Below is a news release from the U.S. Forest Service.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service and the State of Alaska Department of Natural Resources, Division of Forestry and Fire Protection, have signed a groundbreaking 20-year shared stewardship that expands cross‑boundary forest management and strengthens Alaska’s forest products industry.

The agreement represents the largest scale of state-federal collaboration in Alaska's history in terms of acreage and duration and provides a long-term framework to address the unique challenges facing the state's forests and communities.

"This significant agreement outlines our commitment to work together, actively managing the Tongass National Forest to create healthy forests, while contributing to a stable, vibrant rural economy," Forest Service Chief Tom Schultz said. "Together, we will deliver real, measurable results — in part, by enabling the state to implement projects on up to 300,000 acres across the Tongass through Good Neighbor Authority. This will mean more acres treated, more communities protected, more jobs created, and healthier forests for generations to come."

Signed at Forest Service headquarters in Washington D.C., this agreement builds on decades of partnership between the State of Alaska and the Forest Service in fighting fires, managing forest health and supporting timber programs across the state's vast landscape.

The agreement commits both agencies to concrete actions, including developing a timber action plan by the end of 2026 that identifies priority projects on the Tongass National Forest, providing reliable timber offerings and evaluating longer-term contracting options to increase industry confidence.

“As someone who has worked in a logging camp in Southeast Alaska, I know how important having a working forest is to communities in Southeast,” said Gov. Mike Dunleavy. “This is great news for the people of Alaska and will be a lifeline to the blue-collar Alaskan workers in Southeast Alaska who President Biden and previous administrations sought to keep out of work by managing the Tongass as if it were a National Park.”

The partnership encompasses comprehensive forest management priorities including:

• Cross-boundary coordination on fuels reduction and wildfire mitigation
• Response to insect and disease threats
• Infrastructure development and improved access
• Workforce training opportunities
• Investment in modern milling and harvesting technology
• Technical assistance to private and non-federal landowners
• Coordination on wildlife habitat, recreation and authorized development activities

The Alaska Division of Forestry and Fire Protection manages 20 million acres of state lands and provides fire protection across 154 million acres statewide. The Forest Service manages the 5.4-million-acre Chugach National Forest and 16.7-million-acre Tongass National Forest. Together, these lands provide critical resources and economic opportunities for Alaskans while protecting watersheds, wildlife habitat and cultural resources. These coordinated efforts will help sustain rural economies, improve public safety and support long-term community resilience.

This new agreement follows similar shared stewardship agreements with other states including Montana, Idaho, Utah, Georgia and the Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians. Each reflects USDA's commitment to working across boundaries to improve forest health and strengthen rural communities. More information on shared stewardship is available online.

(Photo credit: U.S. Forest Service)

Below is a news release from Colorado Parks and Wildlife.

On January 28, 2026, gray wolf 2305 — the three-year-old breeding male in the King Mountain Pack — died during routine collaring operations in Routt County.

“All wildlife capture operations come with a risk and while we meticulously prepare and take every precaution to ensure a positive outcome, there is always the possibility, even if small, that the worst happens,” said Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) Acting Director Laura Clellan. “Our staff and contractors carefully followed CPW Animal Care and Use Committee (ACUC) guidelines during this operation, but when the animal was delivered to CPW staff in the field from the initial capture site, it was unresponsive. Our team initiated resuscitation efforts but determined the animal had died.”

CPW performed a necropsy at its Health Lab in Fort Collins. Final results and lab tests from the necropsy are still pending and will help determine if there were any underlying conditions that contributed to the death of 2305.

An independent third-party veterinary pathologist was in attendance for the necropsy and will confirm all exam results.

As gray wolves in Colorado are a federally endangered species, the standard protocol for necropsies is that they be performed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS). In this case, because this was not a potential law enforcement investigation, CPW received permission from USFWS to perform this necropsy to help expedite the process.

“We are grateful for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife’s support in accelerating this process so it could be communicated to the public in a timely manner,” Clellan said. “While ACUC guidelines do not necessitate a pause in capture operations following one mortality event, CPW has decided to cease capture operations for the time being while we evaluate the circumstances around this mortality.”

