Get to Know Jacob!

 Hello! 

My name is Jacob Northuis, and I am very excited to be introducing myself to you all as the new Regional Representative for Michigan. 

A little bit about me and my background; I grew up SW of Grand Rapids in a little town called Jamestown. I went to college at Lake Superior State in Sault Ste. Marie where I majored in Fisheries and Wildlife Management with an emphasis in Wildlife. From there I lived and worked all over the state until I landed in a position with the Blue Water Conservation District in Sandusky, working for the Michigan Pheasant Restoration Initiative. This is where I really began to get involved with Pheasants Forever and fortunately it lead to my first job with the organization. In 2019 I started as a Range and Wildlife Biologist in Eastern Idaho working with the Sage Grouse Initiative. I spent 5 years in that role and in 2024 was promoted to a Farm Bill Manager where I supervised 5 of PF/QF's biologists across the state of Idaho. I am returning to Michigan with an amazing fiancée Maddie, who is also a Michigan native, and our 2 dogs Gunner an 11 year old yellow lab and Aves a 9 month old Gordon Setter. 

Through my almost 7 years of working for PF and another 2 years of volunteering I have been able to see this company holistically and a few things kept being glaringly obvious. 1) we have the best volunteers and supporters 2) we have the best model for our chapters and 3) we are the best wildlife organization in the country.  All of this was built off of the work of our amazing chapters and volunteers such as yourselves, so when the opportunity to get involved with our volunteers and chapters back in my home state opened, I couldn't pass this up. 

I have also been fortunate to have been involved with 5 different PF chapters over my years and have learned that each one is unique in their interests and passions. As a way to start to know a bit more about your chapter, I would like you all to let me know what your chapter's primary interests are. Is it habitat projects on public/private lands? Is it youth engagement? Beginning hunters? Making sure our wildlife and hunting rights are guaranteed by the state/federal governments? Or something else? Also, I have attached a chapter officer update form. Please fill this out and return it in the email with your chapter's primary interests so I can make sure I have the correct and most up to date names and contact information for your chapter! 

I cannot express enough how excited I am to be in this position and to get to meet you all. Please feel free to reach out to my email or phone number below at anytime. 

Thank you all for what you have done so far, and I look forward to all the things we will get to do in the future!

Jacob Northuis

Regional Representative - Michigan

Pheasants Forever

Phone: (616) 635-1834

Email: jnorthuis@pheasantsforever.org 

Website: pheasantsforever.org