09-10-2007, 04:10 PM
Bismarck, North Dakota - Brandon Mason, MDF Regional Director for North Dakota, South Dakota, eastern Montana, and Northern Wyoming, announced the formation of three new chapters in North Dakota: Dickinson's Teddy Roosevelt Chapter, Fargo's Lake Agassiz Chapter, and Minot's West Dakota Chapter. They join North Dakota's first MDF chapter, the Northern Badlands Chapter, based in Bismarck-Mandan.
The Teddy Roosevelt Chapter will be the first of the new chapters to host its banquet and fundraising event, slated for Dec. 8 in Dickinson. In addition, the Lake Agassiz Chapter plans a "sight-in rifle day" at the Fargo Shooting Park as deer season approaches.
"The Mule Deer Foundation grew from its original 11 members in North Dakota in the fall of 2000 to several hundred members in seven years," Mason said.
In recent years, the Northern Badlands Chapter sponsored youth events, Sportsmen Against Hunger programs, and a variety of habitat projects in the western Badlands and along the Missouri River in North Dakota. Nationally, the Mule Deer Foundation contributed $25,000 towards the recent acquisition of the Eberts Ranch, a historically and environmentally significant area adjacent to Theodore Roosevelt's Elkhorn Ranch north of Medora.
For more information about the Mule Deer Foundation in this area, contact Brandon Mason, 701-527-0609 or e-mail (brandon@muledeer.org).
About MDF (www.muledeer.org)
The Mule Deer Foundation is a national non-profit 501©3 organization, with over 10,000 members. MDF's mission is to ensure the conservation of mule deer, black-tailed deer and their habitats. MDF is dedicated to restoring, improving and protecting mule deer habitat (including land and easement acquisitions) resulting in self-sustaining, healthy, free ranging and hunt-able deer populations; encouraging and supporting responsible wildlife management with government agencies, private organizations and landowners; promoting public education and scientific research related to mule deer and wildlife management; supporting and encouraging responsible and ethical behavior and awareness of issues among those whose actions affect mule deer; and acknowledging regulated hunting as a viable component of mule deer and black-tailed deer conservation.
For general information about the Mule Deer Foundation please call 1-888-375-DEER (3337).
The Teddy Roosevelt Chapter will be the first of the new chapters to host its banquet and fundraising event, slated for Dec. 8 in Dickinson. In addition, the Lake Agassiz Chapter plans a "sight-in rifle day" at the Fargo Shooting Park as deer season approaches.
"The Mule Deer Foundation grew from its original 11 members in North Dakota in the fall of 2000 to several hundred members in seven years," Mason said.
In recent years, the Northern Badlands Chapter sponsored youth events, Sportsmen Against Hunger programs, and a variety of habitat projects in the western Badlands and along the Missouri River in North Dakota. Nationally, the Mule Deer Foundation contributed $25,000 towards the recent acquisition of the Eberts Ranch, a historically and environmentally significant area adjacent to Theodore Roosevelt's Elkhorn Ranch north of Medora.
For more information about the Mule Deer Foundation in this area, contact Brandon Mason, 701-527-0609 or e-mail (brandon@muledeer.org).
About MDF (www.muledeer.org)
The Mule Deer Foundation is a national non-profit 501©3 organization, with over 10,000 members. MDF's mission is to ensure the conservation of mule deer, black-tailed deer and their habitats. MDF is dedicated to restoring, improving and protecting mule deer habitat (including land and easement acquisitions) resulting in self-sustaining, healthy, free ranging and hunt-able deer populations; encouraging and supporting responsible wildlife management with government agencies, private organizations and landowners; promoting public education and scientific research related to mule deer and wildlife management; supporting and encouraging responsible and ethical behavior and awareness of issues among those whose actions affect mule deer; and acknowledging regulated hunting as a viable component of mule deer and black-tailed deer conservation.
For general information about the Mule Deer Foundation please call 1-888-375-DEER (3337).