In addition to the capture of 2305, the adult female and one pup from King Mountain Pack were successfully captured and collared during this operation. Summer counts had indicated four pups in this pack. All four pups, including the newly collared pup, were observed during this operation.

“It’s not yet possible to understand the long-term implications to the King Mountain Pack as a result of this mortality,” said CPW Wolf Conservation Program Manager Eric Odell. “We will continue to monitor this pack to evaluate their status and how they are contributing to the establishment of a self-sustaining wolf population in Colorado.”

Why was CPW conducting collaring operations?
Maintaining functioning collars assists CPW with monitoring the activity of wolves in Colorado, including tracking wolf localizations to aid with the timely deployment of conflict minimization resources. The agency strives to keep at least two members of each pack collared as outlined in the Colorado Wolf Restoration and Management Plan. CPW staff were aware that the collars of the breeding adults of King Mountain Pack had low batteries and therefore wanted to replace them to maintain connectivity with the pack.

“These sorts of capture efforts are a routine part of CPW’s wolf monitoring efforts, and the program has had very successful capture operations up to this point,” Clellan said. “Operations like this are standard across a number of different species and are an important aspect of successful wildlife management in Colorado. We continue to be confident in the abilities of our staff who lead the processing side of these efforts as well as the contractors who conduct the captures.”

In addition to the King Mountain Pack, CPW continues to monitor three other confirmed packs and other known wolves in the state. The number of pups successfully recruited into the population will be included in the minimum population count in CPW’s annual gray wolf report which will be available early summer.

(Photo credit: Colorado Parks and Wildlife)

Below is a news release from the U.S. Forest Service. Hunt 2 Conserve strongly supports active forest management for the benefit of wildlife, wildlife habitat, hunting, forest health and reducing the risk of catastrophic wildfire.

The U.S. Forest Service and the Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians have signed a new shared stewardship agreement to expand collaborative forest and rangeland restoration across two national forests in Oregon. The agreement strengthens an already productive partnership and supports shared planning and work to reduce wildfire risk, improve forest health, and protect cultural resources.

Signed on Feb. 12 at Forest Service headquarters in Washington D.C., this agreement builds on a previous collaboration between the Tribe and the agency. It strengthens the government-to-government relationship and expands capacity to accelerate work that supports healthier forests and safer communities.

“The Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians bring deeply rooted Indigenous land management experience and traditions that focus on caring for the land,” Forest Service Chief Tom Schultz said. “In partnership with the tribe, more than 37 miles of fuel breaks were created to protect tribal lands, private property, and National Forest System lands. I look forward to our expanded partnership and our joint efforts to reduce wildfire risk on a landscape scale and create resilient forests that benefit all.”

The agreement includes an initial planning project area of about 155,000 acres on the Umpqua and Rogue River-Siskiyou national forests. Within this landscape, the Forest Service and the tribe will work together to increase the pace and scale of forest management projects that protect people, communities, as well as natural and cultural resources.

“Wildfire is the greatest threat to the health of our forests, which is not only of cultural significance to the Cow Creek Umpqua, but also a critical part of Oregon’s environmental and economic landscape,” said Carla Keene, chairman of the Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians. “This government-to-government partnership allows us to work toward a future where our forests are managed for long-term resilience, our communities are protected from the health risks of smoke, and our national forests remain an asset for all Oregonians seven generations into the future.”

National forests supply raw materials that support construction and wood energy industries, provide 180 million Americans with clean water, and host millions of visitors each year who enjoy world-class recreation opportunities. Protecting these benefits requires coordinated action across boundaries and jurisdictions, making shared stewardship agreements with states, counties and federally recognized tribes a critical part of managing a shared landscape.

This new agreement follows similar agreements with Montana,Idaho, Utah, and Georgia and reflects USDA’s commitment to working with all interested tribes, counties and states to improve forest health and strengthen rural communities.

More information on shared stewardship is available on the Forest Service website. The full agreement and additional details are available on the Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians website.

(Photo source: U.S. Forest Service)

Betty Grandy has already done quite a bit in the first nine years of her life. A fourth grader from Twin Falls, Idaho, she is editor-in-chief of her own neighborhood newspaper called the Brandy Gazette.

