Habitat
Local Habitat Efforts
Inland Empire Chapter of Pheasants Forever's members are truly passionate about creating, preserving and restoring habitat that benefits pheasants, quail and other upland wildlife. This unique model empowers local chapters with the responsibility to determine how 100 percent of their locally-raised conservation funds will be spent.
Whether it's through improving habitat, informing the public about land management or educating future generations of hunting enthusiasts, conservation is the underlying principle in all we do at the grassroots level.
Habitat Work Day
For our 2023 Habitat Project the we planted 28 shrub plots at the Revere Wildlife Area in Whitman County following the Wagner Wildfire in August of 2022. Volunteers included folks from the Spokane and Puget Sound chapters of Pheasants Forever, Backcountry Hunters & Anglers, master hunters, a handful of Washington State University students, and WDFW staff from multiple programs. Together, we planted 700 native shrubs and trees to re-vegetate the area before invasive weeds can move in.
Please E-mail Mike Gruenke, our Habitat Chairman if you are interested in helping with future habitat work days.
Revere
The Revere Wildlife Area is over 2,300 acres of Palouse grassland and shrub-steppe scabland terrain with seeps and springs in the Rock Creek drainage. The Inland Empire Chapter of Pheasants Forever has established 11 food plots and 28 fenced shrub plots. The food plots target pheasants but will aid all wildlife in this area to survive the winter and give them a jump start advantage in the spring. The shrub plots were planted in 2023 to help restore habitat after the Wagner fire burnt most of the area.
Packard Creek
The Packard Creek unit is a 1650 acre parcel of land, that is managed by the BLM, and is located approximately 16 miles south of Sprague Washington on Highway 23. For several years we have partnered with the BLM to plant hundreds of shrubs, trees, and native grasses.
Escures Ranch
In 2006 the Inland Empire Chapter 800 of Pheasants Forever in conjunction with the BLM coordinated a work project along Rock Creek to improve winter cover for upland birds. The project comprised of planting 350 shrubs and trees and installing a quarter mile of fence with two gates to protect newly panted shrubs and trees as well as established vegetation from cattle.
