Mower County Habitat & Pheasants Forever

Click HERE to see last year's Banquet Program -- this link will be updated with the this year's Banquet Program a week prior to the banquet!

HELP US CELEBRATE PASSING THE $1,000,000 MARK! Our chapter has now put over $1,000,000 back into Mower County habitat, since we were formed in January 2001. This includes 23 different projects, and 358.5 acres of new public hunting land!!

To see the list of very generous contributors to our Banquets, see the Sponsors & Donors page.

The Mower County Chapter is located in Austin, Minnesota. The chapter was formed in 2001, staffed entirely by committed volunteers who are interested in conservation.

In 2010 and 2011, we awarded $500 scholarships to 4 Mower County seniors. See the Education tab for details.

The Mower County Chapter received the 2010 Minnesota State Conservation Excellence Award for putting $750,000 into habitat and habitat programs, and received the $500,000 Award in 2006. We have qualified for the $1,000,000 Award and will receive that in January 2011.

We hosted Youth Trap Shoot events for 5 years, and Youth Pheasant Hunts in September 2006, October 2008, and October 2009, and December 2011 at no charge to attendees.

We allocate 10% of our Chapter's funds to private landowner habitat projects (applications and instructions available here).

Pheasants Forever's unique system empowers county chapters with the responsibility to determine how 100% of their locally raised conservation funds will be spent.

PF, and sister quail division, are the only national conservation organizations that operate through this truly grassroots structure. As a result, grassroots chapter volunteers are able to see the fruits of their efforts locally, while belonging to a larger national organization with a voice on federal and state conservation policy.

This is a unique distinction. Last year alone, those chapter volunteers completed over 20,000 habitat projects. Similarly, Pheasants Forever has always recognized the impact federal Farm Bill policy has on wildlife habitat. Consequently, PF has played an active role in Farm Bill policy development and implementation, which includes the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP). CRP is this country's single most effective conservation program benefiting soil, water, and wildlife.

Pheasants Forever has more than 110,000 members in over 600 local chapters across the United States and Canada. The national headquarters is located in St. Paul, Minnesota where the organization was founded.