Recently, she added another paragraph to her resume when her father drove her 130 miles to the state Capitol building in Boise to offer testimony before a legislative hearing in support of a bill she inspired. Betty wants hunting to become Idaho’s official sport.

“I try to help people, so it makes me feel happy that I’m helping Idaho,” Grandy told KTVB-TV. "Did you know that 70 percent of Idaho's land is public hunting area?”

Betty reached out to her subscription base of 45 readers to solidify her idea.

"I ran a poll within the subscribers of the newspaper, and most of them picked archery hunting. I feel like so many people chose hunting. If there were 100 categories, it would still win," she told KTVB-TV.

Betty's desire is worded in the form of HB 652, which states, “The Legislature finds that the State of Idaho values the rights to hunt, fish, and trap and has enshrined such rights in the Constitution of the State of Idaho. The Legislature finds that the sport of hunting is historically and culturally representative of these traditions. As such, it is the intent of the Legislature to designate and declare hunting as the state sport of the State of Idaho.”

The committee unanimously advanced the bill to the House floor with a “do pass” recommendation.

Click here to watch a KTVB-TV report.

(Photo credit: J Squish)

Below is a news release from Colorado Parks and Wildlife.

Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) announced that it currently has no plans for translocating additional gray wolves this release season and continues to explore options for translocations in winter 2026/2027.

“During this intermediate time, CPW will continue to meet with producers and other stakeholders, including U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, to explore how to maximize the restoration effort and achieve our plan of establishing a self-sustaining gray wolf population in Colorado,” said CPW Acting Director Laura Clellan. “Our team has invested in a significant conflict minimization program, and we look forward to exploring how we continue to improve this program with producers to protect both livestock and wolves.”

CPW will continue to work with producers to implement the tactics outlined in the Wolf-Livestock Conflict Minimization Program Guide and build on significant conflict mitigation milestones this year. 2025 milestones include:

• Partnering with Colorado Department of Agriculture to establish the Colorado Range Riding program to meet the needs of producers during their open ranging seasons when additional human presence is needed to help minimize conflict,
• Hiring a Wolf Damage and Conflict Minimization Manager who will oversee compensation for wolf damage as well as the Colorado Range Riding program which is slated to expand in 2026,
• Bringing on additional wildlife damage specialists to supplement the efforts of district wildlife managers and other regional staff by investigating suspected wolf depredations among other types of damage such as that caused by bears, mountain lions, and various ungulates,
• Expansion of the conflict minimization hard tool stockpile at CPW disposal, which includes approximately 45 miles of fladry (the electrified flag-line fencing used to deter wolves) along with more than 160 sound-and-light scare devices ready for deployment,
• Completing more than 240 site assessments,
• Continuing to build upon CPW’s decades-long history of investigating and preventing livestock conflicts through a dedicated interagency training held in October.

The impact of no additional releases is dependent on several factors, including wolf survival and reproduction. CPW has confirmed successful reproduction in four packs and its staff is working to determine how many pups made it through the summer and will be successfully recruited into the population. Female gray wolves give birth to an average litter of four to six pups.

“When populations are small, the contributions of each individual are especially significant. It is not possible to predict the impact of foregoing a third year of translocations without knowing what may occur in the coming year. If mortality remains high, as observed in 2025, the risk of failing to achieve a self-sustaining wolf population in Colorado increases, potentially requiring additional resources to address,” said CPW Wolf Program Manager Eric Odell.

CPW will continue to make all management decisions on a case-by-case basis after evaluating the circumstances, the Colorado Wolf Restoration and Management Plan, and relevant law.

“This is a complicated effort and I want to encourage all stakeholders to continue to work together as we move toward the goal of creating a self-sustaining population of wolves in the state, while at the same time minimizing conflict with livestock,” said Clellan.

(Photo credit: Colorado Parks and Wildlife)

Below is a news release from the U.S. Forest Service. Hunt 2 Conserve strongly supports active forest management for the benefit of wildlife, wildlife habitat, hunting, forest health and reducing the risk of catastrophic wildfire.

