BOD MEETING: The Money for Okanogan Deer

[bearpaw]

WASHINGTON FOR WILDLIFE

BOD MEETING: The Money for Okanogan Deer

We have a couple thousand dollars sitting in the Bank and in Paypal designated for plantings to help the Okanogan mule deer herd. I don't know the exact amount, I'll have to check with the bank to know. The money was raised with the donations and auctions we did on the forum. We had five thousand bitterbrush seedlings lined up from Todd_Idaho to plant in the fall but something went wrong and the plants did not survive.

It's never too late to improve habitat, I would like to see this money put to use doing plantings of a perennial food source in the area it was designated for. I'm going to invite @jackelope to join this meeting and offer his thoughts as well. He did most of the auctions and I think we should listen to his input.

We need to get this money working for deer, let's hear your thoughts? This meeting is open for general discussion:

[grundy53]

I completely agree. I'm in a meeting right now. I'll come back later.

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[Gringo31]

I think this should be a discussion with all WFW.  Granted, the directors will have sign off but as far as suggestions and gaining momentum towards the action side of things....

I say open it up!

[bearpaw]

I think this should be a discussion with all WFW.  Granted, the directors will have sign off but as far as suggestions and gaining momentum towards the action side of things....

I say open it up!

I wonder if we should move this to the whole forum, it was the forum members who donated items and money.

[pianoman9701]

Sounds like a good plan. Maybe steer them towards some ideas on how best to allocate the funds.

[bearpaw]

I'll move it to the Deer Board.

If we can make plantings of perennial plants on winter range it will help deer in the winter for years to come whether it's private land or public land. There are numerous H-W members who own land in the Okanogan near the recent fires. If someone owned land on good winter range it might be much easier to organize plantings. Another option is to talk to Dan at the MDF. Jackelope is active in the MDF maybe he has some additional suggestions?

[jackelope]

I think this should be a discussion with all WFW.  Granted, the directors will have sign off but as far as suggestions and gaining momentum towards the action side of things....

I say open it up!

I wonder if we should move this to the whole forum, it was the forum members who donated items and money.

Nice to see this getting started.
I like this idea. I also would like to specifically invite Dan McKinley to be a part of this discussion as well as he was also heavily involved and works for the Mule Deer Foundation.
Thoughts on this input?

[Gringo31]

IMO it's a no brainer.... 

[jackelope]

I'll move it to the Deer Board.

If we can make plantings of perennial plants on winter range it will help deer in the winter for years to come whether it's private land or public land. There are numerous H-W members who own land in the Okanogan near the recent fires. If someone owned land on good winter range it might be much easier to organize plantings. Another option is to talk to Dan at the MDF. Jackelope is active in the MDF maybe he has some additional suggestions?

Maybe we can move it to the MDF board we created.
Seems fitting.

[MtnMuley]

Been anxiously awaiting this post. Always wondered where this money we donated went. I'm sure Dan has it all figured out.

[bearpaw]

Dan is a member but I don't think he frequents the forum because of some past flack from other members. I'm certainly glad to hear his input.

[jackelope]

@MuleDeer

[bearpaw]

I'll move it to the Deer Board.

If we can make plantings of perennial plants on winter range it will help deer in the winter for years to come whether it's private land or public land. There are numerous H-W members who own land in the Okanogan near the recent fires. If someone owned land on good winter range it might be much easier to organize plantings. Another option is to talk to Dan at the MDF. Jackelope is active in the MDF maybe he has some additional suggestions?

Maybe we can move it to the MDF board we created.
Seems fitting.

I moved it from the WFW board so that the other H-W members who helped raise the money would see it and comment. I'm afraid if we put it in the MDF board some members who may have contributed in one way or another may not see it and be able to comment. 

[bearpaw]

Been anxiously awaiting this post. Always wondered where this money we donated went. I'm sure Dan has it all figured out.

It's all still in the WFW Bank Account and Paypal account. 

[Rainier10]

I would think Dan could definitely point us in the right direction or at least give some input.

@MuleDeer @jkthomps  and @DaveMonti just pinging you guys so you can see this thread.