Pheasants Forever Land Acqusition Policy
Since the organization's formation in 1982, Pheasants Forever chapters - empowered by the unique model in which they maintain control of their fundraising dollars - have put a priority on acquiring lands for public use. In that time, PF has participated in nearly 1,000 different land acquisitions totaling well over 100,000 acres. Those land acquisition projects have been completed in conjunction with local, state, and federal natural resource agencies, and all of those projects are today open to the public for hunting.
Pheasants Forever has also worked closely with state agencies to create additional public hunting opportunities. In Nebraska, those efforts have led to CRP-MAP (Managed Access Program). In Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, and South Dakota, PF has Build a Wildlife Area Campaigns up and running. The Build a Wildlife Area concept engages individuals and corporations in fundraising for the purpose of developing a new public hunting property each year. Once acquired, these Build a Wildlife Area projects become new Wildlife Management Areas (WMAs) and are opened to public hunting. To learn more about PF land acquisition, contact your local regional wildlife biologist.
