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President's and Board's Message

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he 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 2

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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 longterm 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.

M David Allen

John Caid

President & CEO

Chairman, Board of Directors

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mission of the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation is to ensure the future of elk, other wildlife and their habitat.

Founders & Honorary Lifetime Members

Board of Directors John Caid, Chairman Fred Bryant, Vice-Chairman Lee Swanson, Vice-Chairman Don Cook Larry Devin Michael Flores Gary “Swede” French Lee Gamble George McCoy Paul O’Connell Bill L. Olson Linda Powell Lou Prusinovski Chuck Roady Dennis Radocha Rob Springer Mark Tolar Keith Ward Glenda Wilson

Pinetop, AZ Kingsville, TX Cross Plains, WI Emporia, KS Griswold, IA Sacramento, CA Eagle Creek, OR Dandridge, TN Las Cruces, NM Beech Mountain, NC Houston, TX Summerfield, NC Redding, CA Bonners Ferry, ID Boise, ID Mulberry, FL Woodville, TX Huson, MT Cody, WY

Charlie Decker Bob Munson

Libby, MT Lynnwood, WA

Officers M David Allen Rod Triepke Lori Parker

President & CEO Secretary & COO Treasurer & CFO

Canada Norm Bruce, Secretary/Treasurer Minitonas, MB Rodger Fleming Butler, PA Bob Forbes Cranbrook, BC George McCoy, Ph.D Las Cruces, NM Martin Scholz Tomslake, BC

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2011 Financial Per for mance Statement

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Activities

Statement

(thousands)

of

Financial Position

(thousands)

A s s e t s , L ia b iliti e s & N e t A s s e t S u m m arY

Revenues Net special events

$8,028

Current assets

$12,524

Net merchandise, royalty & advertising sales

2,665

Investments

11,157

Membership dues

8,148

Property & equipment, net of depreciation

25,923

Donations (excluding conservation easements)

5,550

Conservation land holdings

2,523

24,079

Other assets

1,942

Land sales

5,034

Total assets

$54,069

Contract & grant revenue

2,217

Conservation Easements

Investment income

140

Other income (loss)

201

Funds available for program & support services

$56,062

Current liabilities

5,828

Planned gift liabilities, net of current portion

1,258

Long-term debt, net of current portion

3,365

Total liabilities

Expenses

$10,451

Fundraising

1,263

Unrestricted net assets

19,437

Administration

4,194

Temporarily restricted net assets

17,076

48,988

Permanently restricted net assets

7,105

Program services Total expenses

$54,445

Increase in net assets

$1,617

Total net assets

$43,618

Total liabilities & net assets

$54,069

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.

Where Your Investment Goes R O C KY M O U N TA I N E L K F O U N D AT I O N

Program Services

90% Administration

8%

Fundraising 2% 4

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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. Permanent Land Protection Forever. 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 Stewardship

We 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 Education

The 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.

Membership

The 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.

Money Invested

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Program

R O C KY M O U N TA I N E L K F O U N D AT I O N

Stewardship Projects

Land Conservation

13%

66%

Conservation Education

6% Elk Restoration Membership

1%

14%

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Conserving Elk Country Wallow wildFire Relief—Arizona In 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.

Alabama Showing 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.

Alaska Alaska 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.

Arizona Not 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.

Arkansas Most 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. 6

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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.

Colorado A 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.

Connecticut Giving 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.

Delaware Wild 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 • California Anywhere 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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Conserving Elk Country Florida A 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.

Georgia Besides 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.

Idaho Once 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.

Illinois The 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.

Indiana The 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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Safe Challenge • Indiana In 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.”

Iowa Forty-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.

Kansas Elk 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.

Kentucky Most 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. (800) CALL-ELK // RMEF.org

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Conserving Elk Country Missouri Missourians 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.

Maine It’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.

Maryland The 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.

Massachusetts More 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.

Michigan Not 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. 10

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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.

Missouri With 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.

Montana The 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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Conserving Elk Country National The 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.

Nebraska In 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.

Nevada Called 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 Mexico Once 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 • Nevada The 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 skirt 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.

East Magdalena • New Mexico Hills 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.

New York Since 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 Dakota The 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. (800) CALL-ELK // RMEF.org

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Conserving Elk Country

Foley Ridge • Oregon Upwards 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 started 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.

Ohio Southeast 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.

Oklahoma Prescribed 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.

Oregon In 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. 14

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Pennsylvania Far-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 Carolina Thirty 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 Dakota There 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.

Tennessee High 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 • Pennsylvania Decades 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.

Conserving Elk Country Texas Introducing 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.

Utah The 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.

Virginia The 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 • Texas The 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.

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.

Washington Neighbors 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 Virginia The 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.

Wisconsin It’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.

Wyoming Elk 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. (800) CALL-ELK // RMEF.org

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Friends of the Foundation "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 Memberships Throughout 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 Program Wanting their dollars to go that extra acre, generous RMEF members and volunteers donated nearly $938,000 through annual giving in 2011.

Workplace Giving One 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 Gifts Many 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 & Honoraria RMEF 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 Society

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

Ed and Carol Carmack,

RMEF Life Member & Habitat Council Members

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.

Habitat Partners The 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 Partnerships In 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 Support With 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.

"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 (800) CALL-ELK // RMEF.org

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Friends of the Foundation HABITAT PARTNERS PLATINUM $1 Million Dale & Lois Ives Ted K. Martin Richard King Mellon Foundation Montana Power Company National Fish & Wildlife Foundation The Oncken Family The Thoresen Foundation Bob Torstenson Family Dennis & Phyllis Washington Foundation Ron Yanke & Y. T. Timber   GOLD BENEFACTOR $500,000 - $999,999 Anheuser-Busch, Inc. Kenneth & Kathleen Davis Patrick J. & Shelley Gilligan John & Wynne Gillis The David & Lucille Packard Foundation Larry & Brenda Potterfield Linda Zager & Edwin D. Johnson SILVER BENEFACTOR $250,000 - $499,999 Anonymous (1) Arkansas Game & Fish Commission Greg Binions Estate of Virginia W. Cabot The Virginia Wellington Cabot Foundation ChevronTexaco Corporation Federal Cartridge Company David F. & Margaret T. Grohne Family Foundation Marvin & Darlene Hartze Sally Hough Harry J. & Doris R. Jacobsen Tom L. & Debra E. Lewis PacifiCorp Richard Padula Ranches at Ohio Creek LLC The George B. Storer Foundation Turner Foundation, Inc. Brian, Geri, Jake & Chris Valentine Bill, Deena & Nicole Whitlow Abby & Jon Winkelried - Marvine Ranch LLC Lynn Wolfe BRONZE BENEFACTOR $100,000 - $249,999 The Paul G. Allen Forest Protection Foundation Anonymous (1) Dee Ann Baertsch Clifford & Nola Baltzley Philip & Peggy Barrett Bohemian Club Richard Briskin Ken Bronstad Larry & Theresa Bucher The Lulu May Lloyd Von Hagen Foundation Andrew Buehler Cabela’s, Inc. The Cinnabar Foundation Dominion Foundation / CNG EnCana Oil & Gas U.S.A. ExxonMobil Foundation Jon S. & Dorothy M. Fossel Friends of Great Smoky Mountains National Park Robert B. Gillam John R. Gillis & Darlene Hartze SGM Biotech, Inc. Great Smoky Mountains Association Bert & Cheryl Haralson Hercal Corporation Homestake Mining Company Eric & Katherine Johnson Scott & Marcia Kennedy Kentucky Fish & Wildlife Education & Resources Foundation Loel & Necia Knudson Roger & Cynthia Lang Fred Lekse Dale Mc Clelland The Moore Charitable Foundation Johnny Morris Foundation Bass Pro Shops Nevada Bighorns Unlimited, Reno Bud & Lou Ozmun Mark Reiling Leonard & Sandy Sargent Saul Sargis & Sara Clark Ted & Pat Schmidt Leon Searles William R. Shields The Robert Springer Family Bradford G. & Shelli Lodge Stanback Bryan & Jacque Stark Sunpine Forest Products, Ltd. H. Arthur & Lanita Agnes Tomsheck Tordik Wildlife Foundation V.W.B. LLC Bob & Anne Veelman Keith Ward - Bob Ward & Sons, Inc. Waste Management of Pennsylvania

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Ned & Doris Westphal Wildlife Forever Doug & Rhonda Young BENEFACTOR - $50,000 - $99,999  Dan & Kim Agnew Frank & Anita Allen Allied Waste Services Anonymous (1) Bair Ranch Foundation Tom & Marilyn Baker Banta Publications Group Bob & Steve Brocchini Brocchini Farms Browning The Edmund & Betsy Cabot Foundation Scott & Lorri Chester Commerce Bank Bill & Marge Conn W. Bruce & Mary Louise Cook Foundation Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians Tribal Council Wayne Edge - The Share Foundation Edwards Trust Vida F. Ellison Trust The Charles Engelhard Foundation Rodger & Sally Fleming Rod French - Hole In The Wall Lodge Sandra M. Friedman Berry Nick Friend Ray & Diana Goff Bill & Ev Hoffman Kirk & Beth Horn Andrew L. Hoxsey Michael & Cynthia Huempfner Hunter’s Specialties, Inc. Carman & David Forbes Aaron Jones Bill Kiefer James Kile - In Memory of Mary M. Kile Jo Ann Marchand Microsoft Corporation Carl O. Moore James C. Mower Nasgovitz Family Foundation Douglas A. & Donna M. Obert Charles O’Dell Olin Corporation - Winchester Division Oracle Corporation Pennsylvania Wildlife Habitat Unlimited Petrie Family Foundation Potlatch Corporation Guido R. Rahr, Jr. Jeanette C. Rudy Safari Club International Lehigh Valley Chapter Faye & Myles Sampson Seattle Sportsmen’s Conservation Foundation Shell Exploration & Production Company David Shiflett Charlene M. Sipe Walker S. ‘Buddy’ & Tammie Lynne Smith Soka’ Piiwa Foundation Terry & Kathy Solberg Southern Cross Company Lewis Stapley Michael & Debbie Steuert Lee & Jacqui Swanson Robin Tawney Robert H. Torstenson Family Foundation Under Armour William & Betty Jo Wells Ford & Donna Willey Cherry Grove Golf & Tennis Club, Inc. Robert T. Wilson Foundation Peter & Kathleen Woeck MONARCH - $25,000 - $49,999  Alberta Sport Recreation Parks & Wildlife Foundation Chauncey & Reiko Albro Alcoa Foundation Anchor Glass Container Corporation Anonymous (4) Arco Foundation Norman Armentrout Mike & Sandy Austin & Family E. Vose Babcock III Barrick Goldstrike Mines Inc. BASF Corporation Terry Betteridge Black Hills Power & Light, Black Hills Fiber Com & Black Hills Corporation Bonner County Sportsmen’s Association Dixie C. & Coy D. Branscum Russ Bumgardner The Peter W. Busch Family Foundation Carroll Brothers Central Oregon Chapter #19 Colorado Bowhunters Association Ron & Betty Cooper Larry & Jeannie Crosby Joe Culton Family Dow Agrosciences

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Ducks Unlimited, Inc. The Katherine W. Dumke & Ezekiel M. Dumke, Jr. Foundation ESR Foundation East Kootenay Big Game Club The Fanwood Foundation Jon Fenn & Family Florence Bullock Ragan Family Foundation Lee & Sarah Gamble Keith R. Garrity The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation Dick & Sue Gooding Gordon Construction Co, Inc. Caesar & Sue Gorski Jim & Patty Hatcher Christopher J. Herbert & Nancy E. Welch Howard & Nancy Holland The Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels John & Holli Hopkins Huckleberry Bay Company Phillip & Diane Hurner In Memory of Noah Horn L. D. ‘Jo’ Josephson JTL Group, Inc. - Missoula K & K Repairs & Construction Inc. Greg Keller Lumber Sales, Inc. Lee County Bull Busters Chapter Lee Foundation William L. Lewis Lewis, Slovak, Kovacich & Marr PC Bill Lindberg Louisiana Pacific Canada Ltd. Dawson Creek Division Louisiana Pacific Corporation R. G. ‘Bob’ Lyngstad Richard & Marit Marceau Ron & Barb Marcoux Steven S. Martin Virginia U. Martin Charlotte Y. Martin Foundation Bill & Pam Matthews Debra Mc Cormick Dr. George Mc Coy Mc Dowell High School For Habitat R. K. Mellon Family Foundation The Missoulian William G. Mitchell, Jr. Michael J. & Linda L. Moe Mogus Land & Livestock Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Foundation The Montana Power Foundation Margaret T. Morris Foundation The Laura Jane Musser Fund National Wild Turkey Federation Arkansas State Chapter National Wild Turkey Federation Kentucky State Chapter Nevada Waterfowl Association Newfield Foundation Newmont Mining Corporation - Nevada Noah Horn Well Drilling, Inc. James & Janet Nyce Paul & Susie O’ Connell Gilman Ordway Packard Transport, Inc. Ken & Marcia Polhamus Ponderosa Valley Ranch PPL Montana R.K. Pipe & Supply Chuck & Marcia Raches Lorin & Staci Radtke Rainbow Cattle Company Max & Linda Wills Range Resources Dr. Allan D. Reishus RMEF State & Regional Chairs Jim & Donna Schickling William Schlegel Terry & Cindy Schupp Jim Scull Silver Eagle Distributing Edward T. & Margaret R. Simonds Smith, Hood, Perkins, Loucks, Stout & Orfinger Snyder Associated Companies Sportsman’s Warehouse Russell & Rita Suminski Tanager Beverages The Durant Family Foundation The Mule Deer Foundation Three Rivers Chapter Ticketprinting.Com Brooke & Wendy Torstenson Dr. Clayton Turner Larry Turpin, Michele Turpin, & Kelly A. Welsh Universal Handling Equipment Co., Ltd. Hunter S. Vermillion Walker Conservation Foundation Diana Swift Bryant -  Wapiti Land Company LLC Jim & Bernie Warning West Virginia Trophy Hunters Association Weyerhaeuser-Canada Betsy & Warren Wilcox

