The Mule Deer Foundation (MDF) is excited to announce the approval of a $750,000 grant from the North Dakota Industrial Commission’s Outdoor Heritage Fund. This generous grant will support our efforts to enhance big game connectivity and reduce habitat fragmentation in western North Dakota. The commission approved this funding as part of the Outdoor Heritage Fund matching grants program, which is entirely funded by oil and gas production tax revenue.
Following the fatal “Frog Fire” in the Modoc National Forest of California in 2015 in which a woodland firefighter was trapped and killed in the line of duty, the U.S. Forest Service and Mule Deer Foundation are beginning a habitat improvement project addressing 11,000 acres of fire fuels reduction and Mule Deer habitat improvement.
My passion for the Grasslands of America is evidenced through this organizations literature over the past 5 months. In the mountains you never feel alone, as you are surrounded by the purple majesty of innumerable wonders. The plains by contrast are full of melancholy, the howling wind and vastness of sky are constant reminders of loneliness. In this landscape I find peace.








