East Cliffs Addition to the Blue-eyed Nellie Wildlife Management Area
We’re helping fund the purchase of critical bighorn lambing and wintering habitat.
AND WE NEED YOUR HELP!
Montana Wild Sheep Foundation is working with Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks to acquire 30-acres of critical bighorn sheep lambing and winter range west of Anaconda. The property—the East Cliffs—adjoins the 192-acre Blue-eyed Nellie Wildlife Management Area (WMA). We have provided funds to FWP for prior additions to this WMA and this time, with your help, we are going big!
MTWSF has secured $90,000 of the $100,000 needed. $10,000 in grant funding from the Eastern Chapter Wild Sheep Foundation, $10,000 from the Midwestern Chapter Wild Sheep Foundation, $45,000 from the Wild Sheep Foundation and we are providing $25,000 of our funds. We have committed to $100,000 for this critical acquisition and are now only $10,000 short of meeting our goal. We are looking for your help as fellow advocates for bighorn sheep to contribute additional funds, and when the time comes public support, to make this happen.
**Donate Today**: The Amicus Foundation has stepped up to offer $5,000 in matching funds to help us reach our goal. For every dollar donated up to $5,000, the Amicus Foundation will match dollar for dollar.
1. You can make your donation securely online by clicking the “Donate Button”.
2. You can send cash to us via Venmo @MTWSF and put “Blue Eyed Nellie” in the comment section.
3. Or you can send a check, make it payable to “MTWSF” and mail it to “PO BOX 17731, Missoula, MT 59808”. Be sure to write “Blue Eyed Nellie” in the notes.
**Spread the Word**: Share this fundraising campaign with friends and family who care about bighorn sheep conservation.
Together, we can ensure that bighorn sheep continue to roam freely in their natural habitat for generations to come.
“Hunting wild sheep has taken me places I never imagined I would go and introduced me to some of the most interesting characters this world has to offer. I fell under the sheep hunting spell immediately and as Jack O’Connor once said, “There is no half way. After his first exposure, a man is either a sheep hunter or he isn’t. He either falls under the spell of sheep hunting and sheep country or he won’t be caught dead on another sheep mountain.” Doing my part to help put wild sheep back on the mountain so that others can have a similar experience is the least that I can do.
Brian Solan, Director Emeritus
Who We Are
Montana Wild Sheep Foundation shares the same mission as the National Wild Sheep Foundation - to enhance and promote the state sheep herd populations and to safeguard against the decline and extinction of the species. Additionally, the chapter is committed to assist in funding various projects for professional management of these sheep populations throughout the state of Montana as well as sheep populations in all of North America. Essential projects involving conservation, habitat, management improvement and sheep population and propagation are actively funded by the Montana WSF.
What we do
The Montana Wild Sheep Foundation raises $ annually from private donations, our annual fundraiser, and membership fees to work on specific projects we have earmarked each year, as part of our 5 year plan.
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