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Charity Navigator Awards Pheasants Forever Highest Rating

Charity Navigator Awards Pheasants Forever Highest Rating for Fourth
Consecutive Year

Only 5% of charities achieve such distinction

Saint Paul, Minn. - January 2, 2008 - For the fourth consecutive year,
Pheasants Forever (PF) received the highest possible rating from Charity
Navigator, the nation's largest charity evaluator. PF earned a 4-star
rating on Charity Navigator's 0-4 rating scale. Only 5% of the charities
rated by Charity Navigator have received at least four consecutive 4-star
evaluations.

Through Charity Navigator's evaluation system, non-profit organizations are
judged upon their ability to efficiently manage and grow its finances. The
watchdog organization evaluates over 5,000 non-profits nationwide, more
than any other organization. On four straight 4-star ratings, Charity
Navigator said in a statement, "This 'exceptional' designation from Charity
Navigator differentiates Pheasants Forever from its peers and demonstrates
to the public it is worthy of their trust."

"In today's non-profit world, people expect to see their donations being
put to the best possible use," said Howard Vincent, Pheasants Forever and
Quail Forever President and CEO, "This evaluation once again proves that we
are good to our word at turning dollars into conservation advocacy,
conservation education, and most importantly, putting dollars directly back
into the ground for the betterment of wildlife habitat."

Charity Navigator noted PF's ability to turn nearly 90 cents of every
budgeted dollar into the organization's mission of wildlife habitat and
conservation education. PF is currently celebrating its 25th anniversary,
and in that time the organization has spent nearly $230 million on its
mission. Those funds have translated into 300,000 habitat projects,
benefiting nearly 4.5 million acres across North America.

"This 4-star rating from Charity Navigator is a direct reflection of how
well our unique local model works," Vincent added. PF and its quail
division, Quail Forever (QF), empower local chapters with the
responsibility to determine how 100 percent of their locally-raised
conservation funds will be spent. PF and QF are the only national
conservation organizations that operate through this truly grassroots
structure. This local control allows members to see the fruits of their
chapter efforts in their own communities, while belonging to a national
organization with a voice on federal conservation policy in Washington D.C.


Charity Navigator, America's premiere independent charity evaluator, works
to advance a more efficient and responsive philanthropic marketplace by
evaluating the financial health of America's largest charities.  To view
Charity Navigator's evaluation of PF, log onto: www.charitynavigator.com
and search Pheasants Forever.

Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever are non-profit conservation
organizations dedicated to the protection and enhancement of pheasant,
quail, and other wildlife populations in North America through habitat
improvement, land management, public awareness, and education.  PF/QF has
more than 115,000 members in 700 local chapters across the continent.
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For additional information about Pheasants Forever, please visit
www.pheasantsforever.org

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