RMEF holds TV hunts with companies/groups/people that support its conservation mission. It also conducts hunts with RMEF members, volunteers and other common folks--and yes, some of them are on public land.
It does not own any ranch land unless it's in the process of conveying that land to a state or federal agency to manage. It is against RMEF bylaws for RMEF staff or board members to hunt on any such land.
Is there documentation for this info?
Their stated policy is that they do not buy property to own and manage. If they acquire properties to protect elk habitat or provide access to public land, they identify a responsible owner and transfer the property. These owners are almost always identified in advance of the actual purchase. In the case of a transfer to a private owner, the property is typically encumbered with a conservation easement to guarantee that the habitat values it was acquired to protect are not compromised by the new owner(s) or subsequent owners.