Jane Case Williams Bruce & Glenda Wilson Travis W. Wofford Ed Wofford R. Frank & Eudora Zimmerman IMPERIAL - $10,000 - $24,999  ATI Corporation Gary Abrams of Abrams Airborne Manufacturing John & Renee Agresti George A. Akans, Jr. Bill & Carol Alexander Shane & Angela Alexander David & Toni Allen Mark H. Allen American Electric Power American National Can Ames Construction Amvets Post #9 - Bismark, North Dakota C. L. Anceney Denny, Becky, Karly & Alex Anderson Anheuser-Busch, Region 8 Anonymous (8) B. P. - America - Wamsutter Field Office Badger Chapter Butler Ball Ball Corporation Barrett Productions Sara Barron & Robert Margulies Steve & Cathy Bartow Basin Disposal of Yakima Bass Pro Vaughan Ontario Max & Cindy Bauer, Jr. Mike Baugh Dr. John C. Bax Richard Bennett Richard & Mae Berger Best Western Grant Creek Inn Arvid & Judy Bevers Big Game Hunters Foundation Big Sky Insulations, Inc. Brad & Kathy Huempfner Bill Barrett Corporation Virginia S. Binkley Jack Blackwell Robert L. Bobbett, Jr. Bois De Sioux Chapter Boise Cascade Corporation Boone & Crockett Club Alex Borel Bethany W. Boutell Rich & Judy Boyden Henry R. & Sharon L. Brandt Ronald G. Bridge - In Memory of Marilyn J. Bridge Lloyd R. Brown George W. Brumley III & Julia P. Brumley Sheldon & Erin Bryan Fred & Janis Bryant Terry Bryant & Nancy Harman Stuart & Terry Buchholtz Alfred W. Buck In Loving Memory of Jeff Bullock Burlington Resources Busch Agricultural Resources, Inc. Busch Agricultural Resources, Inc. West Fargo/Moorhead Stephen J. Cadez Canadian Superior Energy, Inc. Harold & Lupe Carlson Linda & Wayne Carlton - Carlton’s Corp, Inc. Ed & Carol Carmack Carolina Hunting & Fishing Heritage Foundation Carr Creek Ranch, Inc. William W. & Debbie Carstens Caterpillar Inc. Centerfire Real Estate Central Arkansas Chapter Earl M. & Margery C. Chapman Foundation Chase Card Services Chevron Production Company - Wyoming Richard & Judy Childress Patrick Chubb Church Universal & Triumphant, Inc. Stephen Clark Stephen B. Clark DDS Clark Distributing Co., Inc. Audi & Beverly Clemens John C. & Lucy M. Cochrane Gordon & Christine Cole Butch & Linda Connor ConocoPhillips Kevin Cook Don & Jana Cook, Jr. Dr. Arthur D. & Sherrie Cooper Cooper Natural Resources Michael Cosby - Beaver Valley Ranch Brittney Nichole Cothron Mr. & Mrs. Allen Cothron Counter Assault Travis & Renee Crawford Randolph S. & Kay Creech Cripple Creek & Victor Gold Mining Co.

The Crosland Family Foundation, Inc. Sam & Gloria Culpepper Cumberland Gap Hearthstone, Inc. Sam & Jody Curtis Daiichi Fine Chemicals, Inc. Dakota Territory Gun Collectors Association Helen & Peyton Daniel, Jr. Gary L. Darnell J., Cheryl & Justin Dart Jerry & Tricia Davis Charlie & Yvonne Decker Jim DelBondio Delta Marketing Group, Inc. Wayne & Sandra Demarest Deschamps Family Partnership Harve R. Dethlefs Disticor Chet & Ardy Dixon DJB & E General Engineering Dave & Myrna Dodd John M. Dodson Don C. Hanskutt Trust Michael & Linda Dove Dan Duffy - United Country Real Estate Dean & Renee Dutton Dutton Hereford Ranch Eagle Sales of The Black Hills, Inc. Eagles Club Aerie 2749 East Moreno Ranch Echo Canyon Guest Ranch Henry E. & Irene Eggink Max S. Ekenberg John & Stasi Eldredge Elk Glen Ranch Elk Lake ‘Jagermeister’ Bunch Elko Bighorns Unlimited EnCana - Canada Barry & Becca Estes Dan, Barb, & Danielle Falstad Michael T. Fiore First Interstate Bancsystem Foundation First Interstate Bank of Commerce Missoula Office Tim Fisk Flathead Valley Chapter #3 Dwight & Linda Flynn Tommy A. Ford Forestland Marketing Fossil Oil & Gas, LLC Timothy I. Foster Foundation For North American Wild Sheep - Eastern Chapter Foundation For North American Wild Sheep - Washington Chapter Fox Valley Chapter John & Tinker Frazier Fuchs Copy Systems, Inc. David J. & Carol J. Galbavy Jeff & Lisa Garness Garness Engineering Group, Ltd. T.W. & Claire Garrett General Distributing Company Dr. Jack & Dr. Vanessa Germeroth Bob & Mike Gibson Jerry & Norma Gilbertson W. Braxton Gillam David & Debbie Gilliam Alden B. Glidden Andrew Gliewe GMC Trucks Goodson Plumbing Mr. & Mrs. Robert H. Graham Grand Junction Chapter #89 Ron & Sharon Gray Great Western Malting Co. Jack L. Green Art & Sherry Green Walter R. Green Green Hill Mining, Inc. Margaret Grow Gulf Canada Resources Limited Jeffrey C. Gunter Richard & Julie Gustad John L. Habberstad Mike & Jolene Hale Fred & Cheryl Hall Hancock Timber Resource Group Martin Hanson James H. Hanson Dr. Craig & Jamie Hart Harvey Eagles Club Hunt Hatch Everett ‘Sparky’ Hauck Haven Charitable Foundation Kari & Paul Yatkowski Heart of the Valley Chapter Wayne & Rena Heaton Arthur P. Heitzler, MD Heller Charitable & Education Fund Heller Foundation, Inc. Lawrence & Debra Hembroff Michael & Carol Ann Henley Sandy Hensley - In Memory of Thomas L. Hensley Tom & Joanie Hentz

“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 Ed & Rhoda Hill Barbara & Joe Marlin Hilliard Hillsdale Fund, Inc. - North Carolina Jerry W. Hirrschoff John C. Hoffman Jim & Rhonda Holleran Homewood Hunt Club The Berenice Gates Hopper Family Fund Houston Chapter David Hoxsey Dr. Gene & Connie Hughes Frank & Grace Huitt The Roy A. Hunt Foundation Hutchins Paving & Engineering Inc. Alton & Linda Hutto Idaho Transportation Department Illinois Instruments In Honor of Paul Lynch In Memory of Don Schindler Inland Container Corporation The Inn at Rockhouse Ranch B. Max Iverson MD J. R. Simplot Company Doug Jack Ross Jackson Ja-Co Welding & Consulting Ltd. Bob & Bette Jaedicke Larry & Carol Jenkins Sam Johnson Mr. & Mrs. Keith Johnson E. James Johnson - Bison Contracting Kent & Cyndie Johnson & Family Thomas B. & Amber L. Jones A. Richard Kacin Scooter Keen Harvey Keene Dave Kelner Martha D. Kelsey Bill & Diane Keltner Timothy I. & Carol A. Kern James & Sharon Kilmer Kittitas County Field & Stream Club Gary B. Kline DDS Wayne Knapp Dave & Bridget Kornder Cornelia Kramer - OK Ranch Dan & Patty Kreitman Lee & Ann Kribbs Michael & Connie Krieg United Country Real Estate The Lacy Foundation Lafarge Canada, Inc. Laidlaw Waste Systems, Ltd. Land Between The Lakes Elk Transport Committee Land Between The States Chapter L. B. Lane Family Foundation Glenn & Marie Larson Trust Ralph D. Latta Ralph W. Laubscher Mr. & Mrs. John Leevers Kent & Shirley Leonhardt Leupold & Stevens, Inc. Key & Sherlyn Lewis Lilly’s Gift Foundation Osborne Linguist - Elizabeth L. & Russell F. Hallberg Foundation Little Snake River Convservation District Jack & Corky Logan Tim & Judy Losinski Louisiana Pacific Corporation Hines, Oregon Ruth Low Floyd & Vonda Luck Stan & Carolyn Lueck Jack & Natalie Lyon W. L. Lyons Brown Foundation Rose MacDowell Bill Madison Alan Maguire Frank & Liz Manafort Marathon Oil Company Foundation Marmc Transportation Les & Niki Marsh Middleton A. ‘Sandy’ Martin Martinez Y Ewens Anasazi Ranch Dr. Don & Rebecca Massa Dave Mathes Ronald D. Mattern Mike & Sandy Mc Adaragh Linda Mc Bride Mc Kenzie River Trust Mc Murry Foundation Tom & Sue Meehl Bob Middleton Mark & Julie Miller Dan & Allison Minnick & Ed & Paula LaRiviere Julian A. Minshew Monsanto - Soda Springs, Idaho Montana Homes & Land - Bonnie Lynn Diana & David Moore Mike & Chris Morgan David Wayne Morgan Jim & Rennie Morrell

Randy & Elly Moyers Donald L. Muller, Sr. Bob & Vicki Munson Frank & Peggy Murphy N. B. Handy Co., Inc. Arthur Nagel Fred H. Nance, Jr. National Shooting Sports Foundation National Wild Turkey Federation - Pennsylvania State Chapter National Wild Turkey Federation - South Dakota State Chapter National Wild Turkey Federation - Washington State Chapter Natureworks, Inc. Bill & Lyn Neel - Copper Windmill Ranch Doug & Renae Nelson Ross Neufeld Steve Nevens Newmont Mining Corporation - Colorado W. Anthony Nichols Philip Nichols & Family Mark & Margie Nielsen Bob & Diana Noel Noranda Minerals Norcross Wildlife Foundation, Inc. Bob & Patrick Nordstrum North American Hunting Club North Dakota Game Warden Association North Texas Chapter Northwest Ohio Chapter Edward R. Nugent III Catherine Commander O’ Farrell Oberweiler Foundation Olson Excavating, Inc. John & Kari Ottman Outdoor Life Network Outdoorlife Conservation Fund Outdoors Unlimited George H. Owren OZ Architects Ozarks Chapter Padial Real Estate, Inc. - Carlos Padial, Jr. Dennis & Beverly Pahlisch Lou & Melanie Pai Dan & Lisa Palli Steve & Colleen Parisi Grant, Matt & Jackson Parker & Molly Galusha Jim & Patti Parr Jack Pate Wallace F. Pate Fellow Man Foundation Stephen F. Pedigo & Lynn Pisano-Pedigo Fred & Carole Perry Colin S. Phipps Phoenix Chapter Bruce Pinkerton Jerry & Evelyn Pionessa Pirtlaw Partners Paul A. Pittman Plum Creek Timber Company, LP Mark S. Pollock Sherman & Jan Pope Mike & Kathy Post Paul Qualley Dennis L. & Bobbie A. Radocha Therese S. Ramirez & George C. Billings Rawlins Chapter Read Enterprises - Don & Sharon Read Tom Redmond Remington Arms Company, Inc. Sharon Rhodes Donald L. Richard Nanette M. Richard Val Rickert Rifle Falls Ranch - Craig C. Wilcox John & Dori Riggs, Jr. R. Lance Riggs, Jr. Billie Robb - Red Creek Outfitters The Roberts Foundation Thomas Rock, MD Rocky Mountain Brake Clarence E. Rodriguez, MD Denny Root Rick Roy Thomas N. Rusch Safari Club International Badgerland Chapter Safari Club International Blue Mountain Chapter Safari Club International El Paso Chapter Safari Club International Greater Dacotah Chapter Safari Club International Lake Superior Chapter Safari Club International Northwest Chapter Safari Club International Pittsburgh Chapter Safari Club International Western Montana Five Valleys Chapter Safari Club International Region 25 Sagittarius Archers Benard Sampson Barth & Gail Satuloff

Craig Sauey - 2nd Half Efforts LLC Jack & Jessica Saxten Gary & Ann Schaefer Dr. & Mrs. Eric Schmidt Harold J. Schneider Martin Scholz & Regina Reinitz Tony A. Schoonen Schwartz Family Limited Partnership Tom Scrugham Scotty Searle William Willard & Lillian C. Searles Searles Development LLC Seattle Safari Club Security Lumber & Supply Co. Shenandoah Valley Chapter Paul & Connie Shepard William H. & Jane G. Shields Charles & Tammy Shook Steve & Anitta Short Simpson PSB Fund Sinnemahoning Sportsmen Association, Inc. Dale & Karen Sisel Gerry & Penny Skaw Brad, Cindy & Ashlee Skramstad Sky Ranch LLC Dan Smith Smurfit-Stone Container Sam & Dee Ann Sneed Dennis & Kathy Snyder Family Son Shine Collision Services Fay A. Sorrells South Dakota Budweiser Distributors Southeast Nebraska Chapter Michael & Susan Spurlock St. Marys Area Middle School St. Marys Paper Ltd. Robert & Monika Steller Dave Stephens - Manzanita Lumber Bob & Marci Stokke Stoney Ridge Outfitters Robert Strahs Summit County Chapter Richard & Debra Surface Mark Swan Ernest & Sue Swift James J. Szalankiewicz - In Memory of Norman L. Grafton John & Maribeth Talia Tatanka Spirit, LLC Tennessee Valley Authority The Evans Family Jimmy & Betty Thibodeau Christine Thomas John C. Thornton Donald & Jane Thorpe Thorpe Mountain, LLC Three Rivers Timber Company Timberlake High School for Habitat Bess Spiva Timmons Foundation Inc. Jill & Terry Tonn Topics Entertainment Eric Torstenson Transalta - Centralia Operations Joe R. & Dawn Treadway Rod & Lisa Triepke Timothy S. Troxel Warren Tyre U. S. Bancorp Piper Jaffray U. S. Tobacco Company U. S. West Foundation Vaagen Brothers Lumber Co. Frank L. Valen Viejas Band of Kumeyaay Indians Paul Viguerie David M. Vistica Klaus & Beate Von Stutterheim John T. Vucurevich Foundation Wachovia Bank N.A. James M. Wagner Patrick & Kathi Waite Jason Wallingford United Country Real Estate Brian J. Walsh Jack & Shirley Walter Washington State Workshop Jim & Patty Watkins - J/P Ranch Gary Wattis Bob & Kathy Wellman Wells Fargo - Missoula Westley Werner C. L. Werner David E. & Mary D. Wesley Gary L. West Kevin Wetherell Weyerhaeuser Corporation Ron & Pat White - The Spectrum Group White Shooting Systems, Inc. Craig Wickman & Penny Noyes Robert R. & Judy E. Wilkes Bob & Linda Wilkes Williams Companies, Inc. Julia E. Williams-Hawley James W. Wilson George & Irene Windolph

