and Cherry mesas, rejuvenated nearly 65 acres of sagebrush habitat in the Big Park area, and constructed a five new guzzlers at the Two Waters Wildlife Management Area to provide additional water sources for elk, mule deer and bison. DWR recently restored a herd of bison to the Book Cliffs, and managers hope the habitat work will help to minimize bison-livestock conflicts.

viRGiniaThe Elk Foundation’s Mountain Empire Chapter hosted a SAFE Challenge event for youths ages 10-18 in Grayson, Carroll, Wythe and Smyth counties in 2011. SAFE, or Shooting Access For Everyone, is the Elk Foundation program underwritten by Larry and Brenda Potterfield of MidwayUSA that makes it possible for any young person or novice shooter in America to learn firearm safety, the hunter’s role in conservation, shooting ethics and how to shoot a variety of firearms. The chapter coordinated with Boy Scout troops, Girl Scout troops, 4-H chapters and schools to cover educational materials and instruction, then rounded it out by hosting a one-day shooting event at the New River Wildlife Conservation Club shooting range in Fries. Each participant received a t-shirt, hat and lunch, plus a SAFE Challenge Certificate of Completion.

Supporting Military Warriors • TexasThe Military Warriors support Foundation provides recreational outings, including hunting experiences, to combat-wounded military to thank them for their service to our country. In 2011, the group hosted hunts in Wyoming and Colorado for 13 wounded veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan from the Brooke Army Medical Center in san Antonio. The Elk Foundation was honored to award a state Grant to help cover costs for the Colorado hunters, including travel and out-of-state permits.


washinGTonNeighbors helping neighbors is still alive and well in southeastern Washington, where several private landowners in the Walla Walla area teamed up with the Elk Foundation and Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife to improve wildlife habitat on their own properties to help entice crop-raiding elk off adjacent private agricultural lands. All told, the partners treated 2,550 acres of yellow starthistle and spotted knapweed with herbicides in the Touchet River drainage and on Robinette Mountain, creating more and healthier winter range for the Blue Mountains elk herd and relieving headaches for area landowners.

wesT viRGiniaThe Elk Foundation is a proud sponsor of Beyond the Backyard, an organization dedicated to engaging West Virginia kids in the outdoors through hunting, fishing, conservation and the outdoors. The organization holds numerous events throughout the year, reaching 8,000 youths in six states. A free quarterly newsletter highlights upcoming activities, and its website provides participants with the opportunity to share stories and photos from their adventures. An Elk Foundation grant helped defray the cost of instructional materials.

wisConsinIt’s not always good to have all your eggs in one basket, and this has proven to be the case with Wisconsin’s elk herd. Numbering around 150 animals, the herd sticks together and doesn’t roam much. In fact, the herd only occupies 10 percent of the Chequamegon National Forest’s 1,112-square-mile elk range. The elk are missing out on plenty of quality habitat and making themselves more vulnerable to predators. As a result, the herd isn’t growing. In January 2011, Elk Foundation volunteers and others helped the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources construct an acclimation pen southeast of Moose Lake, trap and transport four bulls and eight cows, and release them into the pen for several months before freeing them into the wild in May. Managers hope that by moving small groups of young, easily adaptable elk over several years to isolated, quality habitats, survival and reproduction rates will increase, leading to an increase in elk dispersal and numbers in the state.

wyoMinGElk Foundation funds helped the Conservation Fund complete a conservation easement in 2011 that permanently protects more than 10,000 acres across two homestead ranches owned by the Espenscheid family. The agreement not only allows the fourth-generation ranching family to continue its ranching operations, but also protects important wildlife habitat in the Green River Valley. The property provides crucial wintering ranges and migration corridors for pronghorn antelope, mule deer, moose and elk, important wetland habitats for songbirds, shorebirds and numerous aquatic species, and about 15 miles of streams, including an important tributary of the Green River that provides spawning habitat for the Colorado River cutthroat trout. The Wyoming Stock Growers Agricultural Land Trust will steward the easement. A portion of the lands are enrolled in the Wyoming Game and Fish Department’s Hunter Management Program.

Seminoe Mountain • Wyoming Elk and a fledgling population of bighorn sheep will find better forage in coming years thanks to the seminoe Mountain Prescribed Fire project, funded in part by the Elk Foundation. Over the next decade, fire managers plan to burn more than 25,000 acres of key bighorn lambing areas and wildlife travel corridors west of seminoe state Park. Both aspen and mountain mahogany should sprout en masse following the burns, providing nutrient-rich browse for wildlife. Bureau of Land Management project managers completed the first phase in 2011, burning 3,000 acres around Marking Pen and Morgan creeks. An Elk Foundation grant paid to fuel helicopter ignition operations.


MeMbeRshiPsThroughout North America and around the world, more than 184,000 Supporting, Sponsor, Outfitter and Life members shared in the passion to conserve elk country and pass on a wildlife legacy in 2011.

annual GivinG PRoGRaMWanting their dollars to go that extra acre, generous RMEF members and volunteers donated nearly $938,000 through annual giving in 2011.

woRkPlaCe GivinGOne of the most beneficial workplace-giving programs to RMEF is the Combined Federal Campaign, which allows federal employees and military personnel to support their favorite charities through payroll deductions. This program, combined with other workplace giving, generated more than $188,000 in 2011.

MaTChinG GifTsMany employers will match an employee’s cash donations, volunteer hours, auction item purchase (above fair market value) and portions of Sponsor or Life memberships through employee or corporate matching gift programs. In 2011, 45 companies matched employees’ gifts to RMEF, contributing more than $41,000 to help the foundation accomplish its mission.

MeMoRials & honoRaRiaRMEF creates memorials and honoraria at the request of families and friends who wish to remember or honor their loved ones through a gift for wildlife habitat. In 2011, donors gifted more than $27,000 through this program.

TRails soCieTyThe Trails Society recognizes friends who, through their estate plans, are remembering the generations who will walk in our footsteps. Nearly 500 Trails Society members have remembered the RMEF through planned gifts. These gifts are given either during one’s life or through a testamentary gift.

"We feel strongly that the RMEF is the best investment for our conservation dollars. Donations are utilized to gain the maximum benefit for habitat preservation, education, maintaining the hunting heritage for future generations, and the practice of sound biologic principles. RMEF is a very professionally run organization from top to bottom because of dedicated staff and enthusiastic volunteers." —T.W. & Claire Garrett, RMEF Life Member & habitat Council Members

F r i e n d s o f t h e F o u n d a t i o n

We have served on three Chapter Committees in the past 20 years and the Habitat Council for five years. We feel qualified to say that RMEF is the premier wildlife organization in the United States.

Ed and Carol Carmack, RMef life MeMbeR & habiTaT CounCil MeMbeRs

habiTaT PaRTneRsThe Habitat Partner program recognizes major donors for their philanthropic donations. Their cumulative giving begins at $2,500. Individual and corporate Habitat Partners donated nearly $2.5 million to conserve elk country in 2011.

CoRPoRaTe PaRTneRshiPsIn 2011, corporations stood shoulder to shoulder with the RMEF through sponsorships, Bugle magazine advertising and affinity partnership programs. These same businesses and others also donated products and services, contributed royalties from cause-related marketing programs through licensing agreements and sponsored Elk Foundation events. Corporations invested more than $2.4 million in RMEF through this program in 2011.

founDaTion suPPoRTWith their generous contributions, private, corporate, state and federal foundations provided more than $2.3 million to RMEF in 2011. They supported habitat enhancement projects, permanent protection of critical elk range and programs that taught thousands of children and adults about the value of conservation and North America’s great hunting heritage.

The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation invites each habitat Partner at the Imperial Level ($10,000) and above to join the habitat Council. In the summer of 2011, the habitat Council members met in Cody, Wyoming, for the 19th annual summer habitat Council Meeting and Retreat. During the meeting, the habitat Council developed the “habitat Council Match,” resulting in a combined fundraising effort of more than $1.1 million dollars for elk country.

"Since 1995, four generations of our family have given time, energy and money to the RMEF for three reasons: First, permanent land protection that preserves elk country for our grandchildren and the public. Second, RMEF’s unfailing commitment to its mission and quality of people to make it happen. Third, enduring friendships with folks who share a common vision for conservation, hunting, and a moral commitment to make a positive and lasting difference in this world. All great reasons to keep on giving." —mike and Kathy post, RMEF Life Member & habitat Council Members



HABITAT PARTNERSpLATInum $1 millionDale & Lois IvesTed K. MartinRichard King Mellon FoundationMontana Power CompanyNational Fish & Wildlife FoundationThe Oncken FamilyThe Thoresen FoundationBob Torstenson FamilyDennis & Phyllis Washington FoundationRon Yanke & Y. T. Timber GOLD beneFACTOR $500,000 - $999,999Anheuser-Busch, Inc.Kenneth & Kathleen DavisPatrick J. & shelley GilliganJohn & Wynne GillisThe David & Lucille Packard FoundationLarry & Brenda PotterfieldLinda Zager & Edwin D. Johnson

sILveR beneFACTOR $250,000 - $499,999Anonymous (1)Arkansas Game & Fish CommissionGreg BinionsEstate of Virginia W. CabotThe Virginia Wellington Cabot FoundationChevronTexaco CorporationFederal Cartridge CompanyDavid F. & Margaret T. Grohne Family FoundationMarvin & Darlene hartzesally houghharry J. & Doris R. JacobsenTom L. & Debra E. LewisPacifiCorpRichard PadulaRanches at Ohio Creek LLCThe George B. storer FoundationTurner Foundation, Inc.Brian, Geri, Jake & Chris ValentineBill, Deena & Nicole WhitlowAbby & Jon Winkelried - Marvine Ranch LLCLynn Wolfe

bROnZe beneFACTOR $100,000 - $249,999The Paul G. Allen Forest Protection FoundationAnonymous (1)Dee Ann BaertschClifford & Nola BaltzleyPhilip & Peggy BarrettBohemian ClubRichard BriskinKen BronstadLarry & Theresa Bucher - The Lulu May Lloyd Von hagen FoundationAndrew BuehlerCabela’s, Inc.The Cinnabar FoundationDominion Foundation / CNGEnCana Oil & Gas U.s.A.ExxonMobil FoundationJon s. & Dorothy M. FosselFriends of Great smoky Mountains National ParkRobert B. GillamJohn R. Gillis & Darlene hartze - sGM Biotech, Inc.Great smoky Mountains AssociationBert & Cheryl haralsonhercal Corporationhomestake Mining CompanyEric & Katherine Johnsonscott & Marcia KennedyKentucky Fish & Wildlife Education & Resources FoundationLoel & Necia KnudsonRoger & Cynthia LangFred LekseDale Mc ClellandThe Moore Charitable FoundationJohnny Morris Foundation - Bass Pro shopsNevada Bighorns Unlimited, RenoBud & Lou OzmunMark ReilingLeonard & sandy sargentsaul sargis & sara ClarkTed & Pat schmidtLeon searlesWilliam R. shieldsThe Robert springer FamilyBradford G. & shelli Lodge stanbackBryan & Jacque starksunpine Forest Products, Ltd.h. Arthur & Lanita Agnes TomsheckTordik Wildlife FoundationV.W.B. LLCBob & Anne VeelmanKeith Ward - Bob Ward & sons, Inc.Waste Management of Pennsylvania

