GSCO FUNDED PROJECTS HISTORY

The Club actually began loosely in 1956. Bob Housholder (#18, AZ) sent out the first “Bulletin” in July 1967, and prior to that he was a master communicator by mail with dozens of sheep hunters. Dennis Campbell took over in January 1990 and incorporated the organization for the first time, applying for 501(c)(3) tax-exempt conservation status. We received that designation in 1991 after a rather extensive exchange of paperwork with the IRS. It is great to report that in that short history, we have accomplished funding over $3,000,000 toward conservation.

Cumulative Total Funding to Date: $3,455,820

Funding 2008
• World Conservation Force Bulletin: $