Mule Deer Foundation & BLM Sign MOU for Cooperative Conservation Efforts

By Justin Stakes

Salt Lake City, UT -(AmmoLand.com)- The Mule Deer Foundation (MDF) and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) have finalized an agreement to collaborate on conservation projects that improve mule deer and black-tailed deer habitat on BLM-managed lands.

The Memorandum of Understanding was signed during the Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies’ annual meeting held this year in Reno, Nevada. The five-year agreement establishes a framework for cooperation on projects that sustain and enhance the productivity of mule deer and black-tailed deer populations.

“This is an important agreement that sets the stage for our chapters and staff to work on BLM lands to make a difference for our western deer herds,” said Miles Moretti, President/CEO of the Mule Deer Foundation. “With a similar agreement already in place with the U.S. Forest Service, our volunteers can now also partner with local BLM land managers to help them actively manage habitats in a way that will enhance and restore mule deer and black-tailed deer habitat on thousands of acres of public lands across the West.”

The MOU outlines a series of specific partnership activities where MDF and BLM could work together. This …read more

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