Ned & Doris WestphalWildlife ForeverDoug & Rhonda Young

beneFACTOR - $50,000 - $99,999 Dan & Kim AgnewFrank & Anita AllenAllied Waste servicesAnonymous (1)Bair Ranch FoundationTom & Marilyn BakerBanta Publications GroupBob & steve Brocchini - Brocchini FarmsBrowningThe Edmund & Betsy Cabot Foundationscott & Lorri ChesterCommerce BankBill & Marge ConnW. Bruce & Mary Louise Cook FoundationEastern Band of Cherokee Indians Tribal CouncilWayne Edge - The share FoundationEdwards TrustVida F. Ellison TrustThe Charles Engelhard FoundationRodger & sally FlemingRod French - hole In The Wall Lodgesandra M. Friedman BerryNick FriendRay & Diana GoffBill & Ev hoffmanKirk & Beth hornAndrew L. hoxseyMichael & Cynthia huempfnerhunter’s specialties, Inc.- Carman & David ForbesAaron JonesBill KieferJames Kile - In Memory of Mary M. KileJo Ann MarchandMicrosoft CorporationCarl O. MooreJames C. MowerNasgovitz Family FoundationDouglas A. & Donna M. ObertCharles O’DellOlin Corporation - Winchester DivisionOracle CorporationPennsylvania Wildlife habitat UnlimitedPetrie Family FoundationPotlatch CorporationGuido R. Rahr, Jr.Jeanette C. Rudysafari Club International - Lehigh Valley ChapterFaye & Myles sampsonseattle sportsmen’s Conservation Foundationshell Exploration & Production CompanyDavid shiflettCharlene M. sipeWalker s. ‘Buddy’ & Tammie Lynne smithsoka’ Piiwa FoundationTerry & Kathy solbergsouthern Cross CompanyLewis stapleyMichael & Debbie steuertLee & Jacqui swansonRobin TawneyRobert h. Torstenson Family FoundationUnder ArmourWilliam & Betty Jo WellsFord & Donna Willey - Cherry Grove Golf & Tennis Club, Inc.Robert T. Wilson FoundationPeter & Kathleen Woeck

mOnARCH - $25,000 - $49,999 Alberta sport Recreation Parks & Wildlife FoundationChauncey & Reiko AlbroAlcoa FoundationAnchor Glass Container CorporationAnonymous (4)Arco FoundationNorman ArmentroutMike & sandy Austin & FamilyE. Vose Babcock IIIBarrick Goldstrike Mines Inc.BAsF CorporationTerry BetteridgeBlack hills Power & Light, Black hills Fiber Com & Black hills CorporationBonner County sportsmen’s AssociationDixie C. & Coy D. BranscumRuss BumgardnerThe Peter W. Busch Family FoundationCarroll BrothersCentral Oregon Chapter #19Colorado Bowhunters AssociationRon & Betty CooperLarry & Jeannie CrosbyJoe Culton FamilyDow Agrosciences

Ducks Unlimited, Inc.The Katherine W. Dumke & Ezekiel M. Dumke, Jr. FoundationEsR FoundationEast Kootenay Big Game ClubThe Fanwood FoundationJon Fenn & FamilyFlorence Bullock Ragan Family FoundationLee & sarah GambleKeith R. GarrityThe horace W. Goldsmith FoundationDick & sue GoodingGordon Construction Co, Inc.Caesar & sue GorskiJim & Patty hatcherChristopher J. herbert & Nancy E. Welchhoward & Nancy hollandThe honorable Order of Kentucky ColonelsJohn & holli hopkinshuckleberry Bay CompanyPhillip & Diane hurnerIn Memory of Noah hornL. D. ‘Jo’ JosephsonJTL Group, Inc. - MissoulaK & K Repairs & Construction Inc.Greg Keller Lumber sales, Inc.Lee County Bull Busters ChapterLee FoundationWilliam L. LewisLewis, slovak, Kovacich & Marr PCBill LindbergLouisiana Pacific Canada Ltd. - Dawson Creek DivisionLouisiana Pacific CorporationR. G. ‘Bob’ LyngstadRichard & Marit MarceauRon & Barb Marcouxsteven s. MartinVirginia U. MartinCharlotte Y. Martin FoundationBill & Pam MatthewsDebra Mc CormickDr. George Mc CoyMc Dowell high school For habitatR. K. Mellon Family FoundationThe MissoulianWilliam G. Mitchell, Jr.Michael J. & Linda L. MoeMogus Land & LivestockMontana Fish, Wildlife and Parks FoundationThe Montana Power FoundationMargaret T. Morris FoundationThe Laura Jane Musser FundNational Wild Turkey Federation - Arkansas state ChapterNational Wild Turkey Federation - Kentucky state ChapterNevada Waterfowl AssociationNewfield FoundationNewmont Mining Corporation - NevadaNoah horn Well Drilling, Inc.James & Janet NycePaul & susie O’ ConnellGilman OrdwayPackard Transport, Inc.Ken & Marcia PolhamusPonderosa Valley RanchPPL MontanaR.K. Pipe & supplyChuck & Marcia RachesLorin & staci RadtkeRainbow Cattle Company - Max & Linda WillsRange ResourcesDr. Allan D. ReishusRMEF state & Regional ChairsJim & Donna schicklingWilliam schlegelTerry & Cindy schuppJim scullsilver Eagle DistributingEdward T. & Margaret R. simondssmith, hood, Perkins, Loucks, stout & Orfingersnyder Associated Companiessportsman’s WarehouseRussell & Rita suminskiTanager BeveragesThe Durant Family FoundationThe Mule Deer FoundationThree Rivers ChapterTicketprinting.ComBrooke & Wendy TorstensonDr. Clayton TurnerLarry Turpin, Michele Turpin, & Kelly A. WelshUniversal handling Equipment Co., Ltd.hunter s. VermillionWalker Conservation FoundationDiana swift Bryant - Wapiti Land Company LLCJim & Bernie WarningWest Virginia Trophy hunters AssociationWeyerhaeuser-CanadaBetsy & Warren Wilcox

Jane Case WilliamsBruce & Glenda WilsonTravis W. WoffordEd WoffordR. Frank & Eudora Zimmerman

ImpeRIAL - $10,000 - $24,999 ATI CorporationGary Abrams of Abrams Airborne ManufacturingJohn & Renee AgrestiGeorge A. Akans, Jr.Bill & Carol Alexandershane & Angela AlexanderDavid & Toni AllenMark h. AllenAmerican Electric PowerAmerican National CanAmes ConstructionAmvets Post #9 - Bismark, North DakotaC. L. AnceneyDenny, Becky, Karly & Alex AndersonAnheuser-Busch, Region 8Anonymous (8)B. P. - America - Wamsutter Field OfficeBadger ChapterButler BallBall CorporationBarrett Productionssara Barron & Robert Marguliessteve & Cathy BartowBasin Disposal of YakimaBass Pro Vaughan OntarioMax & Cindy Bauer, Jr.Mike BaughDr. John C. BaxRichard BennettRichard & Mae BergerBest Western Grant Creek InnArvid & Judy BeversBig Game hunters FoundationBig sky Insulations, Inc. - Brad & Kathy huempfnerBill Barrett CorporationVirginia s. BinkleyJack BlackwellRobert L. Bobbett, Jr.Bois De sioux ChapterBoise Cascade CorporationBoone & Crockett ClubAlex BorelBethany W. BoutellRich & Judy Boydenhenry R. & sharon L. BrandtRonald G. Bridge - In Memory of Marilyn J. BridgeLloyd R. BrownGeorge W. Brumley III & Julia P. Brumleysheldon & Erin BryanFred & Janis BryantTerry Bryant & Nancy harmanstuart & Terry BuchholtzAlfred W. BuckIn Loving Memory of Jeff BullockBurlington ResourcesBusch Agricultural Resources, Inc.Busch Agricultural Resources, Inc.- West Fargo/Moorheadstephen J. CadezCanadian superior Energy, Inc.harold & Lupe CarlsonLinda & Wayne Carlton - Carlton’s Corp, Inc.Ed & Carol CarmackCarolina hunting & Fishing heritage FoundationCarr Creek Ranch, Inc.William W. & Debbie CarstensCaterpillar Inc.Centerfire Real EstateCentral Arkansas ChapterEarl M. & Margery C. Chapman FoundationChase Card servicesChevron Production Company - WyomingRichard & Judy ChildressPatrick ChubbChurch Universal & Triumphant, Inc.stephen Clarkstephen B. Clark DDsClark Distributing Co., Inc.Audi & Beverly ClemensJohn C. & Lucy M. CochraneGordon & Christine ColeButch & Linda ConnorConocoPhillipsKevin CookDon & Jana Cook, Jr.Dr. Arthur D. & sherrie CooperCooper Natural ResourcesMichael Cosby - Beaver Valley RanchBrittney Nichole CothronMr. & Mrs. Allen CothronCounter AssaultTravis & Renee CrawfordRandolph s. & Kay CreechCripple Creek & Victor Gold Mining Co.

