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Meet 14-year-old Kenlyn, one of Nevada’s youngest falconers! Welcome to the inaugural episode of Sparks, a new series for the Ignite Podcast focused on telling the stories of our youth. Meet Kenlyn and her mom, Beth, who share the incredible journey of turning a love for birds into a passion for falconry. 

Wild Sheep Foundation Youth Education Program Coordinator Dr. Ryan Brock has been named Nevada’s inaugural Outdoor Teacher of the Year. With more than two decades of teaching experience and a passion for connecting kids with nature, Brock has helped introduce thousands of young people to wildlife, hunting, fishing, and conservation through hands-on outdoor education.

From examining real bighorn sheep skulls to analyzing wildlife population data, the Wild Sheep Foundation’s Teacher Check-Out Kits give students a hands-on introduction to wild sheep biology and conservation. With hundreds of students reached and more classrooms participating, the program is helping inspire the next generation of wildlife stewards.

Meet Sparks, IGNITE's new series celebrating the next generation of hunters and conservationists. Dana, Renée Thornton, and Dr. Ryan Brock discuss youth mentorship, outdoor education, and inspiring lifelong conservation values.

A MidwayUSA Foundation grant will help WSF expand hands-on shooting and hunting education for young people through its Shooting, Hunting & Ethics Education Program (S.H.E.E.P.), building skills, reinforcing safe and ethical hunting practices, and connecting the next generation to wildlife conservation. 

Twenty-seven young campers from six states gathered at Whiskey Mountain Conservation Camp for Camp Bighorn 2026, spending five days building outdoor skills, learning from conservation professionals, and strengthening their connection to wildlife and wild places.

Emily Richett went from the newsroom as a reporter, living a vegan lifestyle, to applying for the Women Hunt course and being selected! That experience launched her to embark on a journey to write a book and open up an opportunity in her state for adult women and female youth to learn to hunt.

Conservation interests often begin long before careers and research projects. They start with curiosity. That curiosity was on full display in Reno, Nevada, during the Youth Wildlife Conservation Experience, a hands-on education program hosted by the Wild Sheep Foundation as part of its annual Sheep Show.
 

Recently, Wild Sheep Foundation's Shooting, Hunting & Ethics Education Program (S.H.E.E.P.) coordinator, Ryan Brock, was able to visit southern Nevada to help students in the Silver State better understand their state mammal, the desert bighorn sheep.

The story ends with eating a heart—yes, a deer heart—but that’s only the finale. It begins in a Nevada airport, where three young girls—two seventh graders and a third grader—met before flying across the country for a youth deer hunt in Missouri.

During the recent Sheep Show® in Reno, NV, the Wild Sheep Foundation (WSF) welcomed over 3,000 young people and their families to its annual Youth Wildlife Conservation Experience (YWCE).

The Wild Sheep Foundation announced the winners of its Life Membership Fund Scholarships. This year’s top scholarships go to Catherine Cummings, from Auburn, Alabama, and Megan Mellor, attending the University of Nevada, Reno.