Description:
The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation and Elk Country Visitor Center.
Founded in 1984 and headquartered in Missoula, Montana, the Elk Foundation is a nonprofit organization dedicated to ensuring the future of elk, other wildlife and their habitat. The Elk Foundation and its partners have permanently protected or enhanced more than 4.9 million acres, a land area more than twice as large as Yellowstone National Park. More than 492,000 acres previously closed to public access are now open for hunting, fishing and other recreation. The Elk Foundation has more than 150,000 members, a staff of 150 and 10,000 active volunteers. The Elk Country Visitor Center at the Foundation’s Missoula headquarters features conservation and hunting heritage exhibits, wildlife displays including world-record elks. Open daily, free admission. Located at 5705 Grant Creek Road just off Reserve north of exit 101 on I-90. To help protect wild elk country or learn more about the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, visit www.elkfoundation.org or call 800-CALL-ELK.
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Missoula
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