Minnesota Deer Hunters Association is excited to announce the search for our Executive Director is over!

We are proud to announce Jared Mazurek as the new Executive Director for the Minnesota Deer Hunters Association (MDHA).  Mazurek will be responsible for the leadership and management of MDHA in accordance with the strategic plan, Corporate Bylaws and MDHA’s mission of “working for tomorrow’s wildlife and hunter’s today.”

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Join or renew an use the code "SAVE" and receive an additional 6-12 months on the MDHA membership of your choice.

Congratulations to all our previous winners and good luck to all participants this year!

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The Conservation Partners Legacy (CPL) Grant Program funds conservation projects that restore, enhance, or protect forests, wetlands, prairies, and habitat for fish, game, and wildlife in Minnesota. Funding for the CPL grant program is from the Outdoor Heritage Fund, created by the people of Minnesota. 

The Minnesota Deer Hunters Association is committed to building habitat benefiting deer and deer hunters in Minnesota. We have participated in 87 Conservation Partners Legacy (CPL) grant projects since 2010 with over $5.5 million worth of habitat projects accomplished or in progress across the State of Minnesota.  As part of that total, in 2018 MDHA applied and was fully funded for 6 new grant projects totaling over $253 thousand.

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In the Fiscal Year 2016-2017 the MDHA completed Phase I of the Minnesota Moose Habitat Collaborative which was funded for $960,000. In Fiscal Year 2018-2019 the MDHA completed Phase II of the Minnesota Moose Habitat Collaborative funded for $2,000,000. In Fiscal Year 2018-2019 the MDHA was awarded $1,938,000 for Phase III of the Minnesota Moose Habitat Collaborative. The three grants are for habitat enhancement in Northeast Minnesota

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During Fiscal Year 2016-17 the Minnesota Legislature appropriated $3,570,000 to enable the MDHA to close on the largest acquisition in our history with $3,209,542.50 spent on acquiring 2,280 acres of Forest Habitat in Cass and Hubbard Counties with LSOHC Grant Funds with partners The Conservation Fund (TCF) and Ruffed Grouse Society. As the primary landowner, Potlatch Corporation, began divesting forest lands in Minnesota, MDHA made it a priority to prevent thousands of acres from being turned into row-crop agriculture and remain open for public use in perpetuity.  The acquired 2,280 acres were donated to Crow Wing and Hubbard Counties. Restoration work was done on Hubbard County parcel during the 2018-2019 Fiscal Year.