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WELCOME TO THE BROWN COUNTY PHEASANTS FOREVER NEWS

We are Brown County Minnesota Pheasants Forever Chapter #166 (BCPF), a nonprofit conservation organization founded in 1987 dedicated to the protection and enhancement of pheasants and other upland bird populations in North America.
OVERVIEW & PRESIDENTS REPORT
March, 2022
Banquet Summary …
On Saturday, March 19th, 2022, the Brown County Chapter of Pheasants Forever (BCPF) held its 31st Membership Banquet at the New Ulm Event Center, New Ulm, MN.  Attended by around 300 people, our Banquet is our primary fundraising tool.  100% of the funds raised at the banquet stay with the Brown County Chapter, to be invested in Brown County.  After 5 years with no banquet, we believe it was wildly successful. We owe the success of our organization to our donors, volunteers, and most importantly, members like you. We also want to thank Travis Frank, Emcee and Glenn Berkner, Auctioneer. Thanks for attending and contributing to the organization.  

For those who don't know, BCPF was founded June 16, 1987, by Lannie Zarn, Dale Trebesch and Jim Bertrand. The national director of Pheasants Forever at that time was Robert Brengman. The first banquet was held the following year in 1988 at the Orchid Inn, Sleepy Eye. The first emcee was Joe Le Tendre at this banquet. The Orchid Inn was host to 30 banquets until it met its recent demise.

Where Your Money Went …
We’d like to take this opportunity to briefly describe what your investment in our Chapter of Pheasants Forever means to Brown County.  Although our name implies that a gaudy game bird is the primary benefactor of your donation, the benefits extend beyond our favorite game bird to other wildlife, soil and water conservation, and the quality of life in Brown County, too.  Brown County Pheasants Forever has contributed over the years to the completion of 300 habitat projects on over 3,000 acres of private land in Brown County.  These projects benefit not only pheasants, but all wildlife, and help reduce soil erosion and protect our waters.
2022 Corporate & Key Sponsors ...
Sponsors contribute $250.00 or more in cash and are recognized herein below. **Designates Special Youth Donation.
Although private projects are an integral part of our mission, our major focus has been on the acquisition of public land.  Brown County Pheasants Forever has participated in the acquisition of over 2500 acres of land in the county.  Most of this land is open to the public for multiple uses, particularly hunting, as part of the state Wildlife Management Areas (WMA) or Wildlife Production Area (WPA) programs. Brown County currently has over 28 WMA/WPAs with over 4600 acres for you the public to enjoy. Your contributions made these projects happen.  With your continued support, that $10 or $20 you spend on a raffle can be leveraged by Pheasants Forever to create $100 or $200 in grant funding for projects right here at home.

More Recent Activities …
During the past couple of years, we leveraged local money with grant money to make permanent improvements on WMAs.  The BCPF chapter has joined the DNRs Adopt-a-Wildlife Program. The capstone of our year was the addition of over 300 acres to the Strom Lake, Verona and Vogel WMAs purchased by the Minnesota DNR in part with BCPF.  As always, we look for further habitat projects.

We continue to improve and expand our youth and hunter recruitment programs.  In the past 5 years, we have supported youth & high school shooting programs in Sleepy Eye, New Ulm and Springfield. We’ve also hosted and participated in annual mentored youth hunts. Joining the Adopt-a-WMA program we will work to better our public lands and encourage youth habitat programs on them. We continue to provide corn to feed pheasants and  encourage food and winter thermal cover plantings as a permanent solution to our winter weather.  As you can see, your investment in Brown County Pheasants Forever has a large and lasting impact.  

In Summary …
We hope you are pleased with what you’ve accomplished as a member of Brown County Pheasants Forever.  It is important to remember our goals and what we are really working for when we attend the banquet.  We do our best to assure you a good time while at the same time raising money to accomplish these objectives. BCPF has invested over $4 million in Brown County since our founding over two decades ago.  

This year we raffled off over 25 guns and prizes with a retail value of more than $25,000.00.  Although we are confident you had a good time, please let us know what we can do to improve the experience for you in the future.  Better yet, plan on attending our meetings held quarterly in Sleepy Eye or New Ulm.  Meetings usually begin at 8:00 pm to accommodate travel for members from all over the county and are posted to the website: http://www.browncountypf.org




Thanks, Tim Kraskey,
President Brown County Pheasants Forever. (His Dogs; Nellie & Billie)
2022 Habitat Day

On April 23, 2022, Saturday (Earth Day) BCPF will be hosting its Adopt-A-WMA Day to do the following projects:

-       Clean-up trash for WMAs and WMA roadside ditches
-       Fix signs
-       Remove noxious tress/shrubs

Come out and enjoy the fresh air and help us with these activities. We welcome all including the younger crowd to assist. We know that many high school students as well need to have volunteer hours and we will help you in this effort to fulfil some of these hours.

We will begin at 9:00 am rain or shine. We will meet at 38017 140th St., Springfield, MN. Look for the red buildings.

If possible RSVP to one of our board members so that we can plan accordingly. RSVP at Register Here for Habitat Day .

We hope to see you there!
KEY DATES TO MARK YOUR CALENDAR

April 23, 2022 – Adopt a WMA Habitat Day (Earth Day)

July 16 – Youth Day Nicollet County Pheasants Forever

October 16, 2022 – MN Pheasant Opener (Tentative)
KEY CONTACTS
MEMBERSHIP
The monies we receive through donations, fund raising, and membership are critical to us enhancing or purchasing lands for all the public to enjoy. We encourage everyone to renew their membership to Pheasants Forever or upgrade their membership to a Lifetime membership.

Pheasants Forever is the only national organization with a model of chapters keeping 100% of the funds they raise. While belonging to a larger national organization that has a voice on federal and state conservation policies, chapters are tasked with finding projects for their funds. Minnesota takes full advantage of this model using funds raised for projects locally as well as other areas in the state of Minnesota.

Go to https://www.pheasantsforever.org/Participate/Why-Participate.aspx
We are trying to keep all our members and future members updated on a more regular basis through email newsletters like this one and though our website http://www.browncountypf.org and Facebook pages https://www.facebook.com/browncountymnpheasantsforever/.

Again, we want to thank all our members and volunteers who do so much to help in the Brown County Pheasants Forever (PF) mission.
BROWN COUNTY PHEASANT’S FOREVER ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
  • FOUNDED 32 YEARS AGO and SPENT OVER $4 MILLION in Brown County for HABITAT.
  • OVER 300 HABITAT PROJECTS benefiting OVER 3000 ACRES on PRIVATE land.
  • PRESERVED OVER 2500 ACRES for PUBLIC ENJOYMENT & HUNTING. Brown County has OVER 28 WMA/WPAs encompassing OVER 4600 ACRES.
  • PARTICPATED in OVER 2000 ACRES in Brown County land ACQUISITIONS that are now WMA/WPAs.
  • HOSTS AND PARTICIPATES IN ANNUAL MENTORED YOUTH HUNTS with more than 50 KIDS PARTIPATING
  • SUPPORT our LOCAL TRAP SHOOTING TEAMS.
  • PARTICIPATE in MN DNR Adopt-a-WMA program
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Brown County Pheasants Forever
1783 Buerkle Circle
St. Paul, MN 55110
United States

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