David & Georgean Wirsbinski In Memory of John Wirsbinski Gary & Rita Wolfe Bob & Carolyn Wood Thomas L. & Sally A. Woodruff Robert S. Woodruff & Cristi Lippert - Woodruff Charles W. & Gail S. Woosley Russell & Jean Wright Michael R. Wright Wyoming Wildlife Federation Crandall Fund Kenneth R. Yarbrough Dr. Gail D. Zimmerman Zip Beverage Jim Zubillaga ROYAL - $5,000 - $9,999  320 Ranch Boyd & Terri Aarestad Duane Acker Robert Acord Albuquerque Chapter The Alcoa Foundation - Tennessee Ron & Bonnie Alcorn Jud Allen Allied Waste Services Gary Alto - Alto Trucking Amvets Post #7 - Fargo, North Dakota Anadarko Petroleum Corporation Lelan L. Anderson Anonymous (4) Antlers Inn Arch Coal, Inc. Tony Arnold Bob Arrington Thomas D. Arthur Dave & Myra Arthur Earle S. Ashton III Marvin Ausherman B & F Distributing David & Peggy Bacca Richard Backes Thomas R. ‘Jay’ Badovski David Bahl - Weldall Mfg., Inc. Thomas H. Baird, MD Bank of Commerce Bank of The Cascades Baraboo Range Chapter Bar-De Transportation Dennis & Mary Lou Barger Victor G. Barnes, Jr. Baron Holding Company, LLC Craig & Barbara Barrett Foundation Jerry & Morna Bastian Bob & Marali Bastian Tim & Vicki Bauer Charles Bava Bear River Casino Beer, Inc. Berry Petroleum Bill Bierer Big Bull Falls Chapter Big Sky Carvers Billings Gazette Steven T. Bird David A. Bishop Blackfoot - Clearwater Chapter Wilson Bloom Bluegrass Chapter Jim & Rhonda Blyth - Elk Country Realty Bobcat Ranch LLC Gary & Bonnie Boes Ed Bolen Painting Company Edward S. & Cornelia W. Bonnie Bosch Motors Diane M. & Mark S. Bowers Bruce Branscum David & Linda Brenden Jack G. Brittingham Brohm Mining Corp. Earl W. Brooks Mark Brosvik & Lynn Eshleman David & Margaret Brown Brown-Forman Beverage Company Lou & Kathy Budge Builders Association of Northern Nevada - BANN Bull Run Chapter Wanda & Gary Burnett Ward Burton Wildlife Foundation Adolphus Busch IV BW Timber Products Jeff Cade John Caid George D. Cain Angelo Caputo Caras Nursery and Landscape Carolina Foothills Chapter Scott Carpiere - Carwil Ryan Case Memorial Cash Distributing Co., Inc. Cavanaughs Hospitality Corporation Central New York Chapter Bonita Charles

Stephan & Bonita Charles Chevron U.S.A. Production Company Alan Christensen Circle G Ranch Ted & Clara Clark Classic Sportswear Inc. C’mon Inn Dean Collins Columbia River Bank Connell Oil, Inc. - Brad & Michelle Bell Gary Cook Elizabeth Cook Joyce Cooper James M. Cooper Bruce J. Corna, Sr. Mark L. Corner Craig Courtright & Chad Courtright Cumberland Valley Chapter Mel & Sharon Cundiff Custer Sportsman’s Club Cyprus-Amax Coal Company, Inc. Richard Dahm, Stephen Start, & Stephen Smart Dakota Fence Company Dallas Safari Club Daniel Boone Chapter Craig Darrow William C. ‘Bud’ & Edith Dashiell Dave’s Amoco, Inc. Bonnie M. & Dean L. Davis Davis Bros. Travel Plazas Davis Conservation Foundation Delta Distributors, Inc. Gregory C. DeMakis Keith Denoncourt Eric D. DeRudder Des Plaines River Chapter Tom W. Deveny The Charles DeVlieg Foundation Sue & Wes Dixon Domtar Forest Resources Southern Ontario Region Rocky Dorvall Dun Foundation Kerry DuPuis E Management Group, Inc. Eagle Surveys Ltd. East Tennessee Chapter Dennis & Amy Edmondson Dennis L. Ekleberry Rick & Linda Elbert Deb Eldridge & Family Elk Wisconsin Chapter Elkhorn’s Chapter Employees & Contractors of Slocan Group - Plateau Division Emporia Firefighters Local #818 Ralph English- The English Foundation Enterprise Products Operating LP Helen E. Erskine Trust Eureka County Recreation Board Richard & Kathryn Evans William S. Everman George Facer Morgen & Sharon Fagan & Family Fargo Elks Lodge #260 Fargo Holiday Inn James F. Felch III Mike & Valene Ferguson Dr. Dan & Mary Ann Fiehrer First Interstate Bank - Laramie, Wyoming First National Bank of The Rockies First Valley Bank First Western Bank Barbara Fisk Flathead Beverage/Budweiser Floyd Lilly Company FNAWS - Iowa E. P. Fogleman Construction Company, Inc. DBA Frontier Homes Fond Du Lac Chapter Formby Auto Plaza of Summit County Foundation for North American Sheep - Montana Chapter Charlie Frantz - Silvertip Electric Charles D. Franz John Franzia Fraternity of the Desert Bighorn Robert M. Frey G. L. Environmental, Inc. Gagnon Incorporated Terry & Cindy Gaither Greg & Beth Ganick Mike & Kris Garey Gas Analysis Service GCR Tire Genesee Valley Chapter Georgia Pacific Corporation Robert & Linda Gerlach Select Construction Services Thomas A. Gilbertson Western Crop Protection Tyler & Kelly Gill Jim Gillespie

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Friends of the Foundation Glacier Fur Dressing, Inc. Brad & Shelley Borden Jim Gladen Glass Foundation Jimmy Godbee Rick Godwin John Goering & Claudia Koontz - K G Llama Kevin Goldstein - Game Cutters Ltd. Bruce & Christel Gollnick Jim Goolsby The Graesser Foundation Grand Junction Chiropractic Center, P.C. Great Lakes Carbide Tool Mfg., Inc. Great Smoky Mountains Chapter Women for Wildlife Great Smoky Mountains Chapter Men Greiner Ford Lincoln Mercury Melvin Haas Hamburg Fish & Game Association Dave & Paula Hansen John W. Haralson The Harbor Foundation Harold & Rae Harborth Fred C. & Linda C. Harteis Terry W. Harvey - Alliance Corporation, Inc. Beth Hassett & Kerry Anderson Grayson Heard Heart of the West Chevy Dealers Stanton P. Helland, Sr. Darren & Lori Herbert Heritage Bank - Illinois Wes & Donna Hibner High County Wildlife Pins & Etc Hillsdale Fund, Inc. - Colorado Home Technologies Corporation Ralph C. Hood, Jr. Horine Family Jeanne & Rob Horsmann W. Russell Hose II Michael Hudzick & Clarine Beatty Idaho State Bowhunters In Memory of Eileen ‘Millie’ Sharp Indianhead Chapter Inland Northwest Wildlife Council ITC Electrical Jack Smith Jr., Judy Bond & John Bond Jake & Kristi Jacobsen Barry & Jane Jacobsen Tim & Peggy Jacobson James W. Smith Printing Company Jamestown Eagles Club Joey’s Pumping Service John Davis Trucking W. B. Johnson Larry Johnson & Family - DGI Environmental Inc. K.R. Butler Engineering, Inc. Mack & Debra Karnes Anthony S. Keller Jeanette Kelley W. Elton Kennedy Kentucky Department of Fish & Wildlife Resources Commissioners Office Kentucky - Tennessee Coal Operators Association, Inc. Julie & Allen Kerby Kettle Moraine Chapter Paul Kimbol Edward M. King Kenneth L. King Kitsap Chapter Klamath Falls Chapter #52 Bill & Carol Klapperich Jeff Klein - Jumping Horse Ranch George Knoop, Jr. Kobus & Sheve Trailer Park - Jim Kobus & Russ & Linda Sheve George Kohout - Kohout Enterprises Inc. Koncor Forest Products Co. David & Mollie Krehnke Otto Kuczynski David W. & Carol J. Kuhns L & L Real Estate, Inc. LaCrosse Chapter Laconia Savings Bank LaMar Construction Phil Lampert Land Between The Lakes Association Landrill Exploration, Inc. Bernie & Mary Lemon Gisele M. Lemon & Ronald K. Southard LES Lesser Slave Lake Indian Regional Council Lethbridge Chapter RMEF John David Lindsey Litehouse Inc. Llagas Foundation Lockheed Martin Idaho Technologies William K. Lofton The Glenn R. Logan & Rhea Jean Mc Candless Logan Family Trust Dennis L. Long Nat Love - Nat’s Outdoor Sports, Inc. Chris & Caren Lutter Lux Foundation, Inc. Jim & Jean Maddox

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Toni Mancini James M. & Billie L. Maples Marathon Ashland Petroleum, LLC Wayne & Marjorie Marion Doug & Lianne Marsh Kat & Larry J. Martin Pepper & Joetta Martin Maryland Chapter The Mason Companies Mat-Su Chapter Frank A. May Ron Mazzeo Mc Donnell Douglas Employees Community Fund Ken & Karen Mc Fadden Terry & Cathy Mc Laughlin Russell L. Mc Lean & Lisa Kosir John & Sue Mc Morrough John & Carlie Mechler The Meiser Family Rafael Mendoza Phillip Mendoza James & Deborah Menter - Voss Signs LLC William D. Meredith Michaels of Oregon George R. Michel Midway Food Market Millenium Directional Drilling C.A. Miller Family Russell P. Miller Miller Brewing Company Friends of the Field Miller Brothers Coal, Inc. Milodragovich, Dale, Steinbrenner & Nygren P.C. Minn-Dak Chapter Jesse Minor Missouri River Healthcare Monroe - Schuler Foundation Monsanto Company Montana District Chairs Montana Orthopedics Thad Moore Bill Morris Brant Morris - Inland Northwest Consultants Russ & Betty Morton Mosquito Creek Sportsman’s Association Mountain Trail Outfitters Mountaineer Chapter Susan M. Moxley Michael F. & Stacey Mueller Mullendore, Tawney & Watt W. Austin Musselman, Jr. Kyle & Lori Mussman Eugene H. Nagel Nature Conservancy - Canada Don & Karla Nehring Nelson Brothers LLC Byron Nelson Automation LLC The Newberry Family Charitable Foundation Craig & Cindy Newell Tim Noll North Carolina Wildlife Habitat Foundation North Shore Anglers & Hunters Conservation Organization North Star Chapter Northeast Wisconsin Chapter Northern California Chapter Northside Construction Ltd. Northwest Fence Company Northwest Pennsylvania Chapter In Memory of Olin C. Capwell NRP, LLC Ronald F. Ogletree Old Dominion Chapter D. L. Onofrio Oregon State Workshop Orlando Chapter John & Liza Ortman John & Judi O’Steen Ottertail Rod & Gun Club James L. Owsley II - Owsley Ranch LLP P M Construction & Rehab, LP Parker Toyota LaRue & Sherry Parr Stan Patzel Jerry & Aurelia Paugh Karen & Bud Paul Tony Pauly Payne Financial Group Peccia & Associates Roger Peck Terry Pedersen Pegasus Gold Corporation Pembina County Area Sportsmen Club Pennsylvania Convention Center Authority Pepsi-Cola Bottling Company of Northern California Greg Peterson Michael & Karen Pettis Pew Corporation Pfizer Animal Health - Dr. Pete Knight Tim Pflieger Philip Morris Companies, Inc. Pikes Peak Community Foundation &

