That language 'makes it very difficult to have much more than the 130 elk we already have in northwestern Minnesota. Licensed Minnesota Auctioneer Fundraising Auctioneer for SD Farmers Union, Safari Club International, Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, Pheasants Forever. Since 1991, RMEF and its partners have completed 524 conservation and hunting heritage outreach projects in Pennsylvania with a combined value of. The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR), Minnesota State University-Mankato and the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation plan to wrap up a two-year elk study in 2018. 'While the language is aimed at Minnesota's existing elk herds in the northwest and does not impact our ability to conduct our feasibility study, it will likely impact our ability to actually (restore elk to) eastern Minnesota someday,' Schrage said, noting elk supporters will work to change the language in future legislation. The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation (RMEF) is a nonprofit organization headquartered in Missoula, MT whose mission is to ensure the future of elk, other wildlife, their habitat and our hunting heritage. Paul this week after Dayton signed an agriculture policy bill that limits the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources from growing the state's elk population unless the Commissioner of Agriculture verifies there has been no increase in the amount paid for elk-related crop and fence damage in the previous two years. You are also helping to continue our hunting traditions, for you and your friends, for your kids and their kids. When you support the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, you are helping to ensure that elk have the habitat they need to thrive. The eastern Minnesota effort could take up to 10 years and cost over $1 million when finished, Schrage has said.īut Schrage also noted there was less-favorable news for elk supporters out of St. Your donation will help conserve and enhance vital elk habitat throughout North America. If both studies prove positive, Fond du Lac would look to transplant 200-300 elk from other states into the area, onto public lands, much like Wisconsin has restarted its elk herd during the past 20 years. 'The answers to these initial feasibility studies should determine if we have enough potential elk habitat and enough public support to take any next steps in the process of restoring elk,' Schrage said in a letter Wednesday to supporters.

Mike Schrage, wildlife biologist for the Fond du Lac Band, said the attitudes study will begin this winter with the habitat study starting in 2017, 'and we're looking at a June 2019 completion date for the final report.' The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation is collaborating with FWP, the Bitterroot National Forest and other partners on a multi-year project to enhance nearly 2,000 acres of land. Minnesota has just more than 100 elk in northwestern counties. It's the first significant plan to reintroduce free-roaming elk to parts of east-central and Northeastern Minnesota since they were extirpated from the region 125 years ago.

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