Mule Deer Foundation Gets Buck Nekkid in Arkansas
Mule Deer Foundation 02.02.12
Macy L. Brooks, co-founder of Buck Nekkid BBQ in Fayetteville, Ark., signed a Chapter Charter with the Mule Deer Foundation (MDF) last week. A fundraising banquet will be held in April at the restaurant, which can seat upwards of 400 people.
At 21 years of age, Brooks is the youngest-ever Chapter Chair for the organization. This is also the first-ever MDF chapter in the Razorback state.
Why Arkansas? Why MDF? Why now? A number of factors figured into Brooks’ decision to come on board with MDF. First of all, she shares an acquaintance and mutual respect with MDF Regional Director Charlie Stockstill, who joined MDF last year and is charged with expanding the organization in the south. Brooks’ family also owns some mule deer habitat in New Mexico, and she knows numerous Arkansas hunters who travel to both Texas and New Mexico in pursuit of muleys.
Brooks said, “I have been hunting since I was able to walk. My dad took me out, and we would hunt with my uncle and his family in New Mexico. There are no mule deer in Arkansas.” She continued, “In recent years, I’ve made special trips to New Mexico to work on improving the habitat there.”
By joining forces with the Mule Deer Foundation, Brooks intends to raise funds for additional projects in New Mexico. She also wants to help facilitate local wildlife education programs, as well as contribute to the University of Arkansas Shooting Team, of which she is a member.
Stockstill said, “With young people like Macy, I think the future of conservation is in good hands!” MDF is expecting a real shot in the arm with the addition of this Ozark Mountain chapter.
Last year, Fayetteville was honored as a Volunteer Community of the Year at the Annual Municipal League Conference. According to the League, there were some 30,000 active volunteers in Fayetteville who contributed more than 600,000 hours of volunteer work in the community.
Add to that volunteerism spirit the fact that Fayetteville is considered by many business publications to be one of the best places for starting a new business and for doing business, and the Mule Deer Foundation cannot help but emit a “Wooo, Pig, Sooie” hog call of hopeful anticipation that deer and habitat will benefit greatly from this Razorback association!
For more information about the new chapter in northwest Arkansas, visit www.muledeer.org or contact Regional Director Charlie Stockstill.
The Mule Deer Foundation (MDF) and its corps of volunteers work hard to ensure the conservation of mule deer and black-tailed deer and their habitat. MDF is a non-profit 501(c) 3 wildlife conservation organization headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Formed in July 1988, MDF now has over 14,000 members and almost 100 chapters nationwide who support its grassroots efforts. Through chapter fundraising events, MDF volunteers raise thousands of dollars to help fund habitat and conservation projects throughout the West.
