Available Grants

Ensuring the future of our hunting heritage is also a vital part of RMEF's work. Hunters and anglers were among the first crusaders for conservation and remain today's most important conservation supporters and leaders. RMEF supplies grants for hunting heritage and conservation education programs to help people of all ages learn more about hunting's link to conservation and engage them in hunting and other outdoor pursuits. Outdoor skills programs or events, hunter or conservation outreach, mentored hunts and other activities receive support from RMEF's hunting heritage efforts.

RMEF supplies grants for habitat enhancement projects in states with wild, free-ranging elk herds across the country, funding science-based projects that provide a direct benefit to elk and other big game to enhance their habitat (food, water, cover and space). Quality habitat is essential to ensuring the future of elk, mule deer and other wildlife. RMEF and its partners direct financial support to carry out prescribed burning, forest thinning, noxious weed treatments, the development of wildlife water sources and other projects to enhance wildlife habitat. RMEF's priorities include addressing crucial big game habitat and migration corridors, promoting wildfire restoration in the West, and supporting eastern elk herds through best management practices. In 2026, RMEF informs management and prioritizes projects that follow RMEF Aspen Regeneration, Invasive Grasses and Conifer Encroachment best management practices.

Ensuring the future of our hunting heritage is also a vital part of RMEF's work. Hunters and anglers were among the first crusaders for conservation and remain today's most important conservation supporters and leaders. RMEF supplies grants for hunting heritage and conservation education programs to help people of all ages learn more about hunting's link to conservation and engage them in hunting and other outdoor pursuits. Outdoor skills programs or events, hunter or conservation outreach, mentored hunts and other activities receive support from RMEF's hunting heritage efforts.

RMEF provides grants for wildlife management and research in U.S states with wild, free-ranging elk herds, funding work that directly affects elk populations (e.g., disease management, wildlife-friendly fencing, etc.) and research that expands the body of knowledge of elk ecology and their habitats. RMEF's priorities include addressing crucial big game habitat, migration corridors, and promoting wildlife-friendly fencing, as well as research about migration & connectivity, critical habitat & nutrition, big game population trajectories, challenges to elk populations, and big game management solutions. In 2026, RMEF informs management and prioritizes fencing projects that follow RMEF Wildlife Friendly Fencing best management practices.

RMEF supplies grants for habitat enhancement projects in states with wild, free-ranging elk herds across the country, funding science-based projects that provide a direct benefit to elk and other big game to enhance their habitat (food, water, cover and space). Quality habitat is essential to ensuring the future of elk, mule deer and other wildlife. RMEF and its partners direct financial support to carry out prescribed burning, forest thinning, noxious weed treatments, the development of wildlife water sources and other projects to enhance wildlife habitat. RMEF's priorities include addressing crucial big game habitat and migration corridors, promoting wildfire restoration in the West, and supporting eastern elk herds through best management practices. In 2026, RMEF informs management and prioritizes projects that follow RMEF Aspen Regeneration, Invasive Grasses and Conifer Encroachment best management practices.

Ensuring the future of our hunting heritage is also a vital part of RMEF's work. Hunters and anglers were among the first crusaders for conservation and remain today's most important conservation supporters and leaders. RMEF supplies grants for hunting heritage and conservation education programs to help people of all ages learn more about hunting's link to conservation and engage them in hunting and other outdoor pursuits. Outdoor skills programs or events, hunter or conservation outreach, mentored hunts and other activities receive support from RMEF's hunting heritage efforts.