Putting the 'U' in Hunt

The Muley Fanatic Foundation (MFF) has organized a program “Putting the ‘U’ in Hunt” for the last 9 years. This program is a partnership with the Wyoming Game & Fish Commission to receive Complimentary Commissioner Licenses for youths with life-threatening illnesses. The youth recipients are usually found by word of mouth due to the HIPPA Law. From 2012-2018, MFF averaged 4 to 6 youths each year, in 2019, with the assistance of the Holy Pursuit’s Dream Foundation and the Hunt for Hope organization, MFF received 17 youths to hunt in Wyoming! The two organization’s have continued to help, in the fall of 2020, MFF sponsored 18 youths (see the breakdown below). In 2021, it appears MFF will be sponsoring 27 youths. To learn more about this program click image above.

Habitat

The Muley Fanatic Foundation has funded a diversity of habitat projects; Noxious weeds, water guzzlers, juniper removal, sagebrush enhancement, aspen stand protection, spring head protection, and many more. Little Mountain Aspen Stand Exclosure Project, Pennock Mountain Transitional Food Plot & Cheatgrass Treatment, Idaho Rocky Mtn Point Project, Radium SWA Habitat Improvements, Colorado Grassland Wildlife Regional Conservation Partnership, BLM Ferris Mountain Prescribed Burn, Utah Cedar Fort Deer Collaring Project, Colorado Highway 9 Overpass, Luke Lynch Wildlife Habitat Management Area,Little Red Creek Juniper Removal Project, Long Creek Drainage Aspen Enhancement Project, Sage Grouse Initiative in NW Colorado, and many more...

Youth - Future Generations

Definitely a priority to include youth with projects or funding youth projects. They are the future of conservation. MFF has committed to many youth activities or projects through the years. Outdoor Youth Expos, Hunter Education, 4-H Shooting, and Scholarships.

JOSHUA W.D. COURSEY - President/CEO/Co-founder

Joshua W.D. Coursey is a Wyoming native who upon graduation from Rock Springs High School in 1992 served in the U.S. Army as a Photo Journalist. His education includes an Associate of Science from WWCC, a Bachelor of Science in Emergency Management from Grand Canyon University, a graduate of Leadership of Wyoming with the Class of 2019 and currently serves as an At-large Supervisor on the Sweetwater County Conservation District. A successful businessman and avid sportsman, Josh’s reverence for God, Family, & Country embodies the passion that spurred his efforts to co-found the Muley Fanatic Foundation in 2011 and put his sole focus on growing and leading MFF to be an organization that makes a difference. Besides his love of hunting, fishing and anything outside, Coursey is a fan of competition and cheers for the University Wyoming, Dallas Cowboys, Chicago Cubs and LA Lakers. He also enjoys and likes: Amateur Radio (KF7PDP), National Parks, building things, hiking, starlit skies, Taekwondo, mountain biking, dark beer, tasty grub, rummy, military history, a well-made knife, campfires, wood working, Dad jokes, the smell of sage brush, fresh haircuts, black coffee, a good pair of boots, CJ Box books, ALL music from George Strait to Steve Miller Band (and everything in between), medium rare steak, the sound of a banjo, looking for arrowheads, Chivas Regal, his cow-less cow dog Kimber and his favorite movies: Christmas Vacation; Dances with Wolves; Tombstone, Patriot, Braveheart, Saving Private Ryan, Hacksaw Ridge and Field of Dreams. Coursey makes his home in Green River, Wyoming with wife Dawn and has two adult daughters Dallas and Mykenna and two adult step-children Brayden and Alexandra.

CHRIS STEFFEN - Director of Operations

Chris Steffen was born in Rochester, New York in 1969. His parents had visited Wyoming on their honeymoon and decided they wanted to move out west and buy a ranch. When Chris was very young, his family carried out that dream and purchased a ranch in northern Wyoming, where Chris spent his childhood days helping the family raising cattle, working the fields, bombing around the dirt roads and doing all things outdoors. Hunting and fishing were a huge part of his life. Growing up, Chris spent a lot of time in the Big Horn mountains and mountains of the Cody area. Chris graduated from Rocky Mountain High School in 1987 and attended college for two years at Northwest Community College before transferring to Montana State University to finish up his schooling. Chris then took an about-face and rather than going into what he studied in college, he sought out a career in law enforcement. Chris entered the Pre-Service program at the Wyoming Law Enforcement academy, as it was in its beginning stages, and was the first civilian in the state of Wyoming to attend the WY Law Enforcement Academy and become a certified law enforcement officer, graduating with the class 91C69. Chris applied with a few different law enforcement agencies around the state, but found his home with the Green River Police Department in February of 1992. Chris worked a variety of positions within the GRPD, starting with patrol officer, Juvenile Detective, Patrol Corporal, Detective Sergeant, Patrol Lieutenant and lastly Chief of Police. Chris attended and graduated from the FBI National Academy in Quantico, Virginia in 2005. The years serving and protecting the community of Green River were some of the proudest moments in his life. Chris retired from the Green River Police Department in November of 2017 and immediately went to work for the Muley Fanatic Foundation. Prior to working for MFF, Chris had gotten involved with Foundation as a volunteer with the Southwest Chapter, having felt it was important to give back to the outdoor world that he loved and to try to help the icon of the west, mule deer. He served on the Allocation Committee, took over as the Chairman for that group and then moved to the banquet committee. Chris served as both chapter co-chair and later, chapter chair of the SW Wyoming Chapter. Chris is a devoted family man and loves spending time with his wife Andrea, son Easton and identical twin daughters, Chloe and Clair doing everything they can in the outdoors. Summer camping, fishing, archery and of course, fall hunting, is what keeps Chris going! Chris is also a Wyoming Game and Fish Hunters Education Instructor, further assisting getting kids and other perspective hunters to get into the field. Most weekends Chris can be found with family or friends hunting or fishing in Southwest Wyoming, enjoying the outdoors and all of God’s creation.

WILL DOLINAR