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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. 

The Bass Pro Shops and Cabela’s Outdoor Fund is continuing its commitment to wild sheep with a $150,000 grant supporting WSF’s Grant-In-Aid Program for fiscal year 2026–27. Over eight years, the Outdoor Fund has contributed $926,000 to advance wild sheep conservation projects across North America. 

Proposal will update management to address modern conservation challenges while building on decades of recovery. The Wild Sheep Foundation today welcomed a new U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service draft rule that recognizes the remarkable recovery of grizzly bears and involves state and tribal wildlife agencies more directly in continuing bear conservation.

The Wild Sheep Foundation announced today that its Coming Home project has reached full funding thanks to a $109,000 commitment from Gunwerks and the Worldwide Trophy Adventures Outdoor Guardian Fund. The funds were raised during the 2026 Gunwerks Invitational, hosted on Sheep Mountain in Cody, Wyoming.

Bozeman, Montana — The Wild Sheep Foundation and the International Council for Game and Wildlife Conservation are now accepting nominations for the biennial Markhor Award. Submission deadline is August 14, 2026.

The Wild Sheep Foundation (WSF) and its Chapters and Affiliates collectively pledged $213,500 during the 18th Chapter & Affiliate Summit, held recently in Grand Junction, Colorado.  The funds will be used to support a major cheatgrass treatment and habitat restoration effort within Wyoming’s Mullen Fire burn scar.