by John Petersen | Nov 20, 2025 | Projects
Last month, our team had the privilege of heading into the Mineral Mountains to install a new double guzzler system, generously sponsored by Gary and Kathy Sorensen. This project was no small task—after a full day of hiking in, assembling and securing two large...
by John Petersen | Nov 16, 2025 | Projects
The Utah Wild Sheep Foundation has now installed more than seven Ranchbot monitoring systems across key guzzler sites, with three additional units scheduled for deployment in the coming weeks. We’re still in the early stages of integrating this technology, and there’s...
by John Petersen | Aug 15, 2025 | Sheep Conservation Efforts
Changes to Utah’s Bighorn Sheep Horn Plugging Program For decades, the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources (UDWR) has required and provided horn plugging for all legally harvested bighorn sheep in Utah. This process—attaching a permanent identification plug to each...
by John Petersen | Jul 9, 2025 | Projects
On May 2nd, in cooperation with the Utah DNR and Utah DWR, Utah WSF participated in a guzzler construction project on the West side of the Newfoundland Mountain range. Guzzler materials, along with Utah WSF volunteers, DNR and DWR employees were flown to the guzzler...
by John Petersen | Jul 8, 2025 | Sheep Conservation Efforts
Over the past two weeks Utah has been able to participate in the largest bighorn sheep capture and translocation project in the history of North America. Due to overpopulation and extreme drought conditions on the Muddy Mountains in Eastern Nevada, 139 desert bighorn...
