Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever’s Eran Sandquist Promoted to Midwest Director of Conservation Delivery

Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever are proud to announce the promotion of Eran Sandquist to Midwest Director of Conservation Delivery. In his new role, Sandquist will provide leadership and direction to the Midwestern Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever team to help deliver programs that protect upland habitat, create public access, educate and recruit hunter conservationists, and advocate for policies that benefit wildlife.
 
“Eran Sandquist has been stewarding partnerships, strengthening chapters, and delivering mission priorities across Minnesota for two decades,” said Rich Wissink, Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever’s vice president of conservation programs. “His passion for our mission and appreciation for our grassroots model will provide the Midwest region with inspiring leadership to continue to find innovative solutions to our greatest conservation needs.”
 
Sandquist was first hired by Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever in 2002 as a habitat specialist. In that role, he planted nesting cover, restored prairies and performed prescribed burns to improve habitat on both public and private lands. In 2003, he successfully transitioned to the organization’s regional representative for northern and western Minnesota, guiding Pheasants Forever chapters on raising and spending funds on the organization’s habitat mission. Since 2014, Sandquist has served as the Minnesota state coordinator, where he led the organization’s partnerships in the state — including relationships with Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service and Minnesota Outdoor Heritage Fund. He was also the organization’s point person for all Minnesota legislative activities.
 
Now acting as a leader for his Midwest colleagues, Sandquist will support staff in nine states to promote, protect and enhance upland bird habitat across the region. The position fosters a culture of internal collaboration and innovation to meet conservation needs throughout the Midwest. In addition, Sandquist will help direct the development and stewardship of partnerships that support the overall mission of Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever.
 
“I’m grateful to have served Minnesota members and hunters throughout my 20-year career at Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever,” Sandquist said. “At the same time, I’m excited for the opportunity to share my conservation knowledge with a much larger team and region with the end goal of creating habitat and access success stories throughout the Midwest.”  

Throughout his career, Sandquist has been a vital part of the organization’s public access successes in Minnesota, an organizational pillar that was added to the Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever’s mission statement in 2021. By fostering unique partnerships throughout the state which create new public lands, he has provided a major lift to the organization’s Call of the Uplands® national campaign and looks forward to using this firsthand experience to grow Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever’s public lands legacy across a much larger region.
 
About Pheasants Forever
 
Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever make up the nation's largest nonprofit organization dedicated to upland habitat conservation. This community of more than 400,000 members, supporters and partners is dedicated to the protection of our uplands through habitat improvement, public access, education and advocacy. A network of 754 local chapters spread across North America determine how 100 percent of their locally raised funds are spent — the only national conservation organization that operates through this grassroots structure. Since its creation in 1982, the organization has dedicated more than $1 billion to 567,500 habitat projects benefiting 22 million acres.

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