Stearns County Chapter of Pheasants Forever

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2010 Annual Banquet - GET YOUR TICKETS NOW!


The Stearns County Pheasant Forever Chapter knows how important our annual banquet is to accomplishing our goal for increased pheasant habitat. This year’s banquet will be on Saturday, February 27 at Gerard's Banquet Center in Sauk Centre. Since 1983, the Stearns County Chapter has raised over $2.8 Million for conservation and wildlife habitat projects. The doors will open at 5:30 p.m. for the traditional “Crowing Hour”, with dinner and prizes starting at 7:30 Download Order Form

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Make Reservations for the 2010 Minnesota State Convention
January 15-17, 2010
Mark your calendars and reserve your rooms NOW for PF's 2010 State convention! this year, by popular demand, we head back to the scenic north woods ....read

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SCPF and Big Brothers Big Sisters Team Up for Mentor Hunt

Central Minnesota Big Brothers/Big Sisters and Stearns County Chapter of Pheasants Forever hosted a youth mentor hunt at Fischer’s Kennel and Hunt Club. This opportunity was created to provide an understanding and appreciation for hunting, conservation, and the outdoors where there is a need and desire. “BBBS’s record of helping youth is the main reason for PF support,” said Joe Klein, board member of the Stearns County Pheasants Forever chapter and coordinator for this event. “We saw this as an opportunity to pass along the hunting tradition.” The day’s activities included gun safety, trap shooting, and an actual pheasant hunt followed by a lunch. Each Little and their Big were paired with a Stearns County Pheasants Forever volunteer along with their hunting dog while only the Littles hunted. The day was a wonderful experience for the kids as well as the volunteers. “We are thrilled to be partnering with Big Brothers/Big Sisters,” explained Ken Fruth, Youth Director for the Stearns County Chapter of Pheasants Forever. “Pheasants Forever is honored to work with an organization with Big Brothers/Big Sisters’ reputation and tradition to guide our youth in conservation and hunting ethics.” This is the forth year Stearns County Pheasants Forever has hosted this type of hunt. This has been made possible with donations from Xcel Energy, Dave Thelen, Roger Linz of Frito-Lay, Inc and Fisher’s Hunt Club.

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2009 Pheasant Survey

Minnesota pheasant hunters, who in recent years have experienced some of the best hunting since the mid-1950s and early 1960s, are expected to harvest fewer birds this autumn.

That according to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources’ (DNR), whose wildlife staff report the state’s pheasant index is down 27 percent from last year and 27 percent below the 10-year average. The index had been above average for the past four years...Read

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Stearns County's Farm Bill Biologist Takes One-on-One Approach to Washington

Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever Farm Bill Biologists recently took a short break from meeting with private landowners to meet with legislators and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) representatives on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. The meetings focused on the success of the Farm Bill Biologist program and the need for more Farm Bill Biologist positions in additional states to maximize wildlife habitat impact...Read

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Stearns County Chapter of Pheasants Forever
If by chance you're not familiar with the Stearns County Chapter of Pheasants Forever, be sure read up about us on the Chapter History page. If you're not familiar with the Pheasants Forever organization, be sure to check out the organization's national website at www.pheasantsforever.org or the Minnesota Pheasants Forever website at www.minnesota.pheasantsforever.org. Pheasants Forever (PF), and its quail branch, Quail Forever (QF) are national conservation organizations "dedicated to the conservation of pheasants, quail, and other wildlife through habitat improvements, public awareness, education, and land management policies and programs." Note how there is no reference to hunting our mission statement. PF/QF is not centered around hunting as many may believe. Nor is it focused solely on pheasant or quail conservation. PF/QF is an all-around conservation organization dedicated to the conservation of all wildlife and their habitats.

How do we operate? PF/QF is unique in that it allows local chapters such as ours to keep 100% of the money we raise and spend it locally on conservation efforts right here in our own community. Thus, every dime we raise at our banquet and from every fundraiser we have throughout the year is spent right here in Central Minnesota on valuable habitat and conservation education efforts. No other national conservation organization operates under such a truly grassroots structure. That local control of money we raise right here in Stearns County has allowed us to do some pretty amazing things.

Our goal for this website is to bring you the best, most up to date news on upcoming events and conservation projects as well as educate our site visitors on the conservation needs of Stearns County and surrounding area. Be sure to check back regularly for updates.

If you have any questions, comments, or ideas for our website, let us know.

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STEARNS COUNTY PF RELATED NEWS
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