The Crosland Family Foundation, Inc.sam & Gloria CulpepperCumberland Gap hearthstone, Inc.sam & Jody CurtisDaiichi Fine Chemicals, Inc.Dakota Territory Gun Collectors Associationhelen & Peyton Daniel, Jr.Gary L. DarnellJ., Cheryl & Justin DartJerry & Tricia DavisCharlie & Yvonne DeckerJim DelBondioDelta Marketing Group, Inc.Wayne & sandra DemarestDeschamps Family Partnershipharve R. DethlefsDisticorChet & Ardy DixonDJB & E General EngineeringDave & Myrna DoddJohn M. DodsonDon C. hanskutt TrustMichael & Linda DoveDan Duffy - United Country Real EstateDean & Renee Dutton - Dutton hereford RanchEagle sales of The Black hills, Inc.Eagles Club Aerie 2749East Moreno RanchEcho Canyon Guest Ranchhenry E. & Irene EgginkMax s. EkenbergJohn & stasi EldredgeElk Glen RanchElk Lake ‘Jagermeister’ BunchElko Bighorns UnlimitedEnCana - CanadaBarry & Becca EstesDan, Barb, & Danielle FalstadMichael T. FioreFirst Interstate Bancsystem FoundationFirst Interstate Bank of Commerce Missoula OfficeTim FiskFlathead Valley Chapter #3Dwight & Linda FlynnTommy A. FordForestland MarketingFossil Oil & Gas, LLCTimothy I. FosterFoundation For North American Wild sheep - Eastern ChapterFoundation For North American Wild sheep - Washington ChapterFox Valley ChapterJohn & Tinker FrazierFuchs Copy systems, Inc.David J. & Carol J. GalbavyJeff & Lisa Garness - Garness Engineering Group, Ltd.T.W. & Claire GarrettGeneral Distributing CompanyDr. Jack & Dr. Vanessa GermerothBob & Mike GibsonJerry & Norma GilbertsonW. Braxton GillamDavid & Debbie GilliamAlden B. GliddenAndrew GlieweGMC TrucksGoodson PlumbingMr. & Mrs. Robert h. GrahamGrand Junction Chapter #89Ron & sharon GrayGreat Western Malting Co.Jack L. GreenArt & sherry GreenWalter R. GreenGreen hill Mining, Inc.Margaret GrowGulf Canada Resources LimitedJeffrey C. GunterRichard & Julie GustadJohn L. habberstadMike & Jolene haleFred & Cheryl hallhancock Timber Resource GroupMartin hansonJames h. hansonDr. Craig & Jamie hartharvey Eagles Clubhunt hatchEverett ‘sparky’ hauckhaven Charitable Foundation - Kari & Paul Yatkowskiheart of the Valley ChapterWayne & Rena heatonArthur P. heitzler, MDheller Charitable & Education Fundheller Foundation, Inc.Lawrence & Debra hembroffMichael & Carol Ann henleysandy hensley - In Memory of Thomas L. hensleyTom & Joanie hentz


Ed & Rhoda hillBarbara & Joe Marlin hilliardhillsdale Fund, Inc. - North CarolinaJerry W. hirrschoffJohn C. hoffmanJim & Rhonda holleranhomewood hunt ClubThe Berenice Gates hopper Family Fundhouston ChapterDavid hoxseyDr. Gene & Connie hughesFrank & Grace huittThe Roy A. hunt Foundationhutchins Paving & Engineering Inc.Alton & Linda huttoIdaho Transportation DepartmentIllinois InstrumentsIn honor of Paul LynchIn Memory of Don schindlerInland Container CorporationThe Inn at Rockhouse RanchB. Max Iverson MDJ. R. simplot CompanyDoug JackRoss JacksonJa-Co Welding & Consulting Ltd.Bob & Bette JaedickeLarry & Carol Jenkinssam JohnsonMr. & Mrs. Keith JohnsonE. James Johnson - Bison ContractingKent & Cyndie Johnson & FamilyThomas B. & Amber L. JonesA. Richard Kacinscooter Keenharvey KeeneDave KelnerMartha D. KelseyBill & Diane KeltnerTimothy I. & Carol A. KernJames & sharon KilmerKittitas County Field & stream ClubGary B. Kline DDsWayne KnappDave & Bridget KornderCornelia Kramer - OK RanchDan & Patty KreitmanLee & Ann KribbsMichael & Connie Krieg - United Country Real EstateThe Lacy FoundationLafarge Canada, Inc.Laidlaw Waste systems, Ltd.Land Between The Lakes Elk Transport CommitteeLand Between The states ChapterL. B. Lane Family FoundationGlenn & Marie Larson TrustRalph D. LattaRalph W. LaubscherMr. & Mrs. John LeeversKent & shirley LeonhardtLeupold & stevens, Inc.Key & sherlyn LewisLilly’s Gift FoundationOsborne Linguist - Elizabeth L. & Russell F. hallberg FoundationLittle snake River Convservation DistrictJack & Corky LoganTim & Judy LosinskiLouisiana Pacific Corporation- hines, OregonRuth LowFloyd & Vonda Luckstan & Carolyn LueckJack & Natalie LyonW. L. Lyons Brown FoundationRose MacDowellBill MadisonAlan MaguireFrank & Liz ManafortMarathon Oil Company FoundationMarmc TransportationLes & Niki MarshMiddleton A. ‘sandy’ MartinMartinez Y Ewens Anasazi RanchDr. Don & Rebecca MassaDave MathesRonald D. MatternMike & sandy Mc AdaraghLinda Mc BrideMc Kenzie River TrustMc Murry FoundationTom & sue MeehlBob MiddletonMark & Julie MillerDan & Allison Minnick & Ed & Paula LaRiviereJulian A. MinshewMonsanto - soda springs, IdahoMontana homes & Land - Bonnie LynnDiana & David MooreMike & Chris MorganDavid Wayne MorganJim & Rennie Morrell

Randy & Elly MoyersDonald L. Muller, sr.Bob & Vicki MunsonFrank & Peggy MurphyN. B. handy Co., Inc.Arthur NagelFred h. Nance, Jr.National shooting sports FoundationNational Wild Turkey Federation - Pennsylvania state ChapterNational Wild Turkey Federation - south Dakota state ChapterNational Wild Turkey Federation - Washington state ChapterNatureworks, Inc.Bill & Lyn Neel - Copper Windmill RanchDoug & Renae NelsonRoss Neufeldsteve NevensNewmont Mining Corporation - ColoradoW. Anthony NicholsPhilip Nichols & FamilyMark & Margie NielsenBob & Diana NoelNoranda MineralsNorcross Wildlife Foundation, Inc.Bob & Patrick NordstrumNorth American hunting ClubNorth Dakota Game Warden AssociationNorth Texas ChapterNorthwest Ohio ChapterEdward R. Nugent IIICatherine Commander O’ FarrellOberweiler FoundationOlson Excavating, Inc.John & Kari OttmanOutdoor Life NetworkOutdoorlife Conservation FundOutdoors UnlimitedGeorge h. OwrenOZ ArchitectsOzarks ChapterPadial Real Estate, Inc. - Carlos Padial, Jr.Dennis & Beverly PahlischLou & Melanie PaiDan & Lisa Pallisteve & Colleen ParisiGrant, Matt & Jackson Parker & Molly GalushaJim & Patti ParrJack PateWallace F. Pate Fellow Man Foundationstephen F. Pedigo & Lynn Pisano-PedigoFred & Carole PerryColin s. PhippsPhoenix ChapterBruce PinkertonJerry & Evelyn PionessaPirtlaw PartnersPaul A. PittmanPlum Creek Timber Company, LPMark s. Pollocksherman & Jan PopeMike & Kathy PostPaul QualleyDennis L. & Bobbie A. RadochaTherese s. Ramirez & George C. BillingsRawlins ChapterRead Enterprises - Don & sharon ReadTom RedmondRemington Arms Company, Inc.sharon RhodesDonald L. RichardNanette M. RichardVal RickertRifle Falls Ranch - Craig C. WilcoxJohn & Dori Riggs, Jr.R. Lance Riggs, Jr.Billie Robb - Red Creek OutfittersThe Roberts FoundationThomas Rock, MDRocky Mountain BrakeClarence E. Rodriguez, MDDenny RootRick RoyThomas N. Ruschsafari Club International - Badgerland Chaptersafari Club International - Blue Mountain Chaptersafari Club International - El Paso Chaptersafari Club International - Greater Dacotah Chaptersafari Club International - Lake superior Chaptersafari Club International - Northwest Chaptersafari Club International - Pittsburgh Chaptersafari Club International - Western Montana Five Valleys Chaptersafari Club International Region 25sagittarius ArchersBenard sampsonBarth & Gail satuloff

Craig sauey - 2nd half Efforts LLCJack & Jessica saxtenGary & Ann schaeferDr. & Mrs. Eric schmidtharold J. schneiderMartin scholz & Regina ReinitzTony A. schoonenschwartz Family Limited PartnershipTom scrughamscotty searleWilliam Willard & Lillian C. searlessearles Development LLCseattle safari Clubsecurity Lumber & supply Co.shenandoah Valley ChapterPaul & Connie shepardWilliam h. & Jane G. shieldsCharles & Tammy shooksteve & Anitta shortsimpson PsB Fundsinnemahoning sportsmen Association, Inc.Dale & Karen siselGerry & Penny skawBrad, Cindy & Ashlee skramstadsky Ranch LLCDan smithsmurfit-stone Containersam & Dee Ann sneedDennis & Kathy snyder Familyson shine Collision servicesFay A. sorrellssouth Dakota Budweiser Distributorssoutheast Nebraska ChapterMichael & susan spurlockst. Marys Area Middle schoolst. Marys Paper Ltd.Robert & Monika stellerDave stephens - Manzanita LumberBob & Marci stokkestoney Ridge OutfittersRobert strahssummit County ChapterRichard & Debra surfaceMark swanErnest & sue swiftJames J. szalankiewicz - In Memory of Norman L. GraftonJohn & Maribeth TaliaTatanka spirit, LLCTennessee Valley AuthorityThe Evans FamilyJimmy & Betty ThibodeauChristine ThomasJohn C. ThorntonDonald & Jane ThorpeThorpe Mountain, LLCThree Rivers Timber CompanyTimberlake high school for habitatBess spiva Timmons Foundation Inc.Jill & Terry TonnTopics EntertainmentEric TorstensonTransalta - Centralia OperationsJoe R. & Dawn TreadwayRod & Lisa TriepkeTimothy s. TroxelWarren TyreU. s. Bancorp Piper JaffrayU. s. Tobacco CompanyU. s. West FoundationVaagen Brothers Lumber Co.Frank L. ValenViejas Band of Kumeyaay IndiansPaul ViguerieDavid M. VisticaKlaus & Beate Von stutterheimJohn T. Vucurevich FoundationWachovia Bank N.A.James M. WagnerPatrick & Kathi WaiteJason Wallingford - United Country Real EstateBrian J. WalshJack & shirley WalterWashington state WorkshopJim & Patty Watkins - J/P RanchGary WattisBob & Kathy WellmanWells Fargo - MissoulaWestley WernerC. L. WernerDavid E. & Mary D. WesleyGary L. WestKevin WetherellWeyerhaeuser CorporationRon & Pat White - The spectrum GroupWhite shooting systems, Inc.Craig Wickman & Penny NoyesRobert R. & Judy E. WilkesBob & Linda WilkesWilliams Companies, Inc.Julia E. Williams-hawleyJames W. WilsonGeorge & Irene Windolph

David & Georgean Wirsbinski - In Memory of John WirsbinskiGary & Rita WolfeBob & Carolyn WoodThomas L. & sally A. WoodruffRobert s. Woodruff & Cristi Lippert - WoodruffCharles W. & Gail s. WoosleyRussell & Jean WrightMichael R. WrightWyoming Wildlife Federation - Crandall FundKenneth R. YarbroughDr. Gail D. ZimmermanZip BeverageJim Zubillaga

