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Wild Sheep Foundation News
January 4th 2012
Cody, Wyoming – January 4, 2012. For the first time, interested bidders from across North America and around the globe can participate in the legendary WSF auctions LIVE online via streaming video on the Wild Sheep Foundation’s website.

“While the real action and excitement is in the banquet and expo halls, WSF through live streaming video technology will open our Friday and Saturday evening auctions to interested bidders worldwide online for the first time during the 2012 convention in Reno, Nevada January 18th - 21st ” Gray N. Thornton, President and CEO announced.

The Friday and Saturday evening Auctions, featuring a blazing array of hunts, special permits, art, firearms, furs, trips and equipment, in the Reno Downtown Ballroom will be “wired” and streamed LIVE online on the Foundation’s website. Interested bidders can...
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Wild Sheep Foundation News
December 29th 2011
Cody, Wyoming – December 29, 2011. The Russian music and dance ensemble, Barynya, (Russian: Барыня) founded and led by Artistic Director, Mikhail Smirnov, will be the featured entertainment for the Russian Nights International Night Banquet, Auction & Awards event, scheduled for Thursday evening January, 19th, 2012  during the 2012 Wild Sheep Foundation (WSF) “Sheep Show™” Convention in Reno. Each year, WSF conducts an International Night featuring a sheep and mountain game hunting region of the world. The event includes stunning décor, themed cuisine, authentic themed entertainment, and an International Awards program. The 2012 Russian Nights event, sponsored by The Hunting Consortium, is just one of the many exciting evening banquets, breakfasts, luncheons and auctions to be held during the Sheep Show™ at the Silver Legacy Resort and...
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Wild Sheep Foundation News
December 28th 2011
CODY, WY  (December, 2011)  The Wild Sheep Foundation Convention and Sporting Expo, The Sheep Show™,  returns to Reno at the Reno-Sparks Convention Center and the Silver Legacy January 19-21, 2012.

WSF is the largest conservation and mountain hunting convention and recently helped reintroduce desert bighorn sheep in the Virginia Mountain Range of Northern Nevada in cooperation with conservation partners Nevada Bighorns Unlimited and the Nevada Department of Wildlife. It’s the first step in an effort to re-establish a population of Nevada’s state animal in this range for the first time since the 1880’s.

"We’re grateful to be a part of Nevada’s efforts,” said Gray N. Thornton, WSF President and CEO. “Our 2011 convention at the Reno-Sparks Convention Center and Silver Legacy Resort was a grand success...
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December 21st 2011
WASHINGTON -- Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today announced that gray wolf populations in the Great Lakes region have recovered and no longer require the protection of the Endangered Species Act. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is publishing a final rule in the Federal Registerremoving wolves in Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin, and in portions of adjoining states, from the list of endangered and threatened wildlife and plants.

“Once again, the Endangered Species Act has proved to be an effective tool for bringing species back from the brink of extinction,” Secretary Salazar said. “Thanks to the work of our scientists, wildlife managers, and our state, tribal, and stakeholder partners, gray wolves in the western Great Lakes region are now fully recovered and healthy.”

The rule removing ESA protection for gray wolves in the western Great Lakes...