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Group photo at the Wildlife for Tomorrow award ceremony.

Arizona Outdoor Hall Of Fame

On Saturday August 20, the Mule Deer Foundation (MDF) was inducted into the Arizona Outdoor Hall of…
Excavator working in a desert habitat for conservation efforts.

Western Wildlife Conservation By the Numbers

Over the last 25 years, a common assertion you often hear is that muledeer populations are in decli…
Mule Deer Foundation 2024 theme on donations impact

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…
Mule deer buck and doe grazing in sagebrush habitat.

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…
Hunters walking through a desert landscape with gear during a hunting expedition.

New Years Resolutions

Mentor a new hunter this year. Happy 2025, everyone. Now is the time of year when we are all thi…
Mule deer buck reaching for foliage in dense brush.

Christmas trees and Conservation

We work across 18 states with multiple federal and state agencies looking at forests of all shapes…
Two mule deer bucks in a snowy forest setting.

Winter Habitat Update from the field

The winter weather is looking incredible for big game outing this fall. According to our partners…
Volunteers engaged in habitat restoration in a burned area.

Saving Idaho Winter Range

By: Jessie Shallow (MDF Idaho Partner Biologist) The importance of Sagebrush for Idaho Mule Deer…
Three mule deer bucks grazing in a grassy meadow.

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…
Volunteers working on habitat restoration by installing fencing.

MDF VOLUNTEERS IN THE FIELD

The wildfire smoke cleared and the sky was blue along the Crooked River drainage for the Eagle Rock…
Lush mountain landscape with blue sky and clouds.

Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forests Temporary Closure

In continuation of the Mule Deer Foundation’s consistent and perpetual stewardship of mule deer hab…

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…
Group photo from the 2022 Black-Tailed Deer Summit event.

Leupold, Mule Deer Foundation Host Black-Tailed Deer Summit

Leupold & Stevens, Inc., provider of the world’s most rugged, lightweight, and clear…
Two mule deer bucks in a snowy forest setting

Joining Forces to Remove Barriers

Important herds of mule deer, elk, and bighorn sheep will now have an easier path to follow…