RMEF Grants to Benefit 24,000 Acres of Arizona Elk Habitat

By Justin Stakes

Missoula, MT -(AmmoLand.com)- The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation awarded $205,092 in grant funding to enhance wildlife habitat and bolster hunting heritage programs in the state of Arizona.

The grants will directly benefit 24,602 acres in Apache, Coconino, Greenlee, Maricopa, Navajo, Pima, Santa Cruz and Yuma Counties. There is one project of statewide benefit.

“One of the great challenges in the backcountry of the desert Southwest is to find water,” said David Allen, RMEF president and CEO. “These grants will assist in the improvement or repair of nearly three dozen individual water sources for elk and other wildlife.”

Allen thanked RMEF volunteers and members in Arizona who generated the funding through banquets, membership drives and other activities. He also thanked members and volunteers from across the nation for their dedication to conservation, elk and elk country.

Since 1986, RMEF and its partners completed 428 conservation and hunting heritage outreach projects in Arizona with a combined value of more than $31.1 million. These projects protected or enhanced 348,039 acres of habitat and opened or secured public access to 21,585 acres.

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