The State of Georgia along with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service and Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) signed a shared stewardship memorandum of understanding today, reaffirming a joint commitment to coordinated, cross-boundary forest management across priority landscapes in the state.

“Georgia has been an exceptional partner in advancing shared stewardship, and this renewed agreement takes that collaboration to the next level”, said Forest Service Chief Tom Schultz. "By working together to increase prescribed fire, expand growing-season burns, and deliver a sustainable volume of timber through Good Neighbor Authority projects, we’re strengthening both forest health and the state’s forest-based economy. This renewed partnership also supports existing industry and developing wood products, improves and expands opportunities for hunting and fishing, and renews our commitment to support cooperative activities across all Georgia forests."

The Forest Service is working hand-in-hand with state and local governments to manage the nation’s forests more effectively. Agreements such as this one help create more responsive local decision-making, stronger partnerships, and better results for Georgia’s communities. The agreement also formalizes the strong collaboration that already existed between Georgia and the Forest Service and supports implementation of Executive Order 14225 Immediate Expansion of American Timber Production.

In Georgia, the shared stewardship framework supports cooperative efforts related to wildfire mitigation, prescribed fire, hazardous fuels reduction, forest restoration, forest products utilization, recreation and long-term resilience of forested landscapes.

"Georgia's forestry industry, the largest in the nation, has shown great resilience in the face of extraordinary challenges," said Georgia Governor Brian Kemp. "This agreement will help strengthen the existing relationships between state and federal industry leaders, ensuring we continue to steward our bountiful natural resources while supporting the hardworking Georgians who depend on them for their livelihoods."

The agreement aligns Forest Service priorities to expand state, tribal and local partnerships; accelerate active forest management; and strengthen coordinated wildfire risk reduction efforts nationwide. In the agreement the Forest Service commits to:

• Develop long-term solutions for wood markets, such as supporting the development of innovative wood products and wood utilization programs.
• Coordinate with other federal agencies to address market barriers to Georgia’s forest products.
• Work toward achieving an annual sustainable five million board feet of timber through Good Neighbor Authority projects over five years and maintain at least one GNA timber sale annually.
• Initiate an agreement with Georgia that uses EXPLORE Act authorities by the end of 2026 – and continue to fund Good Neighbor Agreements to accomplish shared active management goals and efforts to recover from disasters.
• Emphasize active management of forests, including expanding the use of prescribed fire and increasing growing season burns, collaborate on America’s Longleaf Restoration Initiative, improve wildlife habitat, stock native and game fish species in streams and water bodies, treat non-native invasive species, and manage for rare, imperiled and federally protected species.
• Support Georgia as it works with landowners to reduce wildfire risk, address forest health threats on private lands, and manage their forests.
• Coordinate on law enforcement, natural disasters, risks to forest health, the requirements of the National Historic Preservation Act and research / inventory needs.

“This agreement strengthens forest management across ownership boundaries and benefits everyone involved,” said Georgia Forestry Commission Director and State Forester Johnny Sabo. “By improving the health and resilience of national forest lands, we also reduce wildfire risk, lessen forest health threats like southern pine beetle, and support more productive forests for neighboring private landowners and communities.”

The State of Georgia, Forest Service and NRCS will continue working with local governments, private landowners, tribal partners and stakeholders to implement shared stewardship projects across the state.

“Shared Stewardship is about action and accountability. By partnering with Georgia and the Forest Service, NRCS will continue to provide conservation practices where it matters most—on working farms, ranches, and forestlands. This agreement helps us meet landowners where they are, improve forest health and water resources, and keep Georgia’s rural economies strong,” said NRCS Chief Aubrey J.D. Bettencourt.

This agreement follows similar agreements with Montana, Idaho, and Utah. For more information on the agreement, visit: https://www.fs.usda.gov/working-with-us/shared-stewardship.

About forests in Georgia

Georgia's 24 million acres of forestlands provide abundant forest products as a renewable source of wood fiber, clean water for communities and agriculture, support a thriving outdoor recreation and tourism economy, and provide outstanding fish and wildlife habitat.

