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7.3.25

Partnering Together for Nevada Bighorns

Las Vegas, Nevada & Bozeman, Montana — A significant trap and transplant operation occurred in mid-June in southern Nevada to aid a desert bighorn sheep population that has been at risk due to chronic drought conditions impacting both surface water and available forage. The Nevada Department of Wildlife (NDOW), KUIU, Grand Slam Club Ovis (GSCO), Fraternity of the Desert Bighorn (FDB), Nevada Bighorns Unlimited (NBU), the Wild Sheep Foundation (WSF), and a host of Nevada conservation NGOs partnered on a rescue mission. 

Power In Partnerships

The Rinehart-Newlon Water Catchment Project

In the arid expanse of Arizona's Harcuvar Mountains, hunter-conservationists have partnered to expand the range's capacity for desert bighorn sheep. Spearheaded by the Arizona Desert Bighorn Sheep Society (ADBSS) and fueled by a $40,394 Grant-In-Aid from the Wild Sheep Foundation (WSF), the Rinehart-Newlon Water Catchment project stands as a powerful example of what partnerships and passionate volunteers can accomplish.

Sheep Fever Podcast

WILD HARVEST INITIATIVE W/SHANE MAHONEY

EPISODE 74


Launched in 2015 with financial support from WSF and others, the Wild Harvest Initiative sought to calculate, for the first time the total amount in pounds or tons of healthy, wild protein humanely harvested by sportsmen every year in the US and Canada. Keith caught up with Conservation Visions President and CEO Shane Mahoney to go over the numbers documented thus far and most importantly, how these data is being used to generate a broader public understanding and appreciation for sustainable use hunting.

Meet the Rams of B&C's 32nd Big Game Awards

6.11.25

Within our purpose “To Put and Keep Wild Sheep on the Mountain” is the importance of maintaining a balanced age structure of individual populations. An indicator of this balance is mature rams on the landscape. The presence of and the selective harvest of mature male animals is a conservation action that has benefited wild sheep for over a century and continues to this day. We cannot overlook the significance of this fact. 

6.18.25

Coming Home: Bighorn Sheep Back to British Columbia

Bozeman, MT. — The Wild Sheep Foundation and its Chapters and Affiliates flash-raised USD $186,505 to fund a translocation of California bighorn sheep from Oregon back to British Columbia to bolster struggling populations in a region where these wild sheep were originally translocated from, way back in 1954.

Conservation Impact Overview

FY 2023-2024 Summary

As noted in our inaugural FY 2022-23 Conservation Impact Summary last year, WSF revised our Grant-In-Aid (GIA) process in the spring of 2022 to focus on larger, bolder, more impactful, and multi-year legacy projects with nearly all of them coming to WSF through our chapter and affiliate network. This action transformed our GIA program, and our Board of Directors recently renewed this focus for our current fiscal year. We are very pleased to report a second year of record results and record funding toward our conservation, education, and advocacy mission in this expanded FY 2023-24 Conservation Impact Summary.
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