PF Iowa History
Pheasants Forever, Inc. is a nonprofit conservation organization formed in 1982 in response to the continuing decline of upland wildlife. Across the US and Canada, PF has more than 650 chapters and over 115,000 members. Our objective is simple--we raise funds through our chapters that are used for habitat development, conservation education, and other worthy endeavors. We also think local folks have a much better idea of their own conservation needs than those in far-away corporate offices. So, 100% of net proceeds are retained by your chapter. And because of that, Iowa's 105 PF and QF chapters spent over $3.4 million on habitat projects and conservation education in 2007.
Since 1985, Iowa PF chapters have established 208,044 acres of winter food & cover plots; 488,222 acres of nesting cover; 13,738 winter cover plantings (10,205,904 trees) on private lands; restored 17,125 acres of wetlands; completed mid-contract management on 49,223 acres of CRP, and more. In all, Iowa's PF chapters invested over $31.2 million on 1000's of habitat projects impacting over 862,000 acres, equipment purchases, and conservation education that has positively influenced the lives of thousands of Iowa youth. All was accomplished through the unique mechanism of concerned local people providing the incentives for neighbors to create habitat.
Those expenditures include over $7 million cost-shared by Iowa PF chapters to help purchase more than 559 public wildlife areas (over 69,000 acres) with natural resource agencies. Now all these Iowa Wildlife Management Areas (wetlands, timber & uplands) are there forever--for you and your children to enjoy.
If you agree with our hands-on habitat philosophy, and would like to join actively in our chapters efforts in your area, please contact us.