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The Donner Fund Pine Branch Coal John & Julia Pinner Mike & Mary Plant Plum Creek Manufacturing Post Register Premier Technology Anthony A. Previti Family Charitable Foundation Lou & Renee Prusinovski Puget Sound Energy Foundation William H. Purnell, Jr. QEP Resources, Inc. Werner Rankenhohn Rapid Fire Protection Donald Rasmussen Ravalli County Fish & Wildlife Association Red Mountain Chapter Red Rock Family Practice Joseph Regan James A. Remington Yancey Reynolds Rice Area Sportsmen Rio Tinto Energy America Riverwood International RMEF Board of Directors R’nR RV Center Chuck & Gayla Roady Robert & Billie Robinson Ed Robinson Jack Robinson & Sons, Inc. Rodgers Plumbing & Heating Rogue Valley Chapter Sonya H. & Scott D. Rosenthal Rusty & Glennda Ross - Ross Ranch Round Mountain Gold Kenneth C. Rummel William Rutherford - Forest Park Foundation SEI Safari Club International - Del Val Chapter Safari Club International Inland Empire Chapter Safari Club International Phoenix Chapter Safari Club International Portland, Oregon Chapter Foundation Safari Club International Sacramento Chapter Safari Club International San Diego Chapter Salt Lake Chapter Sand County Foundation Sandy Mac’s Distributing, LLP Scheels All Sports Lance & Lois Schelvan Charles Schmid Richard & Kit Schmoker Schmoker Family Foundation John & Connie Schultz Kenneth W. & Vickie Scott D.H. Scott James Seeton Richard Sell Jack L. & Linda K. Sellers Charlie Semler James A. Senty Jeff Shaara Jamil Shalash Sheehan Majestic Shell Canada Limited Shell Rocky Mountain Production Stephen & Linda Sheppard Ross & Lisa Sheridan Shields Bag & Printing Employees George & Julia Shiflett Robert & Catherine Shopneck Leonard & Christine Shotwell Sierra Air Conditioning Luanne Silkwood Danny & Elizabeth Smedley Snappy Sport Senter, Inc. Trygve A. Solberg Carl & Bonnie Sondermann Southern West Virginia Chapter Sparhawk Trucking Richard Spears Lionel & Vivian Spiro Sportsman & Ski Haus Sportsman’s Steakhouse St. Croix Valley Chapter Craig & Betty Staley Ron Steinmann Kevin Stewart - Arena Towing Peter Storer Bill & Karen Stout The Strootman Family Sunoco, Inc. Gary & Bonnie Swanson Scott & Ruth Swasey Terry & Judy Sweet Troy & Kim Sweet Regis J. Synan - F. Tinker & Sons Company Tacoma Sportsmen’s Club Art & Diane Talsma Jackie & John Taylor

John & Alice Taylor Jerry Taylor & Debra Naccarto John & Diane Teeter Tejas Equipment, Inc. Texas Hill Country Chapter Pat & Wayne Thacker Josh N. Tharrington Mahlon T. White Thatcher Foundation The Lightfoot Foundation Jack Ward Thomas & Kathleen Hurley Thomas Russ Thomas Dwaine & Jimmie Thomasson Bryan B. Thompson Thumb Michigan Chapter Mark & Colleen Tolar Donald Travis - Travis Taxidermy Treskor Development Partnership George & Laurenzia Trowbridge Tulsa Chapter John, Lori & Jordan Tuter Eric Tycksen - Legacy Homes David V. Uihlein Kenneth J. Umhey, Jr. United Parcel Service Ronald J. Vecchie VIP Enterprises Volunteers of the Montana Summer Rendezvous Janice Vosika Pat & Dianna Wall Wal-Mart #3217 Wal-Mart #5168 Wal-Mart Grand Junction, Colorado #1280 Wal-Mart Lawton, Oklahoma Wal-Mart Store #5099 Grand Junction, Colorado Warco Pump Service, Inc. Brock & Donna Ware Jeff Ware Dick & June Warner Kevin & Marty Warning Randy & Teresa Waterhouse Dusty L. Watz Waupaca Chapter Wausau Lumber Sales Co., Inc. Mark K. Staples WCS Oil & Gas Gary D. Wear Weatherby, Inc. Mike Webber Ken Weis Family James M. Wells Dan & Janet Wescott Gary & Marian West Dave & Jane West & Family West Virginia Chapters Western Montana Development, LLC Scott & Lori Westphal Whayne Supply Co. Wheaton Chevrolet-Oldsmobile Ltd. Ray & Joyce White Whitefish Credit Union Josh & Christy Whittaker Archie Whittemore Wildlife Tomorrow William E. & Gretchen J. Wilson J. B. & Teri Wise & Family Wolfe’s Terre Haute Auto Auction, Inc. - Daniel T. Wolfe Wolf’s Dodge of Jackson Rick Woodard Worland Ten Sleep Chamber of Commerce WPX Energy San Juan LLC Wyoming Diesel Service Yellow River Basin Chapter Jon & Lanceine Ziegler Chad & Julie Zimmerly Ron & Carolyn Zimmerman James Zumbo PARTNER - $2,500 - $4,999  24 Hour C Store & Catering 3D Concrete, Inc. Odile M. Aagesen Dave Abrahamson Bee Line Alignment Steven & Debbi Adam David E. & Judith P. Adams Mark & Katherine Agnew Rick Ahmann Airport Automotive AIS Construction Equipment Corp. The Alberta Fish & Game Association Antonio L. Alcorta Steve & Jill Aldous Kylie Alexander Charlie & Cathy Alexander Wade Alexander - Alexander Construction Alpha Coal West, Inc. American Land Conservancy Amish Heritage Homes, Inc. Ammonite, LLC Amoco Production Company Everet & Jan Amos Andersen Corporation Brian Anderson

Stanley & Donna Anderson Paul Anderson Matt Anderson Mark W. Anderson Doug Anderson David G. & Tammy K. Anderson Smokey & Rose Andler Animal Clinic & Hospital Anonymous (9) Antelope Valley Distributing Company Appalachian Chapter Appalachian Wildlife Foundation Michael W. Archer Jon M. Armon Dan & Jean Armstead Douglas J. Arnold Edward M. Arnold Drilling Contractor Arrow Striping & Mfg. Inc. Art Attack Gallery Sherman & Terri Atkinson Kim & Mary Atkinson Atlas Lumber Ltd. K. Edward Atwood Julie Atwood Ausherman Development Corp. Austin Chapter Ted Averbook Scott G. Axton Stacey Baba & James Vokac Charitable Foundation Backwoods II Hunt Club Larry & Marcie Baesler Allan Baird Daniel L. Baker, VMD Mike Baldwin Lev Baldwin & John Dehli Balenko & Associates, Inc. Bank of Hindman Bankamerica Foundation & Seafirst Bank The Banks of Paris, Illinois Banner Bank Darin J. Barber Richard & Larene Barlin Dana & Sue Barnhart Baron Technology, Inc. Barrie District Hunters & Anglers Conservation Club Randy & Janet Bartlett Gary & Jane Bartlett Bill Bartlett - Seeley Lake Trucking Bartlett Oilfield Service Douglas L. Bartley H. Bryan & Amanda Barton Basic American Foods Charley & Virginia Bass Bass Pro Shops Outdoor World Michelle Basye Seth, Andy, & Eric Bauder Kevin Baum Tim Baumgartner J. T. Baumstark & Mike Magliocchetti Dr. John Bausher Bay State Chapter Bayless Fuel Services, Inc. Beal Distributing, Inc. Barry & Diane Beatty Mark W. Beaumont Bell Mirror & Glass, Inc. Fred Bell Real Estate, Inc. Dan & Becky Bennett Thomas W. Benninger James C. Benton Bentz Fence Company, Inc. Manny & Liz Bercovich James Berenz Berenz Packaging Corporation Gary Bergin Jill Berliner Louis M. Berman Don Berntsen Lyndel & Brenda Berry Tom & Kim Berry Berschauer-Phillips Construction, Co. Alvin H. ‘Buddy’ Bess William H. Bess Richard Best Bethel High Schools for Habitat Dr. George A. Bettas Better TV, Inc. Jim & Joanne Beverlin Rick & Donae Bezanson Dale Bidle Big D Oil Co. Big Sioux Chapter Mark & Candy Biggs - In Memory of David R. Bahrenburg Jimmie G. Biles, Jr., MD Yellowstone Sports Medicine Bill & His Boys Bill Barret Corporation Jay & Bev Bills, Mike Foster & Chad Foster Frank & Karla Bird Chad Birrenkott Bismark Eagles F.O.E. #2237 Bitterroot Resort

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George E. Black Frank & Sally Black Alfred & Geraldine Black Black Hills Chapter Black Hills Fly Fishers Dennis & Vi Blair Don & Patty Blakley Rance & Alison Block Dan & Sandy Blohm Bloom Electric Supply Blue Ridge Chapter Boeing Commercial Airplane Group Bohart Ranch, Inc. Gary & Kathy Boltjes John Bond Pat & Peter Bondehagen Robert Bonnie Larry E. Boone Lee Borger & Laury Gilbert Dick & Marilyn Bosin William & Phyllis  Bouchee Jim & Barbara Bowman Geoffrey L. Boyce Michael Boyd Ed Bozarth Judge William C. Bradley Mark & Ryan Brady Steve & Linda Braley Branch Banking & Trust Co. Lynn M. Branson - In Memory of Dwight H. Branson Leeanne & Darin Brauer Bray Ranches David J. Bream Breathitt County Fiscal Court Phil Bredesen Jeff & Julie Bretherton British Columbia Conservation Officer Service Ron Brock Michael & Stephanie Broderson & Family Scott Bronkema Sheila Brookins Sandy G. Brooks R. Brooks Associates, Inc. Brouillette Insurance & Financial Services Ed & Karen Brown Robert E. Brown Steve & Kathleen Brown Tom & Barb Brown Kevin M. & Ami M. Brown Monte & Annette Brown William & Paige Brown Brown, Todd & Heyburn, PLLC Thomas Brown - New Hampshire Distributors Bruce Construction LLC Dave Brucken Charles E. Bryant, Jr. Ray & Ramona Bryson Brett Buchheim Al & Kellie Buckley Bucktail High School for Habitat Howard E. Budd II & Juanita L. Budd Dale & Millie Buehler John & Sharon Bugg Bundy & Sons Logging Don Burda - High Country Arts Scott & Mary Ann Burgess Richard D. Burnes Boyd & Deborah Burns Burri Jewelers Charles Bussman Paul F. Butenhoff C. Danny Butler Lyle T. Button In Memory of Perry A. Butts C & D Aerospace C 3 Summit, LLC Calcoe Credit Union Bill & Angela Caldwell Bob & Sharon Calvin Chuck Cambron Ron & Debbie Camp Anna M. Campbell Joe & Troy Campbell Canadian Forest Products Dan Canfield Norman Cantor Canyon Concrete, Inc. Canyon Creek Ranch Capital District Chapter Capital District Friends of the Elk Capwell - Mitchell Grandchildren Carbcomm International Cardinal Distributing, LLC Carey’s Auto Body, Inc. Dewey & Beverly Carl Solon & Elena Carlson Henry Carlson Company Bob Carlton Custom Carpentry Lari P. Carmack Bill Carman Greg & Sheri Carmon Craig Carrel Casey Carstens

—Bob and Anne Veelman, RMEF Life Member & Habitat Council Members

Michael A. & Lisa A. Carter Mike & Gail Carter Steve Carver Cascade Chapter Cascade Wood Products Jerry Caschette C. A. Casebier Jody Casey - In Loving Memory of Larry Casey Cass Country Wildlife Club W. Frank Catrett Cedar Creek Sportsman’s Club Central Bank of Lake of the Ozarks Central High School Central Kentucky Chapter Gail & Judy Chapman Jean C. Charles Charlotte-Metrolina Chapter Lee & Carolyn Chester Chisholm Trail Chapter D.G. & Oleta Christenson Curtis & Janet Christiansen Al & Cindy Christophersen Chuck L. Logging, Inc. Rick L. & Julie W. Chukas Ted Church Ralph & Susan Cinfio & Family Circle Four Farms Citizen Security Bank Citizens Bank & Trust Co. of Jackson Citizens National Bank & Trust City of Hazard - William D. Gorman, Mayor City of Jackson, Tourism & Convention Comm. Clark’s All Sports, Inc. Clean Gas, Inc. Clearwater River Realty, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Clair Clemens Terry Wayne & Karen Cloutier Coastcom, Inc. Cobank Cobre Tire John F. ‘Jack’ Cochrane Pat Cody Rawley & Lana Cogan Joe & Jill Cohenour Jim Cole Jim & Melanie Colley Paul & Linda Collins Colorado Air Cargo, Inc. Columbia River Knife & Tool Colville Valley Concrete Complete Western Star & Truck Service John A. Conkling Distributing Paul & Leah Connell Gary & Michelle Conner Consol of Kentucky Inc. Robert & Anna Cook Jay Cook - Marine Bank Clyde J. Cook III Robert R. & Laura J. Cooper John B. & Janet M. Cooper Paul Johnnie Cooper Dr. Vernon Cooper, Jr. Wayne Copeland Copper Mountain, Inc. D.C. Cordonnier Family Ann & Doc Cornwell Corporate Express Cortez Gold Mines Corwin Chrysler Plymouth Dodge Coteau Hills Chapter Jay Coulter Wayne Cowles & Michelle Howard William D. Cox Thomas & Dorothy Craig Craley Fish & Game Association Crestbrook Forest Industries Ltd. Terry Crim - Caribou Trail Pest Control LLC Christine Crossley Crossroads Hotel & Convention Center Mark & Theresa Crotty In Honor of Griffin Crown Croy Family: Chris, Laura, Madison, Lily & Sophie Dennis & Linda Crozier - Crozier Electric Valerie & Jose Cruz Dr. A. S. & Berklee Cudmore Mike Cuin Kevin & Faunille Cummings Dan Cunniffe K. Robert Cunningham Richard O. Curly, Jr. Jerry M. Curry Curry Comb Outfitters Fritz Curtze James A. Czywczynski John W. D’ Arcy D B Engineered Hydraulics D.J.’s RV Sales Service & Parts Robert Dahlgren Daishowa America Company, Ltd. Port Angeles Mill Dallin Motors Dottie & Murry Daniels

Scott Dann Datsopoulos, MacDonald & Lind Jan H. & Amparo Daub Dave’s Gun & Pawn Davidson & Williams Davidson’s Gallery of Guns.Com James & Elaine Davis Richard & Mary Davis Jeff Dawald Memorial Robert W. Day Pat & Terry Day Becky Day & Doug Miller Daytona Beach Chapter Jerald F. Dean Steve & Rhonda Decker Randy & Charlotte DeLaney Clint & Joyce Dennis Denver Mile High Chapter Denver Wire Rope & Supply, Inc. Bill Detherage Marie & Larry Devin DeVine Bros. Distributing, Inc. Tom Devlin, Jr. Devon Energy Corporation Larry J. Devoy Arend DeVries Mitchell & Christine Di Matteo Diagnostic Medical Systems Didier Family Tony & Kristen Dixon DLB Construction, Inc. Michael Dolecki Domtar Forest Resources Central Ontario Region Lyle Dorey Frederick A. Dorroh, MD Keith Dosch Double Arrow Resort Double D Electric - Darrell & Jayne Roush David E. Dove Dow Industries Michael P. Dowling Donald & Debbie Doyon Tommy & Jo Ann Drew Drew Turner Painting & Contracting Michael & Tracie Dreyer Mark Drotar Druther’s Systems, Inc. Robert J. Dunne, Jr. Dr. Michael D’urso James A. Dutro, DMD Dave Dykstra Eagle Terrace Inc. Earl Floyd Ford Loren & Sue Eason East Texas Chapter Tom & Pam Easterling Eastern New Mexico Chapter Glen & Karen Eaton Susan & Katie Ebling Maria J. Eckerle Norton Mc Gaughy Edwards Duane & Sandy Ehle Eicholtz Masonry Inc. Charles A. Elcan Elk Country Chapter Elk Horn Bank & Trust Elk Prarie Chapter Kay Ellerhoff Samantha L. Ellig Ellwein Brothers Elm Creek Holdings Elmore & Associates Franklin & Audrey Emery Energy Saver Energy Solutions Verlon Enger Engleheart Motorsports Enron Oil & Gas Company Laura Eshelman Cecil & Lucille Evans Evergreen Chapter Evergreen Resources Inc. ExxonMobile Beaumont Refinery Fab-U-Tech Industries, Inc. Robert Fahey Mary Ann & Cele Fakler Mike & Michele Farmer Farnam’s Genuine Parts, Inc. Fay Ranches George Federoff Danny Feldt Steve & Carol Fels Emily Ferranti Andy & Cindy Ferrari Stephen E. Fick John Fidler Tom & June Finch Jim Fine - In Memory of Gerald B. Fine First Dakota National Bank First Madison Valley Bank First National Bank First National Bank of Gillette First National Bank of Jackson Fisher Dodge Chrysler Jeep

Five Valleys Chapter Kurt & Patti Flack Flambeau Chapter Wayne L. & Sue Flaten Rich Flocchini Floyd’s Ace Hardware Rod & Sue Fogle Ron & Diane Fogo For The Environment, Inc. Ken & Deana Fornabai Fort Atkinson Wisconservation Club Fort Mc Murray Fish & Game Association Fort Riley Outdoorsman Group Fortner & Co. Foundation For North American Wild Sheep - Utah Chapter Four Corners General Store Four Corners Welding & Gas Supply Four Spear Contracting Metro Boone Fox Fox Family Fox Hollow Real Estate Trust Bill & A.J. Fraas James P. Francis Gary E. & Joyce M. Frank Morris E. & Linda Franklin Bill & Patty Fraser Fremont Motors Swede & Linda French Terry & Mary Frey Diversified Wall Finishes Michael & Kristyl Friedenberg Friends of the Great Lakes Conservation Initiative Kevin Fuerst Jan Galbraith Jerry & Betsy Galles - Bar-D Signs, Inc. Rance Gamblin, DVM Gamehide - Kevin Cook Robert J. & Joy J. Gardner Dick & Rogene Gates Rick & Lisa Gatherum Brian Gee William H. Geer Gem City Bone & Joint Lou & Sherry George George Rogers Clark Chapter Richard Gerber Joe & Alison Geurin Kenneth & Peggy Geurin Steve Gilbert Gillette Diesel Rod Gilmore Jim & Pat Gingo - In Memory of Roger Mc Gowne Kim & Susan Girouard Gladen Construction, Inc. Wally Gladstone - Northern Engineering & Consulting Gregory A. Glasgow Glazers Union 2001 GLM Enterprises, Inc. Don & Pat Goin Dwain Lee Gold Goldcorp - Wharf Mine Golden Gate Chapter C. W. Goldsum Juan & Patsy Gomez Leroy & Mary Ellen Good H. Dean & Judy S. Goodson Michael & Donna Gookins Rich Gordon Dave Gordon - Gordon Composites Robert S. & Margaret S. Gowdy A. J. Grant Gary & Connie Grassi Gray Wireline Graywood Sporting Group, Inc. Great Lakes Power Limited Henry Green - Circle G Ranch Green Bay Chapter Green Mountain Chapter Greene Beverage Co., Inc. James H. Greene, Jr. Grice’s Gun Shop, Inc. Barbara Griffith Robert W. Grimsey Red & Judi Grimsley Charley Grimsley Jim & Valerie Grove Fred & Shan Grundman Georgiana I. Gulden Dwight Gunderson Alfred Habighorst John P. Haden Hairston & Daley Physical Therapy Beverly H. Hall J.D. Hall Jeff Hall - Hall Chevrolet Halliburton Kim & Becky Hancock Mike & Kirsten Hangas Gary & Michelle Hansen Michael E. Hansen Orlin R. Hansen

Eugene & Barbara Hansen Jeffrey L. Hanson Bill, Chuck & Harold Hanson - In Memory of C. R. ‘Bob’ Hanson Jeff Happ Happy Hunter’s Sportsman Club William H. Harkey Harley Davidson Honda of Salina Carl & Barbara Harmon Norman Harned Gerald Harp Frank & Deb Harper Brent Harris Tom & Roxann Harris Harris Bank Harris Pumping Service Alvin R. Harrison, MD Fred & Pat Hartman Michael & Dorothy Hastie Havre Distributors Dr. William E. & Kim A. Hay Hazard Shell Food Mart, Inc. Heartland Chevrolet The Heidel Family Tom Hemauer Blake & Michele Henning Richard Henninger Edward M. Henry Henson Fencing In Memory of Henry Ben Heppner Bud Herring Steve & Janie Herrmann Robert S. Heuser Family Hewlett-Packard Company James & Terry Heyndrickx High Mark Construction Carl J. Hilbert Jay Hill David & Connie Hill Byron & Janice Hines West Y. Hirai Hitching Post Restaurant Richard Hlavnicka Mike & Janet Hobbs Hockley Studios Hodges Gilliam & Dana, Investment Real Estate, Inc. Lee & Chris Hofer Mike Hoffman Bill Hofmann Holiday Station Stores Marty & Angela Holmes Michael E. Homan Home Loan Home Town Auto Randy & Judy Hoose Dr. William D. Hope, Jr. Ken & Monica Hopkins Horizon Wind Energy William R. & Katheleen May Horn James R. Horton, Jr. Hot Shot Delivery Service, Inc. Houston Safari Club Doug Howell J. R. Howell Daniel & Lynn Howell Bob Huffman Bud & Joanne Hufnagel Huibregtse, Louman Associates Ralph Hundt Hunt Oil Company of Canada, Inc. Dan Hunter Bill & Jan Hunyadi Alton & Linda Hutto Idaho Power Company Illi Real Estate Appraisals-Warren & Jo Ann Illi Imperial Schrade Corporation In Loving Memory of Harry G. Wright In Memory of Beulah Novotny In Memory of David Paul Rolls, Slope Doper In Memory of Larry Thola In Memory of Ralph Greleski & Gary Mornewick Indian Peaks Chapter Industrial Mechanical, Inc. Indy Chapter Intel Corporation Inter-Lakes Chapter Intermountain Distributing Company Iron J Towing Irongate, Inc. Winston G. Irvin, Jr. Family Walt & Carol Isenhour - Lone Star Outfitters J & J Motors, Inc. - Jerry, Jean, Allison & Lauren Iuppa J & K Taxidermy, Inc. - Jody & Karla Slusher Scott & Sandy Jackson Bob & Gayle Jacob Gary & Sharon Jacobsen Jacobson County Wildlife Fund Glen L. Jahnke Anna Lee James James Marine, Inc. C. Ronald James, President Jefferson Smurfit Corporation

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Friends of the Foundation Jemmett Family Trust Harold F. Jensen JFS, Inc. Jim’s Bar Joe Hall Ford Wallace H. John Johnny Safari Bob & Cathy Johns Mitchell & Deborah Johnson Brian & Mary Johnson Ron & Connie Johnson John-Wayne Construction Jonathan Creek Rod & Gun Club, Inc. Robert D. & Claudia R. Jones Don Jones - Jones Painting, Inc. Ralph E. Jones III Chris Jordan Joe & Rosemary Jordan Jordan Contracting Gary & Nola Jorgensen Kevin Joseph Bob & Lorna Joslin Steve Judkins K.H.C. Construction, Inc. Tom & Tracy Kaness Gail Kangas Denis Karnosky Mike & Carolyn Kasper Kassa Insurance Kent Kasten John & Paul Kautzman - Galvanizers, Inc. Kazal Fire Protection Raymond & Gliceria Keale Kearney Commercial Bank David Keaton Stan & Cindy Keen Kevin & Eileen Kehoe John B. & Pamela Keller Kim & Kelly Kelsey James F. Kemp Robert Kempenich James C. Kennedy - Cox Enterprises, Inc. Bill & Deb Kenney James D. Kent Kentucky River Coal Corporation Kentucky River Properties Kentucky/Barkley Lakes Chapter Marie S. Keppel Ted Kerasote Brad Kerby Richard Ketelboeter Larry L. Kieft Kiira Designs Howard Killebrew - Killebrew Ranches Bruce Killen Jim & Barbara Kimbrel Mike King James & Pamela Kirby Dave & Jennifer Kleckner Gib & Ann Kleckner Bob Kluwin - Raintree Engineering, Inc. Mark Knaupp Knecht Home Center Lee Knepper Knight & Hale Game Call Products, Inc. Knott Floyd Land Company, Inc. Gale Knull Clayton & Thelma Koger Hank Konrad Robert & Jan Koons Kootenay Livestock Association Ken & Shellie Kortan Charles Koski Pete & Patti Koupal Steve & Lisa Kowatch Andrew Kreegier Jack & Ellen Krieger Lewis H. Krueger Mike Kruncos Family Tim Kubiak & Paragon Electric Roland Kuczynski Horst W. Kuczynski Kurt Kuczynski William 'Biff' Kummer Steve Kutzer - Kutzer Honey Kuykendall, Sutton & Co. CPAS L & D Well Services Inc. L.L. Bean, Inc. H. A. & Carla La Rue - In Memory of Randy La Rue Robert C. Laben Robert Lacey LaFayette Family Lake of The Torches Resort Casino Don LaMar Lamb Foundation Fred S. Landes, MD Philip Lantz Jim & Bobbie Larsen Rolf H. Larson Las Animas County Chapter of The Izaak Walton League Lassen County Chapter Kirk & Ann Laughter Lawry’s Foods, Inc.

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Leachman Buick GMC Vernon & Janet League Jim Leavens Craig & Deb Lederer Joe & Deborah Lee Dennis & Elayne Lehrer Arlyn F. Lemer Les Schwab - Colville, WA Lesco Design and Manufacturing, Inc. Jim Leto Dr. K.C. Lewis Libby Drug Lightning Enterprises, Inc. Pemberton Hutchinson Lincoln, Jr. Tom G. Lindell James Lindsay George Little - College Oaks Towing Dakota & Sunny Livesay Roger Logwood & Kathy Funk Kirk Lokka & Family Lorne & Donna Lomprey Lone Bull, Inc. Don W. & Rosemary Loppnow Archie & Sue Lorentzen Daniel Lort Louisiana Pacific Canada Ltd. Swan Valley Division James Lovin John & Deltha Lowe Lower Forty Rod & Gun Club LTM, Incorporated James E. Lucero Agency Lester R. Luttrell Chet L. Lutz Cathy & Chris Luyckx Randal & Karen Mack Ken Macomber Margaret A. Maddalena Robert & Meredith Main Majestic Oil Tools Ltd. John, Cathie, & John D. Malison Mark & Ginger Mankins Dan Mansfield - Olde West Gun & Loan John A. Manthey Nancy B. Mantz Patricia W. & Larry C. Marcum Les & Rita Marcum Butch & Glenda Marita Ray Markee Marty Markowski Manuel Marlowe Philip T. Marlowe Buck & Sherry Marr Bob & Barb Martin Robert J. Martin Philip & Phylis Martinelli Marty & Mindy Vermilyea Maryland Bowhunters Society Edward L. Mason David Mason & Tom Schelldorf Phillip ‘Jim’ & Shirley Massie Matco Tools Timothy A. Mathiesen Bill & Donna Maze Lonnie J. Mc Allister Matthew H. Mc Allister Bruce & Deanna Mc Atee Mc Bride Conservation Fund C. G. ‘Pat’ & Virginia Mc Carthy Fred Mc Clanahan, Jr. Brian Mc Clelland Larry & Becky Mc Cleskey Gary Mc Clure Tom Mc Cool - Air Castle Ranch Tim & Patty Mc Coy Mc Coy Properties Marc Mc Curry Mc Entire & Di Lello Law Offices James B. Mc Entyre Robert & Helen Mc Gee Cindell Mc Gill-Moe John Mc Gonagle Krystal L. Mc Guire Dr. & Mrs. William Lewis Mc Kay Ed & Denise Mc Kenzie Mitchell & Pamala Mc Kie Franklin M. & Nancy E. Mc Mahon Steven A. Mc Namara Les Mc Nelly Len Mc Ritchie Meakin Forest Enterprises Ltd. Richard Meier Memorial Greg Melges Ted Mellotte Meridian Gold Company - Beartrack Mine Charles Mersiovsky Dave & Susan Messics Meyerink Farm Service Michels Pipeline Construction, Inc. Mid Ohio Valley Chapter Mid-Arkansas Valley Chapter Midewin Chapter Mike & Angie Lee Douglas S. Miller Dale & Marilyn Miller

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Sam & Carol Miller The Millmont Foundation Minnequa Bank Stuart & Maryanne Moffett Monongahela Chapter Mark & Lorna Monson Theodore & Cynthia Montague, Jr. The Montana Standard Montana Volunteer State Co-Chairs Mike Baugh & John Willoughby Montanore Minerals Moonlight Basin Ranch LP Rev. John E. Moore Gary Moore, MD Kevin Morgan John Morgan Michael W. Morris Dan & Beth Morrison Matthew & Jamie Mostad Mostad Construction Mount Carmel Hospital Mountain Empire Chapter Mountain Valley Bank Glenn & Diane Moyer MSA Professional Services, Inc. Milan ‘Shorty’ Mueller Eric Muller Munlake Contractors, Inc. Carol & Grant Munro Jeff Murch - In Memory of Chauncey Murch Dave Murphy Bryan Murphy - Prestige Allied Steve J. Murray Paul Musshafen Bill & Janice Mytton Nagel Beverage Co., Inc. David M. Nahrgang Namekagon River Valley Chapter Glenn Napierskie NASCO National Band & Tag Co. National Presto Industries Inc. National Wild Turkey Federation North Dakota State Chapter Thomas B. & Molly O. Nave William E. Neis Barbara W. Nelson Neurosurgical & Spinal Surgery Associates New Millenium Marketing New Page Charles & Sallie Newlin Newmont Mining Corporation Chad ‘Chubby’ & Theresa Nibbelin Don Nicely - Turntec Manufacturing Ric Nichols Walt & Cookie Nicoson Wayne & Melissa Niederhauser Allan Nipstad John Noard Nicholas L. Norman North Cascades Chapter North Cascades Chapter 2010 Banquet Attendees Northeast Washington Medical Group Northern British Columbia Guides Association Northern Highlands Chapter Northwest Colorado Chapter Northwest Colorado Ranching for Wildlife Northwest News Company, Inc. Northwestern Public Service Company Jerry & Susan Norton Nye County Construction Eric C. Oakley Nathan & Tracy Odgen Office Furniture & Design Centers Mark Ogden Jan H. Ohlander Oil & Gas Equipment Doug Olivier Harold & Jean Olson Scott & Lisa Olson Dr. Jeffrey G. Olson Ann W. Olson Ty & Kathy Olson - Ty Olson Construction Olympic Eagle Distributing, Co. ONB Bank & Trust Company Barry O’Neill Oregon Coast Bank James Rockford Orgill Laird T. Orr Dr. Andrew Orton - Yellowstone Dental Michael & Nancy Oshier Steve & Janet Overholt James & Sharon Pace PacifiCorp Pahlisch Homes Paine Webber Paint Creek Ranch Michael A. Painter Richard Palmer Clifford & Ellie Pape Lew Papendick Paradigm Architects, PC Monie C. & Carol R. Parker

Parkers Prairie Sportsmen’s Club Parkside Federal Credit Union Ward & Mary Jo Parmenter Butch Parr Rick & Joyce Parsons Kourosh Partow Wallace Pate Bill Patterson Ed Patterson - Patterson Insurance Agency Kevin C. Paulson - Huntinglife.com Paws Up Ranch Paynesville Sportsmen’s Club Jim Pearse Dr. Richard & Karen Pearson William & Jacqueline Pearson Pella Windows Pembelton Investments, LC Peninsula Italian American Social Club Philip C. Pennington Pennsylvania Grand Canyon Chapter James & Phyllis Penzien Peoples Bank & Trust Company Peoria, Illinois Committee Pepsi-Cola Bottling Company of Hickory, North Carolina, Inc. Performance Auto Group Steve & Denis Perrins - The Perrins’ Rainy Pass Lodge LLC Perry Distributors, Inc. Vergil V. Peterson In Memory of Ron Peterson Orville Peterson Greg & Nancy Petit Joseph C. Pettey Richard H. Pfister Elaine & Dick Phillips Phillips Petroleum Company San Juan Area Phil’s Frosty - Robin & Norris Lacy David Picatti - In Memory of Mary, Joe & Steve Picatti Pierce Flooring Pioneer Technical Services Floyd & Betty Pitts - Arden Tree Farms, Inc. The Pittsburg & Midway Coal Mining Co. - Kemmerer Mine William E. & Suzanne Piver Planned & Engineered Construction Mark & Tracy Plessinger Plumbers & Pipefitters Local #525 Brandon & Aimee Plumlee Plus Electric Luella Polette Polk County Sportsmens Club Pooler Enterprises Pope & Young Club Russell E. Popham Popo Agie Anglers Portola High School for Habitat Tony Pottratz - In Memory of Harvey Briscoe DeWayne & Jeannie Potts Linda Powell Ken Powell - In Memory of Fran Powell Prairie Coteau Chapter Prarie Heartland Chapter Precision Drilling Corp. Precision Well Service Premier West Bank Prescott Chapter Tom Price - Price Cattle Co. Progress Energy Foundation Jerry Prybycien - Don DeForest Associates PTS Electronics Larry & Elaine Pugh Ron Putzier Quality Brands, Inc. Tim Queen Beth Queen Quinlan Ranches, Inc. Quintette Operating Corporation R.A. Webber & Sons Jim & Vicki Racine Scott, Sandra & Kaitlyn Radford Radford Carwashes, Inc. Robert O. Raffety Rain for Rent Ranch & Home - Kennewick The Dress Family Doug & Kerri Randles - D Bar K Ranch Randles Sand & Gravel, Inc. Rapid Chevrolet Rapid City Journal Rapp Family Foundation Rappleye Family Brett & Riley Rasmussen Double R Construction Terry Rathert The Rawlins National Bank Raymond James Financial Diane Thomas Rupert Red Canyon Chapter Red Lion Hotels & Inns Redding Bank of Commerce Stewart Reeder

John & Linda Reeves Gary & Carol J. Reid John & Sharon Reiter RE/MAX Realty Rendezvous for Wildlife Chapter Reno & Zahm Fred & Pam Rentschler Corral Creek Ranch Revett 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. Riedl Tommy & Mary Jo Riley James H. & Patti M. Rinehart Rio Grande Chapter Scott Rising Earl Ritter - Rental Mart River Bluffs Chapter River City Chapter Rivers Gypsy Express LLC RMEF Canada RMEF Development Department Staff RMEF Product Management & Marketing Group RMEF Staff Rick & Ellen Robbins Steven H. Roberts Stokley & Jeanne Roberts Roberts & Son Builders George & Marie Robinson James F. & Jennie Robinson Stuart Robinson Rocky Mountain Enterprises, Inc. Lee B. Roeder Lynnisse Roehrich-Patrick Joe W. Rogers III Rogue Aggregates Mark Rohrig Jeff Rokstad - Rokstad Ford Mercury Rolando’s Equipment & Truck Repair Ronan Auto Body Bob & Lynette Rook Richard J. & Marion H. Rosa Vincent M. Rosdahl John M. Rose Rose City Chapter Roseburg Chapter Roseburg Forest Products Company Ken & Mary Ross Robert & Nancy Rovere Conrad, Sharon & Cody Rowe Roy Farms RPM, Inc. Larry Rubis - Fabrication Technologies Wayne Rudneski Daniel E. & Jo Ann F. Rudy John Rueb Judy A. Rueb Thomas & Susan C. Rumsey Richard Runyan Sean M. Ryan Ryan Foods Company Ryder Transportation Services - Denver Safari Club International Barrington, Illinois Chapter Safari Club International Central Washington Chapter Safari Club International Coastal Range Chapter Safari Club International - Idaho Chapter Safari Club International - Nashville Chapter Safari Club International Ohio Valley Chapter Safari Club International Redding Regional Chapter Safari Club International San Fernando Valley Chapter Safeco Insurance Company Salt Lake County Fish & Game Association Tim Sample San Diego Chapter Gayle Sanders Mike & Shannon Sanders Dale Sargent Satellites Unlimited, Inc. Dave Satterfield Sawyer Memorial Trust Scott Sayer Scheels Gary & Janice Scheimer Craig Schell Carroll J. Schell & E. Kim DeLozier Jim & Sally Scherrer J. J. Scherschligt Steve & Kim Schmidt Schnetzer Engineering, Inc. Eric Schoenfeld Charles & Ann Schooley John Schreiner Rick Schroder Joe Schroeder David E. Schroeder

"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."

Scott & Cheryl Schuerman Arthur B. Schultz Foundation Bill & Bonita Schweinler Charles H. Scott Joseph M. Seagle Segebrecht Plumbing, Inc. Semitool, Inc. Cathy Semler - Country Home & Health Seneca Chapter Service Plumbing & Heating Seven-Up Pete Venture Dick & Diana Sevshek Howard Sharp Ray Shaw Shelby Distributors, LLC Charles L. Shields Tony Shingleton Charles M. Shriver Terry Shuler Les Shumaker James A. Shurts Sioux Falls Winnelson Co. Kevin & Sharon Skirko Gene & Edna Skramstad Skyline Motors, Inc. Slave Lake Roland Michener High School for Habitat Gary & Mary Sloan Tom & Cheryl Slowey Neil C. Smarte Douglas J. Smentkowski Chuck & Kathy Smith Jim Smith Dwight & Julia Smith Fred Smith Doug, Cynthia & Amasa Smith Smith Transfer & Storage Bill & Gabriele Snider - In Memory of Mike Snider So-Cal Construction Brian & Lanette Soliday & Family The Songer Family Paul Sottak South Texas Chapter South Valley Bank & Trust Southeast Michigan Chapter Southeast Texas Chapter Duane Southerland Southern Kentucky Chapter Southern Nevada Chapter Trout Unlimited Tim Southorn Rick Sparing Spearfish High Schools for Habitat Art Spencer George E. Spier, MD Spruce Pine Land Co. St. Croix Press St. Joseph’s Hospital John Staff - Camoboys Stallion Rockies - Stallion Oilfield Stallion Solids Control Forrest & Traci Stanley Friends of Debra Stapley Robert Starz Stec’s Advertising Specialties Steel Technologies, Inc. Rick & Cathy Steele Eric Steenburgh Art & Carol Stephan Delores V. Stephens Gerald & Sandy Steward Stewart Title of Missoula County, Inc. Bob Stiehl - In Memory of R. L. Stiehl David & Ramona Stine Stine, Heiser, Buss & Assoc. Stockman Bank Stew Stone Myrl J Stone Carl R. Stonecipher, DDS Stoney - Wolf Productions, Inc. The Storage Place Graham Stovall Jake Stowers Stuart & Melissa Strahl Eben & Eva Streeter E. Hadley Stuart, Jr. Summit Outdoor Advertising, Inc. Sun Valley Packing Alan & Marti Sunday Pat Sutphin Ken Sweet - K Bar T Farms Sweetwater Chapter Al Swertfager Mark Sylla Syndicated Technologies Ltd. Don & Carol Sytsma Rob, Suz, Nick & Kelley Syvertson T. J. Lambrecht Construction, Inc. Tasco Kim Taylor Taylor Architects Taylor Drilling Tommy & Penny Teague Team Chevrolet Teamsters Local Union #760

—Dr. Terry and Judy Sweet, RMEF Board Member, Life Member & Habitat Council Members Steve & Kathy Tennant David & Shannon Ter Maat Gene & Adelia Terland Terra Associates, Inc. Texas State Workshop Ed Tezak Bill Tezak TG Soda Ash, Inc. The Confederated Salish & Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead The DeFalco Family Foundation The Herbst Foundation Sam Thomas Les & Sally Thomas - Thomas Taxidermy Nancy D. Thompson & Dale R. Woolhiser Mike Thompson & Sharon Rose Thompson Distributing, Inc. Robert J. & Patricia A. Thuesen Rod & Dawn Thurley - RV Service, Inc. Todd Tiefenthaler Dennis & Charlotte Tilden Tillamook County Chapter Bob & Kay Timberlake John L. Timmons TNS Investments Today Land Conservation Trust Todd & Carolyn Cook - Point B Lawrence A. Tollard Tom Addis Ford & Dodge Matt & Amie Tonn Tool City Chapter Dave & Debbie Torell Marvin Toreson Richard Towers Town Ford Toyota of the Black Hills Traditional Bowhunters of British Columbia Transcanada Pipelines Limited Margaret L. Transue Brent Travelsted Tri Counties Bank - Yreka & Weed Branches Triangle Chapter - In Memory of Arthur Page Tri-Cities Chapter Tri-Rivers Chapter Bill & Kathryn Troubridge Trus Joist Mac Millan George Tucker Elizabeth Tulou & James Ring Michael S. & Paula M. Turlington Garth & Lorijo Turner Foundation Phil & Barb Turrell Darrell Tuss Twin Disc Incorporated Twin Harbors Chapter Two Dot Ranch Two Feathers LLC Scott A. Tycksen Uintah Basin Sportsmen for Fish & Wildlife Ultra Resources Roger & Carol Umbaugh Mark & Kathy Umholtz Utah RMEF Leadership Team Valley Land & Cattle Company Paul C. Van Booven Brian & Kristi Van Etten Joseph W. Van Sickle Mark E. Vandolah Robert G. Verbica Ruskin A. & Karen Vest Victoria Chapter David Viers & Associates Vigilante Chapter Richard Vigue Mike & Kerry Vincelli Ray Voyda - Freedom Chevrolet W & W Ford Sales, Inc. Wabash Valley Chapter Richard E. Wacker Roger & Eleanor Wagner Thomas F. & Carol E. Wagner - In Memory of Evelyn Wagner Fred Wahl Marine Wake County Wildlife Club John M. Walborn Ken & Hope Waldner Wamsutter Conoco Service Tom & Margaret Walker Lee Walker Wall Creek Grazing Association Robert A. Wallace Wal-Mart - Loveland, Colorado Wal-Mart - Mountain Home, Idaho Wal-Mart - Spearfish, South Dakota Wal-Mart - Polson, MT Wal-Mart Store #1969 Midlothian, Virginia Wal-Mart Supercenter Baraboo, Wisconsin Wal-Mart Superstore #3259 Missoula, Montana Carl & Nancy Walsh Kay & Mike Walsh Walter’s Recycling & Refuse Betsy & Denny Wandtke

Wapiti Enterprises, Inc. Eric & Kim Ward Keith & Meg Warning Wasatch-Summit Chapter John & Elaine Washburn Andy & Jacey Watson In Memory of Bonita J. Watson Johnny D. Waycaster Roger D. Wayman Weatherby Collectors Assoc. Inc. Jeff Weatherly Steve Weaver Mike & Kathy Weaver Weber & Gunn Jack A. Webster Mike & Paula Weeks Gloria & Michael Wegener Stephanie Flood Weimann Rich Weiss James & Julie Welch David & Jo Wells Jerry Wells Jeff & Shelley Wells - JT Rocks Excavation Wells Fargo - Billings Wells Fargo Bank - Riverton, Wyoming Wells Fargo Bank Arizona Werner Plumbing & Heating, Inc. Weschem Violet M. & Harrison D. Wescoat Mike Wesley Clint West Western Geophysical Western Nevada Supply Western New York Chapter Greg & Andrea Weston Westport Winery Richard E. Westwood, Jr. Charles W. Wheeler Lindsey B. & Cynthia R. Whisenhant Whiskey Jack Camp Jason & Leah White David & Debbie White Phil White Ford Adam Hopkins Whitney Dennis J. & Julie A. Wieczorek Wesley E. Wiegand Wildlife Management Institute Truman & Romaine Wilkin Daniel Will Doc & Betty Will Willerton Ski-Doo Peter N. Williams Linda L. & Benny R. Williams Williams Energy Williams Field Services Williams Gun Sight & Outfitters, Inc. Charles & Elinor Williamson Willow Valley Trophy Club Wes Wills Dennis G. Wilson Steve Wilson H. Wayne & Donna Wilson Wes Wilson Wind River Casino Windermere Real Estate Windmill Inns of America Winn Dixie Stores Foundation Wisconsin State Workshop Bruce Witt Carlton E. & June A. Witter Roger & Linda Witter Rob & Brita Woeck Donald H. Wolfe Joyce & Walt Wolff Wolf’s Pinedale Dodge James & Dianne Wood David H. Woodring Harry M. Woods Ken & Michele Woodward Woolrich, Inc. Richard S. Wright Glen & Tari Wunderlich Ronan Auto Transport Len Wurman James A. & Sarajane Wurster B. A. & Mona Wyatt Yakima Valley Chapter Yakimow Family Yellowstone Gateway Sports John & Denise Young Zander Solutions - Frank Acker Mike & Gloria Zech - Zech Ranch Gene & Pat Zellmer Richard Zippert Robert M. Zoch, Jr. Ray & Dotti Zumwalt

Trails Society Chauncey & Reiko Albro Bill & Carol Alexander Gerald Alifano David & Mary Andrade Robert W. Andree Family Rick Angel

Anonymous (32) Mark Antonis Bob Arrington Bill & Laura Asbell Sherman & Terri Atkinson Brig. General Edward A. Bailey Tom & Marilyn Baker Steven Baldwin Frances Haymon Bates Max & Cindy Bauer, Jr. Darrel L. Beach Randy & Cheryl Bentley Sherie Berkel George A. Bettas Robert L. Bobbett, Jr. Eric & Jennifer Bottorff Will Bowman Ron & Susan Bowman Robert Boyd Brain Family Allen D. Brandon, PhD Richard Briskin Mike Bristow Ken Bronstad David & Margaret Brown James & Christine Brown Russel Browning Russ Bumgardner Gary & Wanda Burnett Boyd R. & Deborah A. Burns Harold & Lupe Carlson Steve Carmichael Rodney & Terri Carstenson Gary & Barbara Carvajal A.H. & Virginia M. Cheney Scott & Lorri Chester Gary Clark Bill & Marge Conn Pat & Tempe Connell Thomas Patrick & Lynda Meyer Cronin Larry & Veronica Crosby Walker Cross Joe & Lorraine Culton Dennis & Shirlee Dahl Joel & Carol Davis Buddy & Julie Davis Neal Davison Larry & Jill Dawson Kenneth C. DePew Eric & Rachael DeRudder Kenneth G. Diehl Robert Dillman - J Lazy J Outfitters & Guide Service Andrea Dockstader Justin & Laurel Downer Max S. Ekenberg Helen Erskine Richard & Kate Evans Dan & Barb Falstad Dr. Dan & Mary Fiehrer Marion West Fordyce Metro Boone Fox Sherman & Kimberly Frahm Anne Franke Arlin P. & Jenifer L. Fratzke Daniel Frederickson Jeff Frost Wayne Fugitt William H. Gabriel Bill Gaechter Mike & Kris Garey Larry & Judy Geiger Wade Gilbert Tyler & Kelly Gill John & Wynne Gillis Francis Gjefle Andrew Gliewe Jimmy Godbee Ray & Diana Goff Don & Patti Goin Steven Graham Sidney & Laverne Graw Bill Gray Lyle & Gail Grimes Mike & Jolene Hale Weaver & Deidre Hanes Richard & Marilyn Hanson - In Memory of David B. Hanson Bert & Cheryl Haralson Thomas H. & Martha L. Harris Tom & Roxann R. Harris Marvin & Darlene Hartze Wayne & Rena Heaton Roger & Abbe Heemeier Bill & Becky Hensley Christopher J. Herbert & Nancy E. Welch Bill & Ev Hoffman Howard & Nancy Holland Chris D. Hood Ronald G. & Virginia L. Horejsi Kirk & Beth Horn Robert & Jeanne Horsmann Russell Hose Sally Hough Bob & Kathy Hoverkamp

Steve Hoyt Bruce & Kathy Hutcheon Steve & Cheryl Irvin Dale & Lois Ives Harry & Doris Jacobsen Craig Jantz Larry & Carol Jenkins Steven Johnson Kent & Cyndie Johnson Eric & Katherine Johnson Ron & Connie Johnson Rebecca Kendall David Kind David R. & Betty S. King Frank Kintzel Reed Klearman Bill & Donna Knowles Drew Kohler Bob & Jan Koons Jack & Ellen Krieger Frank & Rochelle Kriewald Jim Langley Dick Larsen W. Paul Lawless Ron & Yoshie Lewis Michael Lindsay Jack & Corky Logan Steven Lookabaugh Ruth Low Stan & Carolyn Lueck Mark & Debbie Lutz Bonnie Lynn L. Jack & Natalie Lyon Don Mabry Bill & Nancy MacHugh John & Frank Maillett Nancy B. Mantz Jo Ann Marchand Ron & Barb Marcoux Wayne & Marjorie Marion P. Gerald 'Gerry' Marra David & Charlotte Martin Robert & Barbara Martin Craig Mathews Bill & Pam Matthews William D. Mayer, Jr. Lon Mc Allister Dennis A. Mc Clelland Debra Mc Cormick Ken & Karen Mc Fadden James Mc Gaffic Ed Mc Kenzie Patrick & Renita Mc Mullen John & Carlie Mechler Wayne Meyers Randall L. & Alison D. Meyn Mike & Chris Mielke Gary Moe Michael & Linda Moe Rocky Morgan Jim & Rennie Morrell Glenn C. Moyer David Murphy Albert & Deana Murray Marc A. Nelson James C. Newborn Jerry & Susan Norton Charles O'Dell Lynda Paige Tom Parce Grant Parker & Molly Galusha Jim Parr David & Janet Perdue Jon Perry Lloyd Persson Dennis Petersen Doug & Mary Susan Polenz Charles R. Raches, Jr. Guido R. Rahr, Jr. Jean E. Ralls Donald Rasmussen Ron Reesy Warren & Fran Reid Ken & Bonnie Reimers Allan Reishus Richard L. Riggs, Sr. James & Patti Rinehart Annette Rood Patrick Ross Frederic Sammond Larry Sanders Barth & Gail Satuloff Marvin & Kathryn Schiedermayer Don Schindler Ted & Pat Schmidt Scott & Cheryl Schuerman Kenneth & Vicki Jo Scott Leon Searles Richard Sell Craig Sherbondy Greg & Jill Silvey Regena L. Simmons Richard Smith Dan Smith Walker S. 'Buddy' & Tammie Lynne Smith

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Friends of the Foundation Horace Smith Morgan Snyder Terry & Kathy Solberg Bob Speicher Lewis Stapley Linda & Neal Stone Bill & Karen Stout Tim & Amy Stump Richard & Debra Surface John & Maribeth Talia Art Talsma John & Alice Taylor Ralph & Bette Thisted Les & Sally Thomas J. Dana Thorne Bob & Pat Thuesen H. Arthur & Lanita Agnes Tomsheck Robert Torstenson Brent V. Trumbo Bill & Michelle Tucker Paul Van Booven Richard & Vicki Van Calcar Dale Varbel Todd Vralsted Tom & Margaret Walker Raylene Wall Gregory Waltz John & Kathy Warford Dick & June Warner David W. Watkins Mike & Kathy Weaver Randy & Joyce Weaver Andy Weber Jack Webster Bob & Kathy Wellman Alan & Linda Wells David E. & Mary D. Wesley Gary & Marian West Bruce & Glenda Wilson James W. Wilson Bob Woodrow Harry M. Woods Dave & Judy Yoder Jeff Young Ward & Katherine Young Linda Zager

BUSINESS PARTNERS IN CONSERVATION LEVEL VIII – $1,000,000 Bass Pro Shops Chase Card Services Team Realtree Level Vii – $500,000 Browning Cabela's Inc. Les Schwab Larry & Brenda Potterfield Midway USA Foundation North American Hunter Sportsman's Warehouse Level Vi – $250,000 Columbia Sportswear Co. Federal Cartridge Company Hunter's Specialties, Inc. Jensen Jewelers Leupold & Stevens Inc. MidwayUSA Remington Arms Company Roper Apparel & Footwear Wyoming Wilderness Outfitters Zabel Western Art Level V – $100,000 Anheuser - Busch, Inc. Barton - Cotton Brunton Danner Danny Edwards Bronzes Davidson's Dennis Jones Studios Double H Ranch East Moreno Ranch Handcarved Fine Furniture Heritage Collectables, Inc. Heritage Frames & Fine Art Inafrica Safaris Jack Creek Preserve Fnd. K Bar T Farms Lone Star Outfitters Montana Canvas Montana High Country Mossy Oak Mount Carmel Safaris Pioneer Log Homes of BC Rocky Shoes & Boots Sitka Gear Thunder Bow Outfitters Timberline Outfitters US Army Fort Hunter Liggett UU Bar Ranch

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White Mountain Apache Tribe Winchester Ammunition Level Iv – $50,000 A Idaho Whitetail Adventure Beaver Creek Associates, LLC Bell Wildlife Specialties Blackfeet Fish & Wildlife Dept Boyt Harness Company Broken Arrow Lodge C K Hunting & Fishing Camp Call of The Wild Outfitting Cottonwood Ranch Hunting Services Custom Direct - Identity Checks Daisy Outdoor Products Dakota Arms Davis Tent & Awning LLC Diamond T Outfitters Dickies Mfg. Co. Dumukwa Safaris First Interstate Bank Fort Knox Security G.W. Peterson Outfitting Gerber Legendary Blades Globe Pequot Press Goshute Tribe Harborths Gun Repair Hidden Creek Outfitters High Lonesome Outfitter & Guide Jicarilla Game & Fish Dept K Bar Z Guest Ranch & Outfitters Knight & Hale Game Calls/ Pradco Knight Rifles Kniktuk Outfitters Larry Gay Bronzes Larry's Guide Service Louisiana Purchase Ranch Mark Norem Michaels of Oregon Midcontinent Montana Guide Service Montana Silversmiths N W Co Ranching for Wildlife Nosler Bullets, Inc. Oquirrh Productions Parker Bronzes Phyllis Wolfe R.B. Outfitters Randy Van Beek Studio Rich Ranch/Double Arrow Outfitters RJ Hunt Roger Lang Ron Dube Rough Country Outfitters & Guides Rugg's Outfitting LLC See Alaska Silver Bow Outfitters Spey Creek Trophy Hunting Sports Afield Magazine Stan Burger Safaris TN Marketing The Perrins Rainy Pass Lodge, LLC Trijicon United States Outfitters Weaver Optics Welder Outfitting Services Whitewater Outdoors Wilderness Lodge / Skyline Outfit Zuni Fish & Wildlife Dept Level Iii – $25,000 123 Outfit Action Adventures Adventure Experiences Inc. Agassiz Waterhen River Alexander Cattle Company Algar S.A. America Remembers Antelope For Africa Safaris Antler Creek Wildlife Creations Art From Montana LLC Atk Ammunition - Cci Speer Austin Remodeling Contractor Inc. B Bar C & Russell Pond Outfitters Backcountry Montana Adventures Bald Mountain Outfitters Beaver Creek Outfitters — MN Beaver Creek Outfitters — MT Big D Oil Company Big Sky Carvers Big Timber Guides Ltd Billingsley Ranch & Outfitters Black Mountain Outfitters, Inc. Blaser Usa, Inc. Brazos River Outfitters Brent R. Todd Buffalo Trace Distillery Burris Company, Inc. Carlton's Corp, Inc. Central Montana Outfitters Central South Island Hunting NZ Charles Suk Circle K Ranch, Inc. Colorado High Guide Service Colorado Hunting Adventures

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D-D Productions Deadwood Outfitters LLC Deseret Ranch Devenyns Limited Editions Doig River Outfitters Doug Eck Studios Earl Keating Elk Basin Outfitters Elk Valley Bighorn Outfitters Elkhorn Outfitters Elko Bighorns Unlimited Fossil Ridge Guide Service Four Seasons Safaris New Zealand Fuqua's Jewelry Game and Fish Magazine Gary Griesen Haines Hunting Service Hanno Van Rensburg Hunting Service High Tech Customs Higher Ground Outfitters Horse Creek Outfitters Hoyt USA Humphrey Rv and Trailer, LLC Ida Glow Indiana Arch Plywood, Inc. Island Explorations J.L. Flesch Jack Walter Jackie Vergerio Jaco Outfitters Jim Grant Ken Carlson Kershaw Knives Kevin Powell Kiwi Safaris New Zealand Kohls Outfitting Lake-N-Leather Lambson's Wildlife Originals Lazy J R Outfitters Lil Toledo Lodge Lori's Labradors Magnum Outfitters Matthews Trophy Hunting Safaris Montana Mountain View Ranch Montana Safaris Montana Sunrise Lodge Morgan Trinkets Moriah Publishing Inc. Nancy Dunlop Cawdrey Navajo Nation Dept of F&W NB Safaris Nordberg Furniture North Park Outfitters Northern New Mexico Elk Hunts One Only Studio Out of Africa Safaris R. Place Rainbow Lake Lodge Rancho Rojo Outfitting Service Rand's Custom Hatters Rapid Chevrolet Rata Maire Deer Rca Hunting Services Reunel Mfg Richard Childress Racing Inc. Richard Holmes Safaris Richard Sotello Rick Taylor Ridgerunner Outfitters Russ Field Safaris Safari Afrika Sangre De Cristo Outfitters, Inc. Scapegoat Wilderness O/F Schnee's Inc. Sheep Creek Outfitters Shooting Times Magazine South Side Outfitters Sporting World Star Valley Outfitters, LLC Steve Ramsey Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. The Biltmore Company Timber Creek Art Tschetter Studios Under Armour United Country Real Estate Upper Canyon Outfitters UWG Valles Caldera Trust Vermejo Park Ranch Ward Burton Wildlife Foundation Western Spirits Wild Wings, Inc. Wildlife in Bronze Working Horse Log Homes World Class Outfitting Adventures Wyoming Expeditions Level Ii – $15,000 Abrams Airborne Manufacturing, Inc. Adventure Northwest Africa Maximum Safaris African Arrow Safaris Ahlstrom Construction Ltd. Banovich Fine Art Editions

Bear Archery, Inc. Beartooth Plateau Outfitters Beckel Canvas Products Bert Haralson Best Hunting Company Big Salmon Outfitters Bishop Builders Black Range Outfitters Blue Mountain Outfitters Bohunk Excavating, Inc. Brian Soliday Bristol Bay Adventures Bushnell Outdoor Products Butte Creek Outfitters C4 Ranch & Lodge Catch A King Charters CBS News Channel 5 Clear Creek Lighting Clearwater Gallery Colorado Hunting Expeditions Colorado Trophies Connecticut Valley Arms, Inc. Conoco Phillips Ferndale Refinery Conoco Phillips Crooked Horn Outfitters Dakota Hunting Farms Diamond Outfitters, LLC Dome Mountain Outfitters Don & Jana Cook and Family Dorendorf's, Inc. Durham Ranch E. W. Watson & Sons Outfitting Eilers Furs Flying Z Ranch Fred Mau's Outdoor Adventures Frontera Sporting Frontier Studio Glacier Fur Dressing Global Sporting Safaris Golden Bear Outfitters Golden Ram Sportsman Gonzales Outfitting & Guiding Graham Originals Gunnison Country Guide Svc. Hearst Air Service Henry Repeating Arms Heritage Safe Co. High Country Arts Hole in the Wall Lodge ICR Outfitters J Bar H Outfitters, LLC J C Outfitters Jake's Horses, Inc. James Earnest Jerry Pickthorne Jim Zumbo KFB Jewelers Kaweka Hunting Adventures La Tinaja Ranch Legacy Sports - Howa Rifles Leon Parson Studios Les Ohlhauser Little Wood River Outfitters Logozzo Bronzes, Inc. Mafigeni Safaris & Tours Mckenzie Taxidermy Mike Cuin Mills Wilderness Adventures of MT Montana Decoy Monture Crick Outfitters Mountain Hunters Mountain Ridge Outfitters National Shooting Sports Foundation Neville Log Homes Nikon Sport Optics Outfitters Pack Station Pachmayr Foundation Pioneer Outfitter Quaking Aspen Outfitters R & R Ranch Riddles Group / Mt Rushmore Gold Rivers Edge Outfitters Robert Wilkes Rocky Mountain High Outfitter & Guides Rocky Point Outfitters Royal Outfitters S & K Outfitting S & W Outfitters San Francisco River Outfitters Scott Allred Seven J Outfitters Simmons Outdoor Corp Simpson Resources Southern Cross Safaris Spur Outfitters Stark Electric Stephen Cadez Stockton Outfitters Stoeger Industries Studio Pandora Swift Creek Outfitters Terry Doughty Wildlife Art Thompson Distributing Inc. Thormahlen & Cochran Safaris Timmer Outfitting

Tom Swan Tomberlin Group Tony Watkins True North Adventures Tru-Glo Vanatta Outfitters Weitas Creek Outfitters Western Outdoors Magazine Western Wyoming Trophy Hunts WFMB/WCVS Radio Whalers Cove Lodge White Works Media Wilderness Outfitters Wildlife Adventures, Inc. William Shandel Wolf River Outfitters Wyoming Lazy T Metal Crafts Level I – $5,000 Aaron Smith Accurate Arms Adair Jewelers Advanced Litho Printing Aflac Africa Motsomi Hunting Adventures Afrika Barrel & Bow Safaris Al Edge Early American Rifles Alaska Big 5 Lodges Alaska Big Game Hunting Alaska Farwest Fish Camp Alaska Legends Adventure Resort Alaska Premier Sports Fishing Alaska Trophy Hunts Alaskan Fishing Adventures Alaskan Raven Guide Service Alaska's Fishing Unlimited Lodge Alaska's Rainbow Point Lodge Alaska's Trophy King Lodge All Alaska Outdoors, Inc. All Season Adventures Allen Shearer Allied Waste Services American State Bank Ande Rigler Andrew Lake Lodge & Camps Angie Meehan Animal Clinic & Hospital Antler Expressions/Madison West Antler Meadows Appaloosa Broadcasting Arcom Outfitters Arctic Red River Outfitters Ltd Armendaris Ranch Arnolds Ranch And Home, Inc. Arrows & Antlers Artistic Impressions Artistic Moments In Bronze Avalanche Outfitters Back Country Outfitters Bad River Artworks Bakers Narrows Lodge Banbur Safaris Bar Double T Ranch Barker Trophy Hunts Baron Technology, Inc. Barrett Productions Bartlett Creek Outfitters Barto Collectables Battlement Mesa Outfitters BC Stables Bear Bay Lodge Bear Claw Outfitters (Tawow Lodge) Bear Mountain Ranch Bearcat Outfitters Beaver Creek Outfitters — WY Beaver Trap Outfitters Becharof Lodge & Outfitters Bell Wildlife Specialties Ben Franklin Crafts & Framing Benchmark Wilderness Outfitters Best Ranch Big Cimarron Outfitter Big Mountain Outfitters Big Rack Outfitters Big Sky Gold Diamond Brokers Big Sky Upholstery Big Willow Creek Ranch, Inc. Bighorn Outfitters Bill Barrett Corp, (BBC) Bill Burke Knives Bill Kiefer Bill & Michelle Tucker Bill's Welding & Machine Shop, Inc. Birch Creek Outfitters Blach Distributing Black Timber Outfitters Black's Creek Guide Gear Blaine Dabb Fine Art Blue Bronna Guiding & Outfitting Blue River Outfitters Bob Gowdy Bob Ward & Sons, Inc. Bob Wieczorek Bohl Iron Works Bombardier Recreational Products

"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 Bremer Ranches Bridger Outfitters Bridger Wilderness Outfitters Bruce Miller Fine Art Bryce Outfitting Buffalo River Outfitters Bull Basin Guides & Outfitters, Inc. Bullfrog Spas Bull's Eye Adventures Butler Bags C Bar C Outfitters C.A. Grende, Buffalo Jump Gallery Cactus Hills Outfitters, Ltd. Canary Travel & Tour Canyon Hunting Ranch Canyon Outback Capital One Carlton Witter Carma Bosworth Castles N Coasters Caswell Gallery Ceaser Lake Outfitters Centennial Log Homes & Furnishings Centennial Outfitters Challenge Outfitters, LLC Chaparral Guides & Outfitters Charlotte Fox Cheff Guest Ranch & Outfitters Cherokee Outfitters Cherokee Ranch Staff Cheyenne Beverages, Inc. Chris Jurney Outfitting Chuck Daggett Ford Dodge Jeep Circle E Outfitters Circle Heart Outfitters Clark Fork Outfitters Clear Channel of Cheyenne Clear Channel Radio Clifford Hill Clifford Pape Clint Newton Coal Creek Outfitting Colby Gines Wilderness Adventures Colony Outfitters Colorado Hunting Adventures Colorado Mountain Adventures Colorado Mountain Adventures, Inc. Colter Creek Outfitters LLC Comanche Creek Guides & Services Comanche Wilderness Outfitters Commander And Company Ltd. Connell Chevrolet Buick Connie Frutiger of Wildwings Continental Divide Knives Cork Cliff Outfitters Cotton Mesa Trophy Elk Ranch Cougar Ridge Outdoors Counter Assault Craig Hayes Craig Phillips Originals Cramer's Home Furnishings Creek To Peak Outfitters Crow Creek Outfitters Crow Creek Wildlife Management Service Crs Custom Woodworking Crystal Creek Outfitters Curry Comb Outfitters Curtis Welch Cynthie's Wildlife Originals D & M Charters D Bar G Outfitters Inc. D Bar X Lighting / Horns-A-Plenty D. Michael Thomas Dakota Family Farms Dakota Hills Shooting Preserve Dan Agnew Dan Chovanak Dan Free Dan Hughes Outfitting Darex LLC Darryl Stout Dave Park Outfitting David Anderson Sculpture David Jackson DeVuyst Ranch Dean's Alaska Adventures Delta Big Game Outfitters Detail Company Adventures Diamond M Outfitters Diamond R Guest Ranch Dick's Sporting Goods DM Safaris Doc Cottrell Donald Hay Donald Nehring Donald Rasmussen Double Eagle Expeditions Double Eagle Guides & Outfitters Double H Bar Outfitting Double Y Outfitters Doug Perry Douglas Nelson Drive Train Industries Dry Fork Hunts Eagle Cap Campers, Inc.

Eagle Lake Lodge Eagle Lakes Ranch Eagle Spirit Outfitters, LLC Eagle's Nest Hunt Club Eagle's Nest Outfitting Eastfork Designs Ed Williams Custom Jewelry Eden Ridge Outfitters Edwin Hill Elk Creek Outfitting Elko Guide Service Elsing Drilling Eric Roybal Ericksen's Saddlery Estes Park Outfitters Faunafrika Fawnie Mountain Outfitters Finest Arts First National Bank of Gillette First National Bank of the Rockies Fisher Art Enterprises Fishmasters Inn Five-Nine Outfitters Flying B Ranch Fox Bay Lodge Frank Hollis Frank Manafort Frank Miller Fine Art Fred Boyer Studios Freedom Outfitters Fremont Motor Company Fremont Motors Full Circle Outfitters G-5 Outfitters Gallery & Frame Center Gap West Broadcasting Garcias Hunting Preserves Garry Wright Gary Fales Outfitters Gem Safaris Gene Sanford & Associates, Inc. George Herold George Lockwood George Weston Getaway Adventures Lodge Gloria D' Studios Grafe Auction & Realty Grease Creek Outfitters Great Divide Outfitters Great Plains Drywall Greg Beecham Studio Grizzly Outfitters Grizzly Trail Outfitters Gundog Productions Guy Dahl Wildlife Art Hadley Companies Hamilton Outfitter Headwaters & Highcountry Outfitters Heaven's Gate Outfitters Heinrich & Smith Outfitters Henderson's Hunting Camps Ltd. Hidden Alaska Guides & Outfitters High Altitude Yamaha, Inc. High Country Outfitters High Lonesome Outfitters High Plains Drifter High Plains Outfitters High Safaris Hunting Co. High Sierra Expeditions, LLC High Tines Outfitters High Trail Outfitter, Inc. Horizon Guide & Outfitters Horn Outfitters, Inc. Howard Willey Guide Service Hualapai Game & Fish Department Hugo's Safari Adventures Hunt It All, Inc. Hunt Wood Products Hunter Dan Hunters Rendezvous Hurleys Hunting Adventure Idaho Outfitters & Guides Assoc. Igage Mapping Corp. Ike Basha Indian Summer Outfitters Inland Empire Toyota Dealers Inland Fisheries And Wildlife Instigator Sport Fishing Intrepid Safaris Irish Setter-Red Wing JABS Guide Service J B Rodgers Mech Cont J M Bar Outfitters Jack Hume Adv Jagged Edge Outfitters, Inc. Janene Grende - Artist Janet Thompson Jarrett Rifles Jason Bath Jay Cazier Jaybird Antler Works, Inc. Jeff Roller Hunting Jim Mast

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ELK RUBS ETERNAL

cover photo by Vic Schendel

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.