by Kate Petersen | Sep 2, 2025 | Sheep Conservation Efforts
On August 8th, volunteers with the Utah Wild Sheep Foundation, participants of the DWR Dedicated Hunter program, and the Utah Division of Natural Resources (DNR) joined forces on the Nebo Range. Their goal: a critical conservation project installing guzzlers to...
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 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...
by TravisJenson | Dec 3, 2024 | 2025 Hunting Season, Sheep Conservation Efforts
Here’s a list of our 2025 Conservaton Permits and the dates and locations they will be auctioned. Book Cliffs, South California Bighorn sheep Auction Date: 2/13 – 2/18/2025 Event: WHCE Location: SLC, UT Season Dates: 11/1-11/30/2025 Event Info: huntexpo.com Box...
by MikelleDespain | Jan 28, 2024 | Sheep Conservation Efforts, Utah Wild Sheep Foundation Banquet
The Utah Wild Sheep Foundation (UWSF) is gearing up for its 33rd annual banquet, a marquee event in the conservation calendar, set to unfold on March 23, 2024, at the Utah State Fair Park. This eagerly anticipated event not only serves as a critical fundraiser for the...
by MikelleDespain | Sep 14, 2023 | Sheep Conservation Efforts
As part of Utah Wild Sheep Foundation’s bighorn sheep conservation efforts, we help to build and maintain sheep guzzlers in the area. But what, exactly, is a sheep guzzler and why is it important to preserving the bighorn sheep population in the Western United...