ROYAL - $5,000 - $9,999 320 RanchBoyd & Terri AarestadDuane AckerRobert AcordAlbuquerque ChapterThe Alcoa Foundation - TennesseeRon & Bonnie AlcornJud AllenAllied Waste servicesGary Alto - Alto TruckingAmvets Post #7 - Fargo, North DakotaAnadarko Petroleum CorporationLelan L. AndersonAnonymous (4)Antlers InnArch Coal, Inc.Tony ArnoldBob ArringtonThomas D. ArthurDave & Myra ArthurEarle s. Ashton IIIMarvin AushermanB & F DistributingDavid & Peggy BaccaRichard BackesThomas R. ‘Jay’ BadovskiDavid Bahl - Weldall Mfg., Inc.Thomas h. Baird, MDBank of CommerceBank of The CascadesBaraboo Range ChapterBar-De TransportationDennis & Mary Lou BargerVictor G. Barnes, Jr.Baron holding Company, LLCCraig & Barbara Barrett FoundationJerry & Morna BastianBob & Marali BastianTim & Vicki BauerCharles BavaBear River CasinoBeer, Inc.Berry PetroleumBill BiererBig Bull Falls ChapterBig sky CarversBillings Gazettesteven T. BirdDavid A. BishopBlackfoot - Clearwater ChapterWilson BloomBluegrass ChapterJim & Rhonda Blyth - Elk Country RealtyBobcat Ranch LLCGary & Bonnie BoesEd Bolen Painting CompanyEdward s. & Cornelia W. BonnieBosch MotorsDiane M. & Mark s. BowersBruce BranscumDavid & Linda BrendenJack G. BrittinghamBrohm Mining Corp.Earl W. BrooksMark Brosvik & Lynn EshlemanDavid & Margaret BrownBrown-Forman Beverage CompanyLou & Kathy BudgeBuilders Association of Northern Nevada - BANNBull Run ChapterWanda & Gary BurnettWard Burton Wildlife FoundationAdolphus Busch IVBW Timber ProductsJeff CadeJohn CaidGeorge D. CainAngelo CaputoCaras Nursery and LandscapeCarolina Foothills Chapterscott Carpiere - CarwilRyan Case MemorialCash Distributing Co., Inc.Cavanaughs hospitality CorporationCentral New York ChapterBonita Charles

stephan & Bonita CharlesChevron U.s.A. Production CompanyAlan ChristensenCircle G RanchTed & Clara ClarkClassic sportswear Inc.C’mon InnDean CollinsColumbia River BankConnell Oil, Inc. - Brad & Michelle BellGary CookElizabeth CookJoyce CooperJames M. CooperBruce J. Corna, sr.Mark L. CornerCraig Courtright & Chad CourtrightCumberland Valley ChapterMel & sharon CundiffCuster sportsman’s ClubCyprus-Amax Coal Company, Inc.Richard Dahm, stephen start, & stephen smartDakota Fence CompanyDallas safari ClubDaniel Boone ChapterCraig DarrowWilliam C. ‘Bud’ & Edith DashiellDave’s Amoco, Inc.Bonnie M. & Dean L. DavisDavis Bros. Travel PlazasDavis Conservation FoundationDelta Distributors, Inc.Gregory C. DeMakisKeith DenoncourtEric D. DeRudderDes Plaines River ChapterTom W. DevenyThe Charles DeVlieg Foundationsue & Wes DixonDomtar Forest Resources - southern Ontario RegionRocky DorvallDun FoundationKerry DuPuisE Management Group, Inc.Eagle surveys Ltd.East Tennessee ChapterDennis & Amy EdmondsonDennis L. EkleberryRick & Linda ElbertDeb Eldridge & FamilyElk Wisconsin ChapterElkhorn’s ChapterEmployees & Contractors of slocan Group - Plateau DivisionEmporia Firefighters Local #818Ralph English- The English FoundationEnterprise Products Operating LPhelen E. Erskine TrustEureka County Recreation BoardRichard & Kathryn EvansWilliam s. EvermanGeorge FacerMorgen & sharon Fagan & FamilyFargo Elks Lodge #260Fargo holiday InnJames F. Felch IIIMike & Valene FergusonDr. Dan & Mary Ann FiehrerFirst Interstate Bank - Laramie, WyomingFirst National Bank of The RockiesFirst Valley BankFirst Western BankBarbara FiskFlathead Beverage/BudweiserFloyd Lilly CompanyFNAWs - IowaE. P. Fogleman Construction Company, Inc. DBA Frontier homesFond Du Lac ChapterFormby Auto Plaza of summit CountyFoundation for North American sheep - Montana ChapterCharlie Frantz - silvertip ElectricCharles D. FranzJohn FranziaFraternity of the Desert BighornRobert M. FreyG. L. Environmental, Inc.Gagnon IncorporatedTerry & Cindy GaitherGreg & Beth GanickMike & Kris GareyGas Analysis serviceGCR TireGenesee Valley ChapterGeorgia Pacific CorporationRobert & Linda Gerlach - select Construction servicesThomas A. Gilbertson - Western Crop ProtectionTyler & Kelly GillJim Gillespie

“At the 2011 Elk Camp, we asked Habitat Council members to get creative about raising new funds and attracting new members. A few months later at our summer meeting in Cody, a question about HC members pooling their monies into a fund for others to match became reality and raised over $1 million! Let’s abandon our comfort zone and keep thinking outside the box.” —Rick Oncken, RMEF habitat Council Chairman & Life Member



Glacier Fur Dressing, Inc. - Brad & shelley BordenJim GladenGlass FoundationJimmy GodbeeRick GodwinJohn Goering & Claudia Koontz - K G LlamaKevin Goldstein - Game Cutters Ltd.Bruce & Christel GollnickJim GoolsbyThe Graesser FoundationGrand Junction Chiropractic Center, P.C.Great Lakes Carbide Tool Mfg., Inc.Great smoky Mountains Chapter - Women for WildlifeGreat smoky Mountains Chapter MenGreiner Ford Lincoln MercuryMelvin haashamburg Fish & Game AssociationDave & Paula hansenJohn W. haralsonThe harbor Foundationharold & Rae harborthFred C. & Linda C. harteisTerry W. harvey - Alliance Corporation, Inc.Beth hassett & Kerry AndersonGrayson heardheart of the West Chevy Dealersstanton P. helland, sr.Darren & Lori herbertheritage Bank - IllinoisWes & Donna hibnerhigh County Wildlife Pins & Etchillsdale Fund, Inc. - Coloradohome Technologies CorporationRalph C. hood, Jr.horine FamilyJeanne & Rob horsmannW. Russell hose IIMichael hudzick & Clarine BeattyIdaho state BowhuntersIn Memory of Eileen ‘Millie’ sharpIndianhead ChapterInland Northwest Wildlife CouncilITC ElectricalJack smith Jr., Judy Bond & John BondJake & Kristi JacobsenBarry & Jane JacobsenTim & Peggy JacobsonJames W. smith Printing CompanyJamestown Eagles ClubJoey’s Pumping serviceJohn Davis TruckingW. B. JohnsonLarry Johnson & Family - DGI Environmental Inc.K.R. Butler Engineering, Inc.Mack & Debra KarnesAnthony s. KellerJeanette KelleyW. Elton KennedyKentucky Department of Fish & Wildlife Resources Commissioners OfficeKentucky - Tennessee Coal Operators Association, Inc.Julie & Allen KerbyKettle Moraine ChapterPaul KimbolEdward M. KingKenneth L. KingKitsap ChapterKlamath Falls Chapter #52Bill & Carol KlapperichJeff Klein - Jumping horse RanchGeorge Knoop, Jr.Kobus & sheve Trailer Park - Jim Kobus & Russ & Linda sheveGeorge Kohout - Kohout Enterprises Inc.Koncor Forest Products Co.David & Mollie KrehnkeOtto KuczynskiDavid W. & Carol J. KuhnsL & L Real Estate, Inc.LaCrosse ChapterLaconia savings BankLaMar ConstructionPhil LampertLand Between The Lakes AssociationLandrill Exploration, Inc.Bernie & Mary LemonGisele M. Lemon & Ronald K. southardLEsLesser slave Lake Indian Regional CouncilLethbridge Chapter RMEF John David LindseyLitehouse Inc.Llagas FoundationLockheed Martin Idaho TechnologiesWilliam K. LoftonThe Glenn R. Logan & Rhea Jean Mc Candless Logan Family TrustDennis L. LongNat Love - Nat’s Outdoor sports, Inc.Chris & Caren LutterLux Foundation, Inc.Jim & Jean Maddox

Toni ManciniJames M. & Billie L. MaplesMarathon Ashland Petroleum, LLCWayne & Marjorie MarionDoug & Lianne MarshKat & Larry J. MartinPepper & Joetta MartinMaryland ChapterThe Mason CompaniesMat-su ChapterFrank A. MayRon MazzeoMc Donnell Douglas Employees Community FundKen & Karen Mc FaddenTerry & Cathy Mc LaughlinRussell L. Mc Lean & Lisa KosirJohn & sue Mc MorroughJohn & Carlie MechlerThe Meiser FamilyRafael MendozaPhillip MendozaJames & Deborah Menter - Voss signs LLCWilliam D. MeredithMichaels of OregonGeorge R. MichelMidway Food MarketMillenium Directional DrillingC.A. Miller FamilyRussell P. MillerMiller Brewing Company - Friends of the FieldMiller Brothers Coal, Inc.Milodragovich, Dale, steinbrenner & Nygren P.C.Minn-Dak ChapterJesse MinorMissouri River healthcareMonroe - schuler FoundationMonsanto CompanyMontana District ChairsMontana OrthopedicsThad MooreBill MorrisBrant Morris - Inland Northwest ConsultantsRuss & Betty MortonMosquito Creek sportsman’s AssociationMountain Trail OutfittersMountaineer Chaptersusan M. MoxleyMichael F. & stacey MuellerMullendore, Tawney & WattW. Austin Musselman, Jr.Kyle & Lori MussmanEugene h. NagelNature Conservancy - CanadaDon & Karla NehringNelson Brothers LLCByron Nelson Automation LLCThe Newberry Family Charitable FoundationCraig & Cindy NewellTim NollNorth Carolina Wildlife habitat FoundationNorth shore Anglers & hunters Conservation OrganizationNorth star ChapterNortheast Wisconsin ChapterNorthern California ChapterNorthside Construction Ltd.Northwest Fence CompanyNorthwest Pennsylvania Chapter - In Memory of Olin C. CapwellNRP, LLCRonald F. OgletreeOld Dominion ChapterD. L. OnofrioOregon state WorkshopOrlando ChapterJohn & Liza OrtmanJohn & Judi O’steenOttertail Rod & Gun ClubJames L. Owsley II - Owsley Ranch LLPP M Construction & Rehab, LPParker ToyotaLaRue & sherry Parrstan PatzelJerry & Aurelia PaughKaren & Bud PaulTony PaulyPayne Financial GroupPeccia & AssociatesRoger PeckTerry PedersenPegasus Gold CorporationPembina County Area sportsmen ClubPennsylvania Convention Center AuthorityPepsi-Cola Bottling Company of Northern CaliforniaGreg PetersonMichael & Karen PettisPew CorporationPfizer Animal health - Dr. Pete KnightTim PfliegerPhilip Morris Companies, Inc.Pikes Peak Community Foundation &

