Supporting groups that protect wildlife, wild places and hunter heritage is a critical part of our conservation efforts. But sometimes, it’s easier to do work ourselves. Plus, getting your hands dirty to support wildlife feels pretty dang good.

Since 2018, we've been working to rehabilitate winter range in Southern Idaho degraded by fire and invasive cheatgrass. To date, we've planted more than 50,000 native shrub seedlings across hundreds of acres.

At the height of summer, our employees collect seed for the nurseries that grow the sage and bitterbrush seedlings we use in our Brush for Bucks Intiative. These seedlings benefit wintering mule deer, elk, pronghorn & sage grouse.

Each summer, the crew spends an evening marking fences near sage grouse breeding grounds to reduce collision mortality. Plastic flags help the grouse avoid barbed wire, aiding in the conservation of this iconic western game bird.

Old, poorly maintained fencing can be a barrier to big game movement and causes mortality of sage grouse. Each summer, our employees grab work gloves and fencing pliers and remove derelict barbed wire in our home valley.

Several mornings in late March and April, folks from our team volunteer to count breeding sage grouse. "Lek" counts are are critical to managing populations of this iconic game bird and another great way to give back to the wildlife we love.