WELCOME TO THE BROWN COUNTY PHEASANTS FOREVER NEWS
We are Brown County Minnesota Pheasants Forever (PF), 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 May, 2021
We hope you, your family, and friends are safe and had a great Pheasant hunting season given the current environment around the virus (Corvid-19). Thanks to all who renewed or continue to participate in your Pheasants Forever membership. Your $35.00 a year is critical to us in supporting the mission to preserve habitat for pheasants and beyond. Please keep up your support this year when you get a renewal notice in the mail.
Brown County Pheasants Forever has been working with the MN DNR on, “Adopt a WMA (Wildlife Management Area) Program”.
We are sponsoring for adults and youths two dates where you can help participate in what we are calling, “Adopt a WMA Habitat Day”for the following activities:
Clean up trash on/near the roadways
Repost and fix signage, or place new signage (as required)
Remove bad trees or shrubs (as required)
The two dates for this year’s activities are: July 24th and August 28th. We will be meeting at Tim Kraskey house near Springfield at 9:00 am the mornings of the two dates. We will all work on the following WMA’s:
Verona WMA
Meadowlark Acres WMA
Albin WMA
Bashaw WMA
Reick’s Slough WMA
Bring with you any of the following:
Gloves
Good boots
Tic or mosquito spray
Snacks & water (Drinks will be provided as
well)
We hope we can get all of you and your kids to attend. Please contact either Steve Eckstein, Dave Huhn or Tim Kraskey if you plan to attend to RSVP. Contact details are below.
Additionally,
Our main fund-raising raffles:“The Hunters Dream Raffle”and“The Hunters Choice Raffle” are well underway in ticket selling. There are a few tickets left, but they are going really fast. Get yours soon before we are sold out. The raffles are as follows….
The "Hunter’s Dream Raffle" is a winner takes all raffle with eight (8) guns and a gun safe.
Browning Citori Model 725 “PF Gun of the Year” Walnut 12 ga. Shotgun
Benelli M2 Marsh Camo 12 ga. Shotgun
Franchi Affinity 3 Black
Synthetic 20 ga. Shotgun
Tikka T3X Hunter Walnut .300 Win. Mag. Rifle
Tikka T3X Stainless CTR Black Synthetic 6.5 Creedmore Rifle
Tikka T3X Blued Black Synthetic .223 Rifle
Tikka T1X Blued Black Synthetic .22 LR Rifle
CVA Optima V2 Black Synthetic .50 cal. muzzleloader Rifle
Liberty Centurion Series Gun Safe
Each ticket will be $25.00 and only 600 tickets will be sold (need not be present to win).
The "Hunter’s Choice Raffle" the winner will have the option to pick one (1) of the
following items:
Stoeger M3000 M5 Camo 12 ga. Shotgun
Pit Boss Sportsman 820 Pellet Smoker/Grill
MN Lifetime Small Game License
Liberty Centurion Series Gun Safe
$400.00 in Cash.
Each ticket will be $10.00. This is a winner takes choice of (1) raffle (need not be present to win).
Tickets are still available from pheasants Forever Members. You can find key names and contacts below and on our web page at: http://www.browncountypf.org/officers/.
NOTE: Availability of some of the prizes due to Covid-19 may be substituted by the winner at equal value paid by Brown County PF if not available by the retailer.
Again, we want to thank all our members and volunteers who do so much to help in the Brown County Pheasants Forever (PF) mission. Please visit https://PheasantsForever.org/Renew for membership renewal. We need your help!
Thanks, Dan Braulick, President Brown County Pheasants Forever.
HABITAT & PROJECTS
CONTINUOUS CONSERVATION RESERVE PROGRAM (CRP) SIGN-UP
In exchange for a yearly rental payment, farmers enrolled in the program agree to remove environmentally sensitive land from agricultural production and to plant species that will improve environmental health and quality. The program’s long-term goal is to re-establish valuable land cover to improve water quality, prevent soil erosion, and reduce loss of wildlife habitat. Contracts for land enrolled in CRP are 10-15 years in length.
Under continuous CRP signup, environmentally sensitive land devoted to certain conservation practices can be enrolled in CRP at any time. Offers for continuous enrollment are not subject to competitive bidding during specific periods. Instead, they are automatically accepted provided the land and producer meet certain eligibility requirements and the enrollment levels do not exceed the statutory cap.
For more information, including a list of acceptable practices, contact your Brown County USDA Service Center at (507) 794-7997 or visit fsa.usda.gov/crp.
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.
