Give a Lamb A Drink
Tax deductible
Adding 90 new water sources within the next five years to support bighorn sheep and other desert denizens.
In partnership and cooperation with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife.
We have already begun raising funds for this project through our own membership, but this project is bigger and more impactful then the scope of any one group.
Game Changing Water Development Installations
Expanding desert bighorn sheep habitat in California
CA WSF is committed to raising more than $2M to install 90+ wildlife watering systems over the next 5 years. What does this mean for the sheep? What does it mean for you?
Water is the number one issue limiting our wild sheep populations (Douglas, 1988). More water means more sheep on the mountains.
Since the 1940s there has been continuous change in availability of water sources due to climate variation as well as human intrusions. Desert bighorn sheep require 4% of their body mass in water each day and they often meet this requirement by consuming free-standing water according to multiple studies done in the 1960s and 1970s. In a 1963 study, bighorn sheep watered at least once every three days when free-standing water was available. Daily movement of bighorns between watering areas, foraging areas and resting areas normally do not exceed more than a few miles in a day. Installing more water sources in otherwise suitable terrain will increase the population of wild sheep in California.
Currently in California, with the various Federal Land Acts, protected land and forage for bighorn sheep are both in place; water is the limiting factor.
Populations of desert bighorn sheep in California have grown to 4,800 with the installation of 103 drinkers, each averaging 45 sheep, according to recent estimates by CDFW.
The Give a Lamb a Drink project will add 90 water sources ideally located for bighorn sheep. Using new modern systems that will hold more water and be less intrusive to the environment, this will support an additional 6,750 desert bighorns. Locations have already been identified and permitting is completed for several installations with others in process.
Each installation costs approximately $25,000 in materials. Most labor is provided by volunteers from our sister organization, the Society for Conservation of Bighorn Sheep. However, in order to accelerate the installations, we are factoring in some hired help that will be supervised by the experienced volunteers of SCBS.
We have the plans, state cooperation, access to the right places to install drinkers, and prior experience successfully installing water sources for wildlife. YOU are the missing ingredient!
Give a Lamb a Drink Today! Your donation, no matter how big or how small, will help CA WSF build 90 new wildlife water sources in the next five years.
Organized by California Wild Sheep Foundation - Putting and Keeping Sheep on the Mountain
In partnership and cooperation with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife.
We have already begun raising funds for this project through our own membership, but this project is bigger and more impactful then the scope of any one group.
Game Changing Water Development Installations
Expanding desert bighorn sheep habitat in California
CA WSF is committed to raising more than $2M to install 90+ wildlife watering systems over the next 5 years. What does this mean for the sheep? What does it mean for you?
Water is the number one issue limiting our wild sheep populations (Douglas, 1988). More water means more sheep on the mountains.
Since the 1940s there has been continuous change in availability of water sources due to climate variation as well as human intrusions. Desert bighorn sheep require 4% of their body mass in water each day and they often meet this requirement by consuming free-standing water according to multiple studies done in the 1960s and 1970s. In a 1963 study, bighorn sheep watered at least once every three days when free-standing water was available. Daily movement of bighorns between watering areas, foraging areas and resting areas normally do not exceed more than a few miles in a day. Installing more water sources in otherwise suitable terrain will increase the population of wild sheep in California.
Currently in California, with the various Federal Land Acts, protected land and forage for bighorn sheep are both in place; water is the limiting factor.
Populations of desert bighorn sheep in California have grown to 4,800 with the installation of 103 drinkers, each averaging 45 sheep, according to recent estimates by CDFW.
The Give a Lamb a Drink project will add 90 water sources ideally located for bighorn sheep. Using new modern systems that will hold more water and be less intrusive to the environment, this will support an additional 6,750 desert bighorns. Locations have already been identified and permitting is completed for several installations with others in process.
Each installation costs approximately $25,000 in materials. Most labor is provided by volunteers from our sister organization, the Society for Conservation of Bighorn Sheep. However, in order to accelerate the installations, we are factoring in some hired help that will be supervised by the experienced volunteers of SCBS.
We have the plans, state cooperation, access to the right places to install drinkers, and prior experience successfully installing water sources for wildlife. YOU are the missing ingredient!
Give a Lamb a Drink Today! Your donation, no matter how big or how small, will help CA WSF build 90 new wildlife water sources in the next five years.
Organized by California Wild Sheep Foundation - Putting and Keeping Sheep on the Mountain
Organizer
Beverly Valdez
Organizer
Grants Pass, OR
California Chapter of the Foundatn for North American Wild Sheep
Registered nonprofit
Donations are typically 100% tax deductible in the US.
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