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Arizona Outdoor Hall Of Fame
On Saturday August 20, the Mule Deer Foundation (MDF) was inducted into the Arizona Outdoor Hall of…
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Western Wildlife Conservation By the Numbers
Over the last 25 years, a common assertion you often hear is that muledeer populations are in decli…
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Mule Deer Foundation Benefits 122 Deer Herds and Over 700,000 acres of Habitat in 2024
The Mule Deer Foundation (MDF) benefitted 122 deer herds in 18 states through their mission deliver…
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Tracking the Herd: Where Mule Deer Stand in 2024
In 2024, the picture is complicated. In some places, there’s reason to be optimistic. States like C…
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New Years Resolutions
Mentor a new hunter this year. Happy 2025, everyone. Now is the time of year when we are all thi…
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Christmas trees and Conservation
We work across 18 states with multiple federal and state agencies looking at forests of all shapes…
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Winter Habitat Update from the field
The winter weather is looking incredible for big game outing this fall. According to our partners…
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Saving Idaho Winter Range
By: Jessie Shallow (MDF Idaho Partner Biologist) The importance of Sagebrush for Idaho Mule Deer…
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USDA Signs Memo on Conserving Mule Deer Migration routes!
The Mule Deer Foundation applauds the signing of this Secretarial Memo to ensure that the full suit…
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MDF VOLUNTEERS IN THE FIELD
The wildfire smoke cleared and the sky was blue along the Crooked River drainage for the Eagle Rock…
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Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forests Temporary Closure
In continuation of the Mule Deer Foundation’s consistent and perpetual stewardship of mule deer hab…
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Lessons from the Winter of 2022–23: Rebuilding Mule Deer Herds After Catastrophe
The winter of 2022–23 will be remembered across the West as one of the harshest in recent memory. I…
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Leupold, Mule Deer Foundation Host Black-Tailed Deer Summit
Leupold & Stevens, Inc., provider of the world’s most rugged, lightweight, and clear…
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Joining Forces to Remove Barriers
Important herds of mule deer, elk, and bighorn sheep will now have an easier path to follow…
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