The Donner FundPine Branch CoalJohn & Julia PinnerMike & Mary PlantPlum Creek ManufacturingPost RegisterPremier TechnologyAnthony A. Previti Family Charitable FoundationLou & Renee PrusinovskiPuget sound Energy FoundationWilliam h. Purnell, Jr.QEP Resources, Inc.Werner RankenhohnRapid Fire ProtectionDonald RasmussenRavalli County Fish & Wildlife AssociationRed Mountain ChapterRed Rock Family PracticeJoseph ReganJames A. RemingtonYancey ReynoldsRice Area sportsmenRio Tinto Energy AmericaRiverwood InternationalRMEF Board of DirectorsR’nR RV CenterChuck & Gayla RoadyRobert & Billie RobinsonEd RobinsonJack Robinson & sons, Inc.Rodgers Plumbing & heatingRogue Valley Chaptersonya h. & scott D. RosenthalRusty & Glennda Ross - Ross RanchRound Mountain GoldKenneth C. RummelWilliam Rutherford - Forest Park FoundationsEIsafari Club International - Del Val Chaptersafari Club International - Inland Empire Chaptersafari Club International - Phoenix Chaptersafari Club International - Portland, Oregon Chapter Foundationsafari Club International - sacramento Chaptersafari Club International - san Diego Chaptersalt Lake Chaptersand County Foundationsandy Mac’s Distributing, LLPscheels All sportsLance & Lois schelvanCharles schmidRichard & Kit schmoker - schmoker Family FoundationJohn & Connie schultzKenneth W. & Vickie scottD.h. scottJames seetonRichard sellJack L. & Linda K. sellersCharlie semlerJames A. sentyJeff shaaraJamil shalashsheehan Majesticshell Canada Limitedshell Rocky Mountain Productionstephen & Linda sheppardRoss & Lisa sheridanshields Bag & Printing EmployeesGeorge & Julia shiflettRobert & Catherine shopneckLeonard & Christine shotwellsierra Air ConditioningLuanne silkwoodDanny & Elizabeth smedleysnappy sport senter, Inc.Trygve A. solbergCarl & Bonnie sondermannsouthern West Virginia Chaptersparhawk TruckingRichard spearsLionel & Vivian spirosportsman & ski haussportsman’s steakhousest. Croix Valley ChapterCraig & Betty staleyRon steinmannKevin stewart - Arena TowingPeter storerBill & Karen stoutThe strootman Familysunoco, Inc.Gary & Bonnie swansonscott & Ruth swaseyTerry & Judy sweetTroy & Kim sweetRegis J. synan - F. Tinker & sons CompanyTacoma sportsmen’s ClubArt & Diane TalsmaJackie & John Taylor

John & Alice TaylorJerry Taylor & Debra NaccartoJohn & Diane TeeterTejas Equipment, Inc.Texas hill Country ChapterPat & Wayne ThackerJosh N. TharringtonMahlon T. White Thatcher FoundationThe Lightfoot FoundationJack Ward Thomas & Kathleen hurley ThomasRuss ThomasDwaine & Jimmie ThomassonBryan B. ThompsonThumb Michigan ChapterMark & Colleen TolarDonald Travis - Travis TaxidermyTreskor Development PartnershipGeorge & Laurenzia TrowbridgeTulsa ChapterJohn, Lori & Jordan TuterEric Tycksen - Legacy homesDavid V. UihleinKenneth J. Umhey, Jr.United Parcel serviceRonald J. VecchieVIP EnterprisesVolunteers of the Montana summer RendezvousJanice VosikaPat & Dianna WallWal-Mart #3217Wal-Mart #5168Wal-Mart Grand Junction, Colorado #1280Wal-Mart Lawton, OklahomaWal-Mart store #5099 - Grand Junction, ColoradoWarco Pump service, Inc.Brock & Donna WareJeff WareDick & June WarnerKevin & Marty WarningRandy & Teresa WaterhouseDusty L. WatzWaupaca ChapterWausau Lumber sales Co., Inc. - Mark K. staplesWCs Oil & GasGary D. WearWeatherby, Inc.Mike WebberKen Weis FamilyJames M. WellsDan & Janet WescottGary & Marian WestDave & Jane West & FamilyWest Virginia ChaptersWestern Montana Development, LLCscott & Lori WestphalWhayne supply Co.Wheaton Chevrolet-Oldsmobile Ltd.Ray & Joyce WhiteWhitefish Credit UnionJosh & Christy WhittakerArchie WhittemoreWildlife TomorrowWilliam E. & Gretchen J. WilsonJ. B. & Teri Wise & FamilyWolfe’s Terre haute Auto Auction, Inc. - Daniel T. WolfeWolf’s Dodge of JacksonRick WoodardWorland Ten sleep Chamber of CommerceWPX Energy san Juan LLCWyoming Diesel serviceYellow River Basin ChapterJon & Lanceine ZieglerChad & Julie ZimmerlyRon & Carolyn ZimmermanJames Zumbo

pARTneR - $2,500 - $4,999 24 hour C store & Catering3D Concrete, Inc.Odile M. AagesenDave Abrahamson Bee Line Alignmentsteven & Debbi AdamDavid E. & Judith P. AdamsMark & Katherine AgnewRick AhmannAirport AutomotiveAIs Construction Equipment Corp.The Alberta Fish & Game AssociationAntonio L. Alcortasteve & Jill AldousKylie AlexanderCharlie & Cathy AlexanderWade Alexander - Alexander ConstructionAlpha Coal West, Inc.American Land ConservancyAmish heritage homes, Inc.Ammonite, LLCAmoco Production CompanyEveret & Jan AmosAndersen CorporationBrian Anderson

stanley & Donna AndersonPaul AndersonMatt AndersonMark W. AndersonDoug AndersonDavid G. & Tammy K. Andersonsmokey & Rose AndlerAnimal Clinic & hospitalAnonymous (9)Antelope Valley Distributing CompanyAppalachian ChapterAppalachian Wildlife FoundationMichael W. ArcherJon M. ArmonDan & Jean ArmsteadDouglas J. ArnoldEdward M. Arnold Drilling ContractorArrow striping & Mfg. Inc.Art Attack Gallerysherman & Terri AtkinsonKim & Mary AtkinsonAtlas Lumber Ltd.K. Edward AtwoodJulie AtwoodAusherman Development Corp.Austin ChapterTed Averbookscott G. Axtonstacey Baba & James Vokac Charitable FoundationBackwoods II hunt ClubLarry & Marcie BaeslerAllan BairdDaniel L. Baker, VMDMike BaldwinLev Baldwin & John DehliBalenko & Associates, Inc.Bank of hindmanBankamerica Foundation & seafirst BankThe Banks of Paris, IllinoisBanner BankDarin J. BarberRichard & Larene BarlinDana & sue BarnhartBaron Technology, Inc.Barrie District hunters & Anglers Conservation ClubRandy & Janet BartlettGary & Jane BartlettBill Bartlett - seeley Lake TruckingBartlett Oilfield serviceDouglas L. Bartleyh. Bryan & Amanda BartonBasic American FoodsCharley & Virginia BassBass Pro shops Outdoor WorldMichelle Basyeseth, Andy, & Eric BauderKevin BaumTim BaumgartnerJ. T. Baumstark & Mike MagliocchettiDr. John BausherBay state ChapterBayless Fuel services, Inc.Beal Distributing, Inc.Barry & Diane BeattyMark W. BeaumontBell Mirror & Glass, Inc.Fred Bell Real Estate, Inc.Dan & Becky BennettThomas W. BenningerJames C. BentonBentz Fence Company, Inc.Manny & Liz BercovichJames BerenzBerenz Packaging CorporationGary BerginJill BerlinerLouis M. BermanDon BerntsenLyndel & Brenda BerryTom & Kim BerryBerschauer-Phillips Construction, Co.Alvin h. ‘Buddy’ BessWilliam h. BessRichard BestBethel high schools for habitatDr. George A. BettasBetter TV, Inc.Jim & Joanne BeverlinRick & Donae BezansonDale BidleBig D Oil Co.Big sioux ChapterMark & Candy Biggs - In Memory of David R. BahrenburgJimmie G. Biles, Jr., MD - Yellowstone sports MedicineBill & his BoysBill Barret CorporationJay & Bev Bills, Mike Foster & Chad FosterFrank & Karla BirdChad BirrenkottBismark Eagles F.O.E. #2237Bitterroot Resort


George E. BlackFrank & sally BlackAlfred & Geraldine BlackBlack hills ChapterBlack hills Fly FishersDennis & Vi BlairDon & Patty BlakleyRance & Alison BlockDan & sandy BlohmBloom Electric supplyBlue Ridge ChapterBoeing Commercial Airplane GroupBohart Ranch, Inc.Gary & Kathy BoltjesJohn BondPat & Peter BondehagenRobert BonnieLarry E. BooneLee Borger & Laury GilbertDick & Marilyn BosinWilliam & Phyllis BoucheeJim & Barbara BowmanGeoffrey L. BoyceMichael BoydEd BozarthJudge William C. BradleyMark & Ryan Bradysteve & Linda BraleyBranch Banking & Trust Co.Lynn M. Branson - In Memory of Dwight h. BransonLeeanne & Darin BrauerBray RanchesDavid J. BreamBreathitt County Fiscal CourtPhil BredesenJeff & Julie BrethertonBritish Columbia Conservation Officer serviceRon BrockMichael & stephanie Broderson & Familyscott Bronkemasheila Brookinssandy G. BrooksR. Brooks Associates, Inc.Brouillette Insurance & Financial servicesEd & Karen BrownRobert E. Brownsteve & Kathleen BrownTom & Barb BrownKevin M. & Ami M. BrownMonte & Annette BrownWilliam & Paige BrownBrown, Todd & heyburn, PLLCThomas Brown - New hampshire DistributorsBruce Construction LLCDave BruckenCharles E. Bryant, Jr.Ray & Ramona BrysonBrett BuchheimAl & Kellie BuckleyBucktail high school for habitathoward E. Budd II & Juanita L. BuddDale & Millie BuehlerJohn & sharon BuggBundy & sons LoggingDon Burda - high Country Artsscott & Mary Ann BurgessRichard D. BurnesBoyd & Deborah BurnsBurri JewelersCharles BussmanPaul F. ButenhoffC. Danny ButlerLyle T. ButtonIn Memory of Perry A. ButtsC & D AerospaceC 3 summit, LLCCalcoe Credit UnionBill & Angela CaldwellBob & sharon CalvinChuck CambronRon & Debbie CampAnna M. CampbellJoe & Troy CampbellCanadian Forest ProductsDan CanfieldNorman CantorCanyon Concrete, Inc.Canyon Creek RanchCapital District ChapterCapital District Friends of the ElkCapwell - Mitchell GrandchildrenCarbcomm InternationalCardinal Distributing, LLCCarey’s Auto Body, Inc.Dewey & Beverly Carlsolon & Elena Carlsonhenry Carlson CompanyBob Carlton Custom CarpentryLari P. CarmackBill CarmanGreg & sheri CarmonCraig CarrelCasey Carstens

Michael A. & Lisa A. CarterMike & Gail Cartersteve CarverCascade ChapterCascade Wood ProductsJerry CaschetteC. A. CasebierJody Casey - In Loving Memory of Larry CaseyCass Country Wildlife ClubW. Frank CatrettCedar Creek sportsman’s ClubCentral Bank of Lake of the OzarksCentral high schoolCentral Kentucky ChapterGail & Judy ChapmanJean C. CharlesCharlotte-Metrolina ChapterLee & Carolyn ChesterChisholm Trail ChapterD.G. & Oleta ChristensonCurtis & Janet ChristiansenAl & Cindy ChristophersenChuck L. Logging, Inc.Rick L. & Julie W. ChukasTed ChurchRalph & susan Cinfio & FamilyCircle Four FarmsCitizen security BankCitizens Bank & Trust Co. of JacksonCitizens National Bank & TrustCity of hazard - William D. Gorman, MayorCity of Jackson, Tourism & Convention Comm.Clark’s All sports, Inc.Clean Gas, Inc.Clearwater River Realty, Inc.Mr. & Mrs. Clair ClemensTerry Wayne & Karen CloutierCoastcom, Inc.CobankCobre TireJohn F. ‘Jack’ CochranePat CodyRawley & Lana CoganJoe & Jill CohenourJim ColeJim & Melanie ColleyPaul & Linda CollinsColorado Air Cargo, Inc.Columbia River Knife & ToolColville Valley ConcreteComplete Western star & Truck serviceJohn A. Conkling DistributingPaul & Leah ConnellGary & Michelle ConnerConsol of Kentucky Inc.Robert & Anna CookJay Cook - Marine BankClyde J. Cook IIIRobert R. & Laura J. CooperJohn B. & Janet M. CooperPaul Johnnie CooperDr. Vernon Cooper, Jr.Wayne CopelandCopper Mountain, Inc.D.C. Cordonnier FamilyAnn & Doc CornwellCorporate ExpressCortez Gold MinesCorwin Chrysler Plymouth DodgeCoteau hills ChapterJay CoulterWayne Cowles & Michelle howardWilliam D. CoxThomas & Dorothy CraigCraley Fish & Game AssociationCrestbrook Forest Industries Ltd.Terry Crim - Caribou Trail Pest Control LLCChristine CrossleyCrossroads hotel & Convention CenterMark & Theresa CrottyIn honor of Griffin CrownCroy Family: Chris, Laura, Madison, Lily & sophieDennis & Linda Crozier - Crozier ElectricValerie & Jose CruzDr. A. s. & Berklee CudmoreMike CuinKevin & Faunille CummingsDan CunniffeK. Robert CunninghamRichard O. Curly, Jr.Jerry M. CurryCurry Comb OutfittersFritz CurtzeJames A. CzywczynskiJohn W. D’ ArcyD B Engineered hydraulicsD.J.’s RV sales service & PartsRobert DahlgrenDaishowa America Company, Ltd. - Port Angeles MillDallin MotorsDottie & Murry Daniels

scott DannDatsopoulos, MacDonald & LindJan h. & Amparo DaubDave’s Gun & PawnDavidson & WilliamsDavidson’s Gallery of Guns.ComJames & Elaine DavisRichard & Mary DavisJeff Dawald MemorialRobert W. DayPat & Terry DayBecky Day & Doug MillerDaytona Beach ChapterJerald F. Deansteve & Rhonda DeckerRandy & Charlotte DeLaneyClint & Joyce DennisDenver Mile high ChapterDenver Wire Rope & supply, Inc.Bill DetherageMarie & Larry DevinDeVine Bros. Distributing, Inc.Tom Devlin, Jr.Devon Energy CorporationLarry J. DevoyArend DeVriesMitchell & Christine Di MatteoDiagnostic Medical systemsDidier FamilyTony & Kristen DixonDLB Construction, Inc.Michael DoleckiDomtar Forest Resources - Central Ontario RegionLyle DoreyFrederick A. Dorroh, MDKeith DoschDouble Arrow ResortDouble D Electric - Darrell & Jayne RoushDavid E. DoveDow IndustriesMichael P. DowlingDonald & Debbie DoyonTommy & Jo Ann DrewDrew Turner Painting & ContractingMichael & Tracie DreyerMark DrotarDruther’s systems, Inc.Robert J. Dunne, Jr.Dr. Michael D’ursoJames A. Dutro, DMDDave DykstraEagle Terrace Inc.Earl Floyd FordLoren & sue EasonEast Texas ChapterTom & Pam EasterlingEastern New Mexico ChapterGlen & Karen Eatonsusan & Katie EblingMaria J. EckerleNorton Mc Gaughy EdwardsDuane & sandy EhleEicholtz Masonry Inc.Charles A. ElcanElk Country ChapterElk horn Bank & TrustElk Prarie ChapterKay Ellerhoffsamantha L. ElligEllwein BrothersElm Creek holdingsElmore & AssociatesFranklin & Audrey EmeryEnergy saverEnergy solutionsVerlon EngerEngleheart MotorsportsEnron Oil & Gas CompanyLaura EshelmanCecil & Lucille EvansEvergreen ChapterEvergreen Resources Inc.ExxonMobile Beaumont RefineryFab-U-Tech Industries, Inc.Robert FaheyMary Ann & Cele FaklerMike & Michele FarmerFarnam’s Genuine Parts, Inc.Fay RanchesGeorge FederoffDanny Feldtsteve & Carol FelsEmily FerrantiAndy & Cindy Ferraristephen E. FickJohn FidlerTom & June FinchJim Fine - In Memory of Gerald B. FineFirst Dakota National BankFirst Madison Valley BankFirst National BankFirst National Bank of GilletteFirst National Bank of JacksonFisher Dodge Chrysler Jeep

Five Valleys ChapterKurt & Patti FlackFlambeau ChapterWayne L. & sue FlatenRich FlocchiniFloyd’s Ace hardwareRod & sue FogleRon & Diane FogoFor The Environment, Inc.Ken & Deana FornabaiFort Atkinson Wisconservation ClubFort Mc Murray Fish & Game AssociationFort Riley Outdoorsman GroupFortner & Co.Foundation For North American Wild sheep - Utah ChapterFour Corners General storeFour Corners Welding & Gas supplyFour spear ContractingMetro Boone FoxFox FamilyFox hollow Real Estate TrustBill & A.J. FraasJames P. FrancisGary E. & Joyce M. FrankMorris E. & Linda FranklinBill & Patty FraserFremont Motorsswede & Linda FrenchTerry & Mary Frey - Diversified Wall FinishesMichael & Kristyl FriedenbergFriends of the Great Lakes Conservation InitiativeKevin FuerstJan GalbraithJerry & Betsy Galles - Bar-D signs, Inc.Rance Gamblin, DVMGamehide - Kevin CookRobert J. & Joy J. GardnerDick & Rogene GatesRick & Lisa GatherumBrian GeeWilliam h. GeerGem City Bone & JointLou & sherry GeorgeGeorge Rogers Clark ChapterRichard GerberJoe & Alison Geurin - Kenneth & Peggy Geurinsteve GilbertGillette DieselRod GilmoreJim & Pat Gingo - In Memory of Roger Mc GowneKim & susan GirouardGladen Construction, Inc.Wally Gladstone - Northern Engineering & ConsultingGregory A. GlasgowGlazers Union 2001GLM Enterprises, Inc.Don & Pat GoinDwain Lee GoldGoldcorp - Wharf MineGolden Gate ChapterC. W. GoldsumJuan & Patsy GomezLeroy & Mary Ellen Goodh. Dean & Judy s. GoodsonMichael & Donna GookinsRich GordonDave Gordon - Gordon CompositesRobert s. & Margaret s. GowdyA. J. GrantGary & Connie GrassiGray WirelineGraywood sporting Group, Inc.Great Lakes Power Limitedhenry Green - Circle G RanchGreen Bay ChapterGreen Mountain ChapterGreene Beverage Co., Inc.James h. Greene, Jr.Grice’s Gun shop, Inc.Barbara GriffithRobert W. GrimseyRed & Judi GrimsleyCharley GrimsleyJim & Valerie GroveFred & shan GrundmanGeorgiana I. GuldenDwight GundersonAlfred habighorstJohn P. hadenhairston & Daley Physical TherapyBeverly h. hallJ.D. hallJeff hall - hall ChevrolethalliburtonKim & Becky hancockMike & Kirsten hangasGary & Michelle hansenMichael E. hansenOrlin R. hansen

Eugene & Barbara hansenJeffrey L. hansonBill, Chuck & harold hanson - In Memory of C. R. ‘Bob’ hansonJeff happhappy hunter’s sportsman ClubWilliam h. harkeyharley Davidson honda of salinaCarl & Barbara harmonNorman harnedGerald harpFrank & Deb harperBrent harrisTom & Roxann harrisharris Bankharris Pumping serviceAlvin R. harrison, MDFred & Pat hartmanMichael & Dorothy hastiehavre DistributorsDr. William E. & Kim A. hayhazard shell Food Mart, Inc.heartland ChevroletThe heidel FamilyTom hemauerBlake & Michele henningRichard henningerEdward M. henryhenson FencingIn Memory of henry Ben heppnerBud herringsteve & Janie herrmannRobert s. heuser Familyhewlett-Packard CompanyJames & Terry heyndrickxhigh Mark ConstructionCarl J. hilbertJay hillDavid & Connie hillByron & Janice hinesWest Y. hiraihitching Post RestaurantRichard hlavnickaMike & Janet hobbshockley studioshodges Gilliam & Dana, Investment Real Estate, Inc.Lee & Chris hoferMike hoffmanBill hofmannholiday station storesMarty & Angela holmesMichael E. homanhome Loanhome Town AutoRandy & Judy hooseDr. William D. hope, Jr.Ken & Monica hopkinshorizon Wind EnergyWilliam R. & Katheleen May hornJames R. horton, Jr.hot shot Delivery service, Inc.houston safari ClubDoug howellJ. R. howellDaniel & Lynn howellBob huffmanBud & Joanne hufnagelhuibregtse, Louman AssociatesRalph hundthunt Oil Company of Canada, Inc.Dan hunterBill & Jan hunyadiAlton & Linda huttoIdaho Power CompanyIlli Real Estate Appraisals-Warren & Jo Ann IlliImperial schrade CorporationIn Loving Memory of harry G. WrightIn Memory of Beulah NovotnyIn Memory of David Paul Rolls, slope DoperIn Memory of Larry TholaIn Memory of Ralph Greleski & Gary MornewickIndian Peaks ChapterIndustrial Mechanical, Inc.Indy ChapterIntel CorporationInter-Lakes ChapterIntermountain Distributing CompanyIron J TowingIrongate, Inc.Winston G. Irvin, Jr. FamilyWalt & Carol Isenhour - Lone star OutfittersJ & J Motors, Inc. - Jerry, Jean, Allison & Lauren IuppaJ & K Taxidermy, Inc. - Jody & Karla slusherscott & sandy JacksonBob & Gayle JacobGary & sharon JacobsenJacobson County Wildlife FundGlen L. JahnkeAnna Lee JamesJames Marine, Inc. - C. Ronald James, PresidentJefferson smurfit Corporation

