A Life Member’s Hunt of a Lifetime
After 26 years of applying, RMEF life member Jamie Garcia finally drew a coveted Utah moose tag in 2021. Garcia began scouting different wildlife management [...]
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A Revitalized and Growing Chapter in the Cornhusker State
Most people usually don’t think of elk when they think of Nebraska, but one chapter of the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation is hoping to leave [...]
River Raisin Chapter Reinvigorates RMEF Presence in Southeast Michigan
After taking the Regional Director position for Michigan in 2021, I had a whole lot of uncertainties. How long would we have to wait before [...]
Team Montana Makes 2021 a Record-Setting Year
In 2019, Montana chapter chairs set an aggressive goal to accumulatively generate $2 million dollars for the RMEF mission, something that they had never been [...]
Building New Mexico’s ‘A-Team’ of Volunteers
I’d just finished attending my very first RMEF PAC meeting in the spring of 2011 and little did I know what lay ahead of me [...]
RMEF Volunteer Pride Shines Bright on My Old Kentucky Home
On December 17, 1997, more than 4,000 people, including 52 busloads of school children, watched and waited breathlessly on Potato Knob. And then it happened. [...]
Volunteers Remove Spools of Wire High in the Rugged Idaho/Montana Mountains
On Thursday July 8th, 2021, over 50 RMEF Volunteers met at the West Portal of the Taft Tunnel on the Hiawatha Trail in Northern Idaho. [...]
Colorado Volunteers Spark the Spirit of Giving
After months of venue cancelations, the Bailey Chapter of Colorado was at their wits end when it came to securing a location for their annual [...]
Common Interests-Common Bond
Kurt Shepherd has always enjoyed being outdoors. This interest started as a young boy growing up in Lehi, Utah. Whether it was fishing, shooting ducks, [...]
Kansas: Where the Deer and the Antelope (and the Elk) Play
O give me a home where the buffaloes roam, Where the deer and the antelope play, Where seldom is heard a discouraging word, And the [...]
Fence-Building, Camping and Fun at the North Texas Rendezvous
The 2021 Texas State Rendezvous was originally planned for February; the typical unpredictable Texas weather took a turn for the worse in the form of [...]
Tailgating in the Strawberries: Oregon Rendezvous Roundup
How many times have you tailgated at the base of a wilderness mountain range? Went on a sunset ride and watched antelope in the fields? [...]
Putting on a Ladies Event with Style
The Treasure Valley Chapter Committee in Boise, Idaho, knows how to pull out all the stops for an event. Wade Richards, Monica Reese, Marcene Taylor [...]
Why Volunteer? RMEF Volunteers Share their Stories
Kathy Funk I have often been asked “why do you volunteer for RMEF?” It’s actually both a very simple and a complex answer. When I was [...]
Breaking into the Boys Club: how one volunteer helped improve RMEF fundraising in Northern Utah
Jen Chavez wears gear emblazoned with an RMEF logo when she strolls out in public. And she knows where the banquet dollars go—to on the [...]