A variety of benefits are provided to Georgia from its healthy, sustainable forests. Of primary importance is the $59.4 billion economic impact the forest industry has on the state. The industry is the state's second largest employer, with compensation exceeding $11.3 billion and payments to landowners of about $14.5 million. It generates an estimated $880 million per year in revenues for the state budget. Due to recent mill closures, this revenue is expected to decrease in 2025, leaving an opportunity for business growth in this sector in 2026 and beyond.

Forest-based recreation contributes to the state's economic growth and tourism industry. Georgia leads the nation in nonresident hunters, and resident sportsmen spend more than $1.8 billion annually. Anglers spend $569 million each year.

Federal, state and private land managers in Georgia face a range of urgent challenges, among them catastrophic storms, droughts, flooding, insect and disease outbreaks, invasive species, habitat loss and fragmentation, changing forest markets, urban sprawl and interface, and growing public use.

The Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest, which features nearly 867,000 acres across 26 Georgia counties, is home to thousands of miles of clear-running streams and rivers, 850 miles of recreation trails, and dozens of campgrounds, picnic areas, and other recreation activity opportunities.

NRCS in Georgia works with local conservation districts, farmers and landowners to identify natural resource concerns, such as water quality and quantity issues, soil erosion, air quality, wetlands and wildlife habitat; they then develop unique solutions for restoring and protecting these resources. The Georgia Forestry Commission serves as technical specialist for NRCS, assisting conservationists in writing resource management plans and conducting performance checks on forest management cost share practices throughout the state.

(Photo credit: U.S. Forest Service)

Despite a full-court press by anti-hunters, Florida’s first managed black bear hunt in a decade turned out to be a successful one. A Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) harvest report shows hunters took 52 bears during the Dec. 6-28, 2025, season.

“The 2025 black bear hunt, rooted in sound scientific data, was a success,” Roger Young, FWC executive director, told Outdoor Life. “We’re proud to have joined the more than 30 states that manage black bears with regulated hunting.”

FWC approved the hunt to both manage the state’s black bear population and help reduce human-bear conflicts. There are 16 recorded conflicts over the last three years and 44 dating back to 2006. Among the most recent is a May 2025 attack when a black bear killed a man and his dog in Jerome, a small community about 90 miles west of Miami.

Anti-hunters publicly campaigned to buy as many bear licenses as possible to keep them out of the hands of hunters. According to Outdoor Life, extremists drew 43 of the 172 tags and offered to pay others who did receive a tag.

FWC reports Florida residents bought all but six of the available permits, and only Floridians were successful. Twenty-four of the 52 harvested bears were female. None of them were lactating, meaning they were not feeding cubs. All the bears taken met size requirements, and FWC issued no warnings or citations to participating hunters.

Florida black bear population ballooned from several hundred in the 1970s to more than 4,000 today.

According to FWC, a managed Florida bear hunt took place from the 1930s until 1994. It reopened for one year in 2015.

About Hunt 2 Conserve

Hunt 2 Conserve is a 501(c)4 nonprofit organization affiliated with the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation. Its mission is to advance a legacy of hunting and conservation by educating, activating and developing stewards and defenders of these fundamentally American ideals. For more information, go to hunt2conserve.org.

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For the first time in more than a century, wildlife officials confirmed the presence of a gray wolf in southern California. They are actively monitoring the situation because it wears a GPS tracking collar.

According to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW), and as reported by the Los Angeles Times, the animal is a 3-year-old female that traveled more than 370 miles from northern California to the mountains north of Santa Clarita, approximately 50 to 60 miles northwest of downtown Los Angeles.

It is from a pack in Plumas County, just across the state line from Reno and, looking at the bigger, historic picture, is offspring of wolves originally introduced into Yellowstone National Park in the mid-1990s.

"This wolf is the furthest south we have verified a wolf since that introduction 30 years ago. And it's the first time we have verified a wolf in L.A. County in modern times," Axel Hunnicutt, CDFW gray wolf coordinator, told KABC-TV. "I can't tell you the last time there was a wolf in L.A. County, but it likely was well over a hundred years ago."

Hunnicutt believes the wolf is looking for a mate.

According to CDFW, there are nine confirmed wolf packs in California, all in the northern part of the state. CDFW lethally removed four wolves from the Sierra Valley in October 2025 due to continual livestock depredations. Between March 28 and Sept. 10, 2025, wolves killed 70 head of livestock with another 17 confirmed or probable depredations the following month.