"We are proud to be members and supporters of RMEF and we are especially pleased with their efficiency in putting money back on the ground for wildlife." —bob and Anne veelman, RMEF Life Member & habitat Council Members



Jemmett Family Trustharold F. JensenJFs, Inc.Jim’s BarJoe hall FordWallace h. JohnJohnny safariBob & Cathy JohnsMitchell & Deborah JohnsonBrian & Mary JohnsonRon & Connie JohnsonJohn-Wayne ConstructionJonathan Creek Rod & Gun Club, Inc.Robert D. & Claudia R. JonesDon Jones - Jones Painting, Inc.Ralph E. Jones IIIChris JordanJoe & Rosemary Jordan - Jordan ContractingGary & Nola JorgensenKevin JosephBob & Lorna Joslinsteve JudkinsK.h.C. Construction, Inc.Tom & Tracy KanessGail KangasDenis KarnoskyMike & Carolyn KasperKassa InsuranceKent KastenJohn & Paul Kautzman - Galvanizers, Inc.Kazal Fire ProtectionRaymond & Gliceria KealeKearney Commercial BankDavid Keatonstan & Cindy KeenKevin & Eileen KehoeJohn B. & Pamela KellerKim & Kelly KelseyJames F. KempRobert KempenichJames C. Kennedy - Cox Enterprises, Inc.Bill & Deb KenneyJames D. KentKentucky River Coal CorporationKentucky River PropertiesKentucky/Barkley Lakes ChapterMarie s. KeppelTed KerasoteBrad KerbyRichard KetelboeterLarry L. KieftKiira Designshoward Killebrew - Killebrew RanchesBruce KillenJim & Barbara KimbrelMike KingJames & Pamela KirbyDave & Jennifer KlecknerGib & Ann KlecknerBob Kluwin - Raintree Engineering, Inc.Mark KnauppKnecht home CenterLee KnepperKnight & hale Game Call Products, Inc.Knott Floyd Land Company, Inc.Gale KnullClayton & Thelma Kogerhank KonradRobert & Jan KoonsKootenay Livestock AssociationKen & shellie KortanCharles KoskiPete & Patti Koupalsteve & Lisa KowatchAndrew KreegierJack & Ellen KriegerLewis h. KruegerMike Kruncos FamilyTim Kubiak & Paragon ElectricRoland Kuczynskihorst W. KuczynskiKurt KuczynskiWilliam 'Biff' Kummersteve Kutzer - Kutzer honeyKuykendall, sutton & Co. CPAsL & D Well services Inc.L.L. Bean, Inc.h. A. & Carla La Rue - In Memory of Randy La RueRobert C. LabenRobert LaceyLaFayette FamilyLake of The Torches Resort CasinoDon LaMarLamb FoundationFred s. Landes, MDPhilip LantzJim & Bobbie LarsenRolf h. LarsonLas Animas County Chapter of The Izaak Walton LeagueLassen County ChapterKirk & Ann LaughterLawry’s Foods, Inc.

Leachman Buick GMCVernon & Janet LeagueJim LeavensCraig & Deb LedererJoe & Deborah LeeDennis & Elayne LehrerArlyn F. LemerLes schwab - Colville, WALesco Design and Manufacturing, Inc.Jim LetoDr. K.C. LewisLibby DrugLightning Enterprises, Inc.Pemberton hutchinson Lincoln, Jr.Tom G. LindellJames LindsayGeorge Little - College Oaks TowingDakota & sunny LivesayRoger Logwood & Kathy FunkKirk Lokka & FamilyLorne & Donna LompreyLone Bull, Inc.Don W. & Rosemary LoppnowArchie & sue LorentzenDaniel LortLouisiana Pacific Canada Ltd. - swan Valley DivisionJames LovinJohn & Deltha LoweLower Forty Rod & Gun ClubLTM, IncorporatedJames E. Lucero AgencyLester R. LuttrellChet L. LutzCathy & Chris LuyckxRandal & Karen MackKen MacomberMargaret A. MaddalenaRobert & Meredith MainMajestic Oil Tools Ltd.John, Cathie, & John D. MalisonMark & Ginger MankinsDan Mansfield - Olde West Gun & LoanJohn A. MantheyNancy B. MantzPatricia W. & Larry C. MarcumLes & Rita MarcumButch & Glenda MaritaRay MarkeeMarty MarkowskiManuel MarlowePhilip T. MarloweBuck & sherry MarrBob & Barb MartinRobert J. MartinPhilip & Phylis MartinelliMarty & Mindy VermilyeaMaryland Bowhunters societyEdward L. MasonDavid Mason & Tom schelldorfPhillip ‘Jim’ & shirley MassieMatco ToolsTimothy A. MathiesenBill & Donna MazeLonnie J. Mc AllisterMatthew h. Mc AllisterBruce & Deanna Mc AteeMc Bride Conservation FundC. G. ‘Pat’ & Virginia Mc CarthyFred Mc Clanahan, Jr.Brian Mc ClellandLarry & Becky Mc CleskeyGary Mc ClureTom Mc Cool - Air Castle RanchTim & Patty Mc CoyMc Coy PropertiesMarc Mc CurryMc Entire & Di Lello Law OfficesJames B. Mc EntyreRobert & helen Mc GeeCindell Mc Gill-MoeJohn Mc GonagleKrystal L. Mc GuireDr. & Mrs. William Lewis Mc KayEd & Denise Mc KenzieMitchell & Pamala Mc KieFranklin M. & Nancy E. Mc Mahonsteven A. Mc NamaraLes Mc NellyLen Mc RitchieMeakin Forest Enterprises Ltd.Richard Meier MemorialGreg MelgesTed MellotteMeridian Gold Company - Beartrack MineCharles MersiovskyDave & susan MessicsMeyerink Farm serviceMichels Pipeline Construction, Inc.Mid Ohio Valley ChapterMid-Arkansas Valley ChapterMidewin ChapterMike & Angie LeeDouglas s. MillerDale & Marilyn Miller

sam & Carol MillerThe Millmont FoundationMinnequa Bankstuart & Maryanne MoffettMonongahela ChapterMark & Lorna MonsonTheodore & Cynthia Montague, Jr.The Montana standardMontana Volunteer state Co-Chairs Mike Baugh & John WilloughbyMontanore MineralsMoonlight Basin Ranch LPRev. John E. MooreGary Moore, MDKevin MorganJohn MorganMichael W. MorrisDan & Beth MorrisonMatthew & Jamie Mostad - Mostad ConstructionMount Carmel hospitalMountain Empire ChapterMountain Valley BankGlenn & Diane MoyerMsA Professional services, Inc.Milan ‘shorty’ MuellerEric MullerMunlake Contractors, Inc.Carol & Grant MunroJeff Murch - In Memory of Chauncey MurchDave MurphyBryan Murphy - Prestige Alliedsteve J. MurrayPaul MusshafenBill & Janice MyttonNagel Beverage Co., Inc.David M. NahrgangNamekagon River Valley ChapterGlenn NapierskieNAsCONational Band & Tag Co.National Presto Industries Inc.National Wild Turkey Federation - North Dakota state ChapterThomas B. & Molly O. NaveWilliam E. NeisBarbara W. NelsonNeurosurgical & spinal surgery AssociatesNew Millenium MarketingNew PageCharles & sallie NewlinNewmont Mining CorporationChad ‘Chubby’ & Theresa NibbelinDon Nicely - Turntec ManufacturingRic NicholsWalt & Cookie NicosonWayne & Melissa NiederhauserAllan NipstadJohn NoardNicholas L. NormanNorth Cascades ChapterNorth Cascades Chapter - 2010 Banquet AttendeesNortheast Washington Medical GroupNorthern British Columbia Guides AssociationNorthern highlands ChapterNorthwest Colorado ChapterNorthwest Colorado Ranching for WildlifeNorthwest News Company, Inc.Northwestern Public service CompanyJerry & susan NortonNye County ConstructionEric C. OakleyNathan & Tracy OdgenOffice Furniture & Design CentersMark OgdenJan h. OhlanderOil & Gas EquipmentDoug Olivierharold & Jean Olsonscott & Lisa OlsonDr. Jeffrey G. OlsonAnn W. OlsonTy & Kathy Olson - Ty Olson ConstructionOlympic Eagle Distributing, Co.ONB Bank & Trust CompanyBarry O’NeillOregon Coast BankJames Rockford OrgillLaird T. OrrDr. Andrew Orton - Yellowstone DentalMichael & Nancy Oshiersteve & Janet OverholtJames & sharon PacePacifiCorpPahlisch homesPaine WebberPaint Creek RanchMichael A. PainterRichard PalmerClifford & Ellie PapeLew PapendickParadigm Architects, PCMonie C. & Carol R. Parker

Parkers Prairie sportsmen’s ClubParkside Federal Credit UnionWard & Mary Jo ParmenterButch ParrRick & Joyce ParsonsKourosh PartowWallace PateBill PattersonEd Patterson - Patterson Insurance AgencyKevin C. Paulson - huntinglife.comPaws Up RanchPaynesville sportsmen’s ClubJim PearseDr. Richard & Karen PearsonWilliam & Jacqueline PearsonPella WindowsPembelton Investments, LCPeninsula Italian American social ClubPhilip C. PenningtonPennsylvania Grand Canyon ChapterJames & Phyllis PenzienPeoples Bank & Trust CompanyPeoria, Illinois CommitteePepsi-Cola Bottling Company of hickory, North Carolina, Inc.Performance Auto Groupsteve & Denis Perrins - The Perrins’ Rainy Pass Lodge LLCPerry Distributors, Inc.Vergil V. PetersonIn Memory of Ron PetersonOrville PetersonGreg & Nancy PetitJoseph C. PetteyRichard h. PfisterElaine & Dick PhillipsPhillips Petroleum Company - san Juan AreaPhil’s Frosty - Robin & Norris LacyDavid Picatti - In Memory of Mary, Joe & steve PicattiPierce FlooringPioneer Technical servicesFloyd & Betty Pitts - Arden Tree Farms, Inc.The Pittsburg & Midway Coal Mining Co. - Kemmerer MineWilliam E. & suzanne PiverPlanned & Engineered ConstructionMark & Tracy PlessingerPlumbers & Pipefitters Local #525Brandon & Aimee PlumleePlus ElectricLuella PolettePolk County sportsmens ClubPooler EnterprisesPope & Young ClubRussell E. PophamPopo Agie AnglersPortola high school for habitatTony Pottratz - In Memory of harvey BriscoeDeWayne & Jeannie PottsLinda PowellKen Powell - In Memory of Fran PowellPrairie Coteau ChapterPrarie heartland ChapterPrecision Drilling Corp.Precision Well servicePremier West BankPrescott ChapterTom Price - Price Cattle Co.Progress Energy FoundationJerry Prybycien - Don DeForest AssociatesPTs ElectronicsLarry & Elaine PughRon PutzierQuality Brands, Inc.Tim QueenBeth QueenQuinlan Ranches, Inc.Quintette Operating CorporationR.A. Webber & sonsJim & Vicki Racinescott, sandra & Kaitlyn Radford - Radford Carwashes, Inc.Robert O. RaffetyRain for RentRanch & home - Kennewick - The Dress FamilyDoug & Kerri Randles - D Bar K RanchRandles sand & Gravel, Inc.Rapid ChevroletRapid City JournalRapp Family FoundationRappleye FamilyBrett & Riley Rasmussen - Double R ConstructionTerry RathertThe Rawlins National BankRaymond James Financial - Diane Thomas RupertRed Canyon ChapterRed Lion hotels & InnsRedding Bank of Commercestewart Reeder

