Supporting Our Community: Pheasants Forever Fundraising Success Stories

1. spring

2. What!

3. Our Chapter is proud to showcase the area businesses and individuals that generously support our fundraising efforts. Without their support, our mission would not be possible. Please support the businesses that make it possible for this chapter to accomplish its goals. THANK YOU!

4. You came into our lives one day, So beautiful and so smart,Our dear and sweet companion, We loved you from the start. And though we knewthe time would come,When we would have to part,You’ll never be forgotten,You left paw prints on our hearts.

5. Mauser2008 - 2018

6. FINALLY! spring

7. Sponsored a sporting clay station at the Dave Vice Memorial Shoot in May. Proceeds went to the Shriner’s Hospital

8. Our chapter is a proud sponsor of the Cambridge-Isanti High School trap team. This is where some of your dollars go when attend our banquets and/or fundraising events.

9. Giving Back to Our Community

10. Pheasants Forever’s EranSandquist and Will Clayton, Isanti County Pheasants Forever’s Lorron Moffatt, and folks from the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Isanti County MDHA and Isanti County Board of Commissioners enjoyed getting outdoors on May 3 and touring some Isanti County WMAs. It’s amazing to see, feel and hear the results of what great partnerships can accomplish!

11. Summer

12. 125 kids participated

14. Where’s Kim Chmil??? Shootin for Fun! P Martha Benoit * Katie Allenson * Lorron MoffattMcKenzie Maas * Laurie Moffatt (captain) Leo Chmil * Mike Benoit * Kim Chmil

17. Isanti County Pheasants Forever sponsored a station at the Ruffed Grouse Society Fun Shoot

19. Proud Sponsor of Beyond the Yellow Ribbon

20. Giving Back to Our Community

21. Fall

22. Fall Youth Hunt – September 2017

25. Stay current with our chapter happenings: Visit our website at: isanticountypf.comand

26. Wildlife management areas (WMAs) are part of Minnesota's outdoor recreation system and are established to protect those lands and waters that have a high potential for wildlife production, public hunting, trapping, fishing, and other compatible recreational uses. They are the backbone to DNR's wildlife management efforts in Minnesota and are key to: • protecting wildlife habitat for future generations, • providing citizens with opportunities for hunting, fishing and wildlife watching, and • promoting important wildlife-based tourism in the state. What is a wildlife management area?

27. How many WMAs are there and where are they located?As a result of more than 50 years of support by hunters, trappers, wildlife enthusiasts, and legislators, today there are over 1.3 million acres of high quality habitat in about 1,500 WMAs located throughout the state, making it one of the best and largest WMA systems in the country. • In the past few years our Isanti County Pheasants Forever Chapter has been involved in working with others to acquire and develop WMAs. Some of these locations include: • Kelly Lake – 274 acres at County Road 5 and 303rd Avenue • Kelly Lake addition – 40 acres • Bethel WMA – 754 acres at west of Bethel on County Road 24

28. Erickson-Lindstrom WMA – 300 acres, southeast of Mora Dalbo WMA – partnered with Kanabec County PF and secured a permanent easement adjoining two parts of the Dalbo WMA Grass Lake Eleanor WMA – located in Kandyohi County, partnered with various other PF chapters to acquire 72 acres including lakeshore. Carlos Avery Addition – 212 acres, northern Anoka County Hoffman Lake – newly acquired in 2017 and has not been dedicated as of yet, located in southeastern Isanti County. This WMA will have a primitive access to Hoffman Lake (previously this was landlocked). Kunkel WMA – west of Princeton and south of Highway 95. Dalbo WMA Addition – In the works if funding is available from the the Lessard/Sams Heritage. We will know when we apply for the grant in September (80 acres).

29. At the 2016 banquet, our members voted to put our habitat monies in: • 36.5% Food plots on Wildlife Management Areas for all to use and enjoy. • 47.5% on Land Acquisitions to add on to adjacent (current) wildlife management areas. • 16% on Native prairie restoration on private property.

30. ChairmanLorron Moffatt Jeff Landherr Dale Anderson Habitat Committee Gary Lillion“Goob”

31. Planting corn, beans, grain sorghum and other habitat-improving “crops” will increase nesting, loafing and feeding our wildlife.

32. Wildflower plantings are just some of the ways we continue to develop our WMA lands…

33. Isanti County Pheasants Forever is Happy to announce our first Land Acquisition closed yesterday. It is an 84 acre parcel that is adjacent to the 3200 acre Dalbo Wildlife Management Area. This would not have been possible without the help of Pheasants Forever National , Isanti County Sportsmans Club, Ruffed Grouse Society, Isanti County MDHA , Kandiyohi Pheasants Forever, Anoka County Pheasants Forever, Sherburne County Pheasants Forever, National Wild Turkey Federation, Isanti County Pheasants Forever.

34. Our Chapter is proud to showcase the area businesses and individuals that generously support our fundraising efforts. Without their support, our mission would not be possible. Please support the businesses that make it possible for this chapter to accomplish its goals. THANK YOU!

35. winter months

36. PresidentGary “Goober” Lillion Vice PresidentDarrell Debele SecretaryRay Hoheisel TreasurerSandy Grams Habitat ChairLorron Moffatt Events Chair(s)Brenda Lillion & Laurie Moffatt Youth ChairJim “Lumpy” Berry JanuaryOfficer Elections Recruitment/Spring HuntEric Jordahl

37. Minnesota State Convention

39. InsantiCounty??? Congratulations Laurie Moffatt for winning the Dedication Award for Insanti County….