About Hunt 2 Conserve

Hunt 2 Conserve is a 501(c)4 nonprofit organization affiliated with the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation. Its mission is to advance a legacy of hunting and conservation by educating, activating and developing stewards and defenders of these fundamentally American ideals. For more information, go to hunt2conserve.org.

(Photo credit: California Department of Fish and Wildlife)

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) announced in November 2025 that creating a national recovery plan for gray wolves is unnecessary. It determined doing so “would not promote their conservation” because listing is no longer appropriate” under the Endangered Species Act due to the success of recovery of gray wolf populations.

Essentially, the USFWS stands by its 2020 assessment and evaluation that wolves have already met recovery goals.

In a 10-page document, it concluded that population levels in the Great Lakes States of Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin are abundant and above recovery, while each state has sufficient wolf management laws and plans in place to maintain that abundance for the foreseeable future. USFWS also stated there were few wolves along the West Coast at the time of the status review five years ago but California, Washington and Oregon each have plans in place to ensure their reestablishment. At last count at the end of 2024, there were a minimum of 50 wolves in California, 204 in Oregon and 230 in Washington.

USFWS also expects wolves in the Western United States to continue to spread into unoccupied areas. Again, as of the end of 2024, there was a minimum estimate of 1,150 wolves in Idaho, 1,091 in Montana and more than 300 in Wyoming, including about 100 in Yellowstone National Park.

Hunt 2 Conserve and the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation maintain that state wildlife agencies can and should sustainably manage recovered wolf populations just as they manage elk, black bears, deer and other wildlife species.

About Hunt 2 Conserve

Hunt 2 Conserve is a 501(c)4 nonprofit organization affiliated with the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation. Its mission is to advance a legacy of hunting and conservation by educating, activating and developing stewards and defenders of these fundamentally American ideals. For more information, go to hunt2conserve.org.

(Photo credit: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)

It has been more than a year since the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Fix Our Forests Act (FOFA) on a strong bipartisan vote, and despite broad support in the Senate, there is no vote scheduled. The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation is working the Senate side of Capitol Hill to try to get through the logjam but getting floor time for a vote is proving elusive.

“Every time a legislative crisis shows up in the news, whether it is a government shutdown or budget bills or confirmation fights, that takes up precious time for the debate and vote that we need to get Fix Our Forests across the finish line. It is starting to feel like only fire season will enable us to cut through the noise,” said Ryan Bronson, RMEF director of government affairs.

FOFA features a set of reforms to improve wildlife habitat quality in national forests, in addition to reducing catastrophic fire risk. It simplifies and expedites environmental reviews for forest management projects, promote federal, state, tribal and local collaboration in forest management, strengthen tools like Good Neighbor Authority and stewardship contracting to maximize return on investment, deters frivolous litigation that delays essential projects, including to reverse the 9th Circuit Court’s Cottonwood decision, and encourage the adoption of state-of-the-art science and technologies for federal land managers.

Senate rules require 60 votes to end debate on most legislation and end so-called filibusters. RMEF and its allies continue to work to ensure that there are more than 60 votes when the time comes.

Bronson already made two trips to Washington, D.C., in 2026 with a focus on Senate offices that may be on the fence, emphasizing the link between active management and habitat with wildfire resilience. The efforts have been generally successful, with most concerns focused on funding levels and not the policy provisions in the bill.

RMEF’s biggest concern is that as the politics in Congress over other issues become more bitter, and the fall elections get closer, willingness to pass even bipartisan issues like FOFA will become more difficult.

“We just met with Senate staffers from Washington, New Mexico, Oregon, Arizona and Pennsylvania offices and found broad support for improved forest policy. We need to get the bill on the floor for a vote,” added Bronson.

About Hunt 2 Conserve

Hunt 2 Conserve is a 501(c)4 nonprofit organization affiliated with the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation. Its mission is to advance a legacy of hunting and conservation by educating, activating and developing stewards and defenders of these fundamentally American ideals. For more information, go to hunt2conserve.org.

(Photo credit: Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation)