MDF Projects
The Mule Deer Foundation funds a variety of conservation projects and programs including habitat enhancement, management, conservation education and hunting heritage. Project partners include state and federal agencies, local government, private industry and individuals and other conservation organizations.
Projects are funded through three avenues:
- Technical Advisory Committees
- Chapter Rewards Program
- Wildlife Legacy Dollars
For further information or to submit a project proposal, please contact your Regional Director.
Below are some examples of what MDF projects entail and can accomplish. Projects listed do not constitute a comprehensive list, they are only a snapshot of our past and current efforts.
Ongoing (multi-year) Projects
2008
- Southwest Montana (Belgrade/Bozeman) Aerial Spraying/Weed Management Project (Montana)
- Boy Scouts of America (BSA) Shooting Sports Sponsorships (North Dakota)
- High-Fenced Hunting Survey (North Dakota)
- Mule Deer Foundation Project Signs (North Dakota)
- North Dakota’s M.U.L.E.Y. Day Camps (North Dakota)
- Minot Area Youth Festival (North Dakota)
- North Dakota Wildlife Federation (NDWF) Convention Sponsorships (North Dakota)
- North Dakota Wildlife Federation’s Youth Conservation Camp Grant (North Dakota)
- NISHU Bowmen Indoor Archery Range/Education Facility Grant (North Dakota)
- National Wild Turkey Federation’s JAKES Day Grant (North Dakota)
- Eric Shields Easement (Montana)
- Yellowstone Wildlife Management Area (WMA) Management (Montana)
- Absaroka/Gooseberry Creek Mule Deer Winter Range Conservation Project (Wyoming)
- Farmers and Hunters Feeding the Hungry Grant
- Men of Vision (Montana)
- Wyoming Healthy Lands Initiative Project, PDF file (Wyoming)
- Grigsby Aspen Project (Nevada)
- Genesee Black Oak Partnership Project (Nevada)
- Plumas County Chapter Completes First Volunteer Project (Nevada)
- Improving Mule Deer Habitat (Lander, Wyoming)
- Thunder Basin Big Sagebrush Restoration Project (Wyoming)
2007
- Theodore Roosevelt Elkhorn Ranch Acquisition (North Dakota)
- Ring Mountain Water Development Project (Wyoming)
- Colorado’s Cherokee SWA Adopted by MDF’s Northern Front Range Chapter (Colorado)
- Tongue River Ranch (Montana)
- Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks’ Plan for the Beckman Wildlife Management Area (Montana)
- Rocky Mountain Regional Workday (Colorado)
- Pass The Buck Chapter Provides Manpower to Stop Pinon and Juniper Encroachment (Colorado)
- Beckman Wildlife Management Area (Montana)
- MDF and Idaho Department of Fish and Game Partner on Guzzler (Idaho)
- Garfield Creek State Wildlife Area Habitat Improvement Project (Colorado)
- Cherokee Park State Wildlife Area (Fort Collins Colorado)
- East Fork Deer Habitat Improvement (Siskiyou County, California)
2006 and Earlier
- Beaver Creek Ranch Cell-Grazing Project (North Dakota)
- Missouri River Breaks Food Plots Fencing Projects (North Dakota)
- Sportsmen Against Hunger Grant (North Dakota)
- Grand Mesa Big Game Security Habitat Improvement Project (Colorado)
- Mule Deer Fawn Survival (Central Sierra, Nevada)
- Deer Capture Project (Denver, Colorado)
- Mapping Mule Deer Habitat (Arizona)
- Jawbone Ranger Station (California)
- Elderberry Guzzler (Washington)
- Aldrich Front (Oregon)