MISSOULA, Mont.–With federal forestlands choking for management, agencies strapped by budget cuts and other constraints–and with elk and other wildlife caught in the middle–the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation (RMEF) is positioning for a new way of making habitat conservation happen.
RMEF is announcing the hiring of Dale Kerkvliet of Newport, Ore., as its new director of habitat stewardship services.
Kerkvliet will spearhead a growing emphasis on RMEF stewardship contracting and other agreements with the U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management (BLM). The documents allow the agencies to hire RMEF as a contractor for forest thinning, grassland and aspen restoration and other habitat management projects. These services are then traded for the value of wood products harvested as part of the work for wildlife. [Read more…]
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