Full Curl™ Society Conservation Activities
Here are some wild sheep conservation highlights of the individuals involved in the Full Curl™ Society:
Preparing to launch an Alaska Dall Sheep Recovery Initiative – details to be announced at the Full Curl™ Society meeting.
Assisted in removing barriers for guzzlers and sheep transplants in the Mojave Desert Preserve in California by meeting with U.S. Depar™ent of Interior personnel.
Pioneered the win/win domestic sheep buyout or conversion concept in several western states and helped with funding of buyouts in Wyoming, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Arizona, and Utah.
Ensured the continued ability to transplant bighorn sheep on over 200 million acres of federal lands in all the western states in 2008 by meeting with Assistant Secretary of Agriculture Mark Rey when he was considering a proposal to ban all wild sheep transplants on Forest Service lands.
Helped increase Utah’s wild sheep populations from 1,500 to over 5,000 animals, including over 30 domestic sheep buyouts and 32 wild sheep transplants.
Played a major role in getting wolves delisted in the Northern Rockies and have been in the court room to ensure states have the rights to manage wolves and protect ungulates.
Worked to establish lion hunting quotas to protect wild sheep populations.
Full Curl™ Society founders have been on multiple wild sheep hunts in British Columbia, the Yukon and the Northwest Territories. They are aware of the conservation and resident/non-resident hunting issues in Canada.