John & Linda ReevesGary & Carol J. ReidJohn & sharon ReiterRE/MAX RealtyRendezvous for Wildlife ChapterReno & ZahmFred & Pam Rentschler - Corral Creek RanchRevett Minerals Inc.Rhino Linings of Colorado springs, Inc.Rhone - Poulenc Basic Chemicals Co.William & Angela Richardson - Lazy R Enterprises, Inc.Rico Industries Inc.Leonard E. RiedlTommy & Mary Jo RileyJames h. & Patti M. RinehartRio Grande Chapterscott RisingEarl Ritter - Rental MartRiver Bluffs ChapterRiver City ChapterRivers Gypsy Express LLCRMEF CanadaRMEF Development Department staffRMEF Product Management & Marketing GroupRMEF staffRick & Ellen Robbinssteven h. Robertsstokley & Jeanne RobertsRoberts & son BuildersGeorge & Marie RobinsonJames F. & Jennie Robinsonstuart RobinsonRocky Mountain Enterprises, Inc.Lee B. RoederLynnisse Roehrich-PatrickJoe W. Rogers IIIRogue AggregatesMark RohrigJeff Rokstad - Rokstad Ford MercuryRolando’s Equipment & Truck RepairRonan Auto BodyBob & Lynette RookRichard J. & Marion h. RosaVincent M. RosdahlJohn M. RoseRose City ChapterRoseburg ChapterRoseburg Forest Products CompanyKen & Mary RossRobert & Nancy RovereConrad, sharon & Cody RoweRoy FarmsRPM, Inc.Larry Rubis - Fabrication TechnologiesWayne RudneskiDaniel E. & Jo Ann F. RudyJohn RuebJudy A. RuebThomas & susan C. RumseyRichard Runyansean M. RyanRyan Foods CompanyRyder Transportation services - Denversafari Club International - Barrington, Illinois Chaptersafari Club International - Central Washington Chaptersafari Club International - Coastal Range Chaptersafari Club International - Idaho Chaptersafari Club International - Nashville Chaptersafari Club International - Ohio Valley Chaptersafari Club International - Redding Regional Chaptersafari Club International - san Fernando Valley Chaptersafeco Insurance Companysalt Lake County Fish & Game AssociationTim samplesan Diego ChapterGayle sandersMike & shannon sandersDale sargentsatellites Unlimited, Inc.Dave satterfieldsawyer Memorial Trustscott sayerscheelsGary & Janice scheimerCraig schellCarroll J. schell & E. Kim DeLozierJim & sally scherrerJ. J. scherschligtsteve & Kim schmidtschnetzer Engineering, Inc.Eric schoenfeldCharles & Ann schooleyJohn schreinerRick schroderJoe schroederDavid E. schroeder


scott & Cheryl schuermanArthur B. schultz FoundationBill & Bonita schweinlerCharles h. scottJoseph M. seaglesegebrecht Plumbing, Inc.semitool, Inc.Cathy semler - Country home & healthseneca Chapterservice Plumbing & heatingseven-Up Pete VentureDick & Diana sevshekhoward sharpRay shawshelby Distributors, LLCCharles L. shieldsTony shingletonCharles M. shriverTerry shulerLes shumakerJames A. shurtssioux Falls Winnelson Co.Kevin & sharon skirkoGene & Edna skramstadskyline Motors, Inc.slave Lake Roland Michener high school for habitatGary & Mary sloanTom & Cheryl sloweyNeil C. smarteDouglas J. smentkowskiChuck & Kathy smithJim smithDwight & Julia smithFred smithDoug, Cynthia & Amasa smithsmith Transfer & storageBill & Gabriele snider - In Memory of Mike sniderso-Cal ConstructionBrian & Lanette soliday & FamilyThe songer FamilyPaul sottaksouth Texas Chaptersouth Valley Bank & Trustsoutheast Michigan Chaptersoutheast Texas ChapterDuane southerlandsouthern Kentucky Chaptersouthern Nevada Chapter Trout UnlimitedTim southornRick sparingspearfish high schools for habitatArt spencerGeorge E. spier, MDspruce Pine Land Co.st. Croix Pressst. Joseph’s hospitalJohn staff - Camoboysstallion Rockies - stallion Oilfieldstallion solids ControlForrest & Traci stanleyFriends of Debra stapleyRobert starzstec’s Advertising specialtiessteel Technologies, Inc.Rick & Cathy steeleEric steenburghArt & Carol stephanDelores V. stephensGerald & sandy stewardstewart Title of Missoula County, Inc.Bob stiehl - In Memory of R. L. stiehlDavid & Ramona stinestine, heiser, Buss & Assoc.stockman Bankstew stoneMyrl J stoneCarl R. stonecipher, DDsstoney - Wolf Productions, Inc.The storage PlaceGraham stovallJake stowersstuart & Melissa strahlEben & Eva streeterE. hadley stuart, Jr.summit Outdoor Advertising, Inc.sun Valley PackingAlan & Marti sundayPat sutphinKen sweet - K Bar T Farmssweetwater ChapterAl swertfagerMark syllasyndicated Technologies Ltd.Don & Carol sytsmaRob, suz, Nick & Kelley syvertsonT. J. Lambrecht Construction, Inc.TascoKim TaylorTaylor ArchitectsTaylor DrillingTommy & Penny TeagueTeam ChevroletTeamsters Local Union #760

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"We’ve been involved with RMEF for 25 years and it’s the best-run conservation organization going–90 cents of every dollar goes to work in the field! Great things get accomplished when everyone gives a little. Even those who can’t write a check can join a chapter committee and raise money. Last but not least, we treasure the lasting friendships with folks who share our passion for the outdoors. It’s for our grandkids’ kids that we stay involved." —Dr. Terry and Judy sweet, RMEF Board Member, Life Member & habitat Council Members


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D-D ProductionsDeadwood Outfitters LLCDeseret RanchDevenyns Limited EditionsDoig River OutfittersDoug Eck studiosEarl KeatingElk Basin OutfittersElk Valley Bighorn OutfittersElkhorn OutfittersElko Bighorns UnlimitedFossil Ridge Guide serviceFour seasons safaris New ZealandFuqua's JewelryGame and Fish MagazineGary Griesenhaines hunting servicehanno Van Rensburg hunting servicehigh Tech Customshigher Ground Outfittershorse Creek Outfittershoyt UsAhumphrey RV and Trailer, LLCIda GlowIndiana Arch Plywood, Inc.Island ExplorationsJ.L. FleschJack WalterJackie VergerioJaco OutfittersJim GrantKen CarlsonKershaw KnivesKevin PowellKiwi safaris New ZealandKohls OutfittingLake-N-LeatherLambson's Wildlife OriginalsLazy J R OutfittersLil Toledo LodgeLori's LabradorsMagnum OutfittersMatthews Trophy hunting safarisMontana Mountain View RanchMontana safarisMontana sunrise LodgeMorgan TrinketsMoriah Publishing Inc.Nancy Dunlop CawdreyNavajo Nation Dept of F&WNB safarisNordberg FurnitureNorth Park OutfittersNorthern New Mexico Elk huntsOne Only studioOut of Africa safarisR. PlaceRainbow Lake LodgeRancho Rojo Outfitting serviceRand's Custom hattersRapid ChevroletRata Maire DeerRCA hunting servicesReunel MfgRichard Childress Racing Inc.Richard holmes safarisRichard sotelloRick TaylorRidgerunner OutfittersRuss Field safarissafari Afrikasangre De Cristo Outfitters, Inc.scapegoat Wilderness O/Fschnee's Inc.sheep Creek Outfittersshooting Times Magazinesouth side Outfitterssporting Worldstar Valley Outfitters, LLCsteve Ramseysturm, Ruger & Company, Inc.The Biltmore CompanyTimber Creek ArtTschetter studiosUnder ArmourUnited Country Real EstateUpper Canyon OutfittersUWGValles Caldera TrustVermejo Park RanchWard Burton Wildlife FoundationWestern spiritsWild Wings, Inc.Wildlife in BronzeWorking horse Log homesWorld Class Outfitting AdventuresWyoming Expeditions LeveL II – $15,000Abrams Airborne Manufacturing, Inc.Adventure NorthwestAfrica Maximum safarisAfrican Arrow safarisAhlstrom Construction Ltd.Banovich Fine Art Editions

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"We are proud to support the efforts of RMEF. Protecting and enhancing 6 million acres of habitat and the restoration of elk east of the Mississippi both reflect RMEF’s vision and knack for working with wildlife agencies. This success is enormously bolstered by the donations of time and money by the many volunteers, and will benefit generations far into the future." —ernie and sue swift, RMEF Life Member & habitat Council Members


ELK RUBS ETERNAL The Rock Creek area 20 miles west of Ellensburg in Washington’s Cascade Mountains has it all: generous public access, breathtaking views of Mount Rainier (see cover photo), mountain goats, bighorn sheep, mule deer, golden eagles, peregrine falcons, steelhead and bull trout, Chinook and coho salmon—not to mention one of Washington’s largest herds of elk. Up until five years ago, it also hosted a dizzying checkerboard of state-owned lands intermingled with private lands. In 2007, a private landowner notified RMEF that its parcels would soon be for sale. The public has enjoyed free access here for generations. But as prime real estate relatively close to seattle amid a slumping timber market, it would sell quickly. The Elk Foundation helped pull together a diverse group of stakeholders to protect the parcels most essential to elk and other wildlife—10,386 acres along Rock Creek. RMEF and its partners completed the last phase of the acquisition in 2011. Now all of those acres are part of the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife’s Oak Creek Wildlife Management Area.

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