The Wyoming Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation (RMEF) recently committed $149,000 to the Wyoming Game and Fish Department to support 13 Game and Fish led projects. These funds will go toward projects addressing a variety of needs including: weed treatment, hunting and fishing access, habitat improvements, perpetual easements, wildlife friendly fencing and irrigation improvements.  

"The funding provided from the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation in 2016 will help support important habitat, research and hunting access projects throughout the state.  Many of these projects would simply not be feasible without RMEF funds,” said Ian Tator, Game and Fish statewide terrestrial habitat manager.

For the fifth year in a row, Wyoming’s 20 RMEF chapters represent nearly 10,000 Wyoming members combined and raise more money than any other state. RMEF allocated $520,000 total to projects in Wyoming, including $40,000 from the sale of Game and Fish Commissioner licenses. With the funds raised annually, RMEF frequently supports Game and Fish initiatives like Access Yes and habitat enhancement projects within Wyoming. Since 1984, RMEF has conserved or enhanced over one million acres in Wyoming through the use of prescribed fire, weed treatments, re-seeding, thinning, water development and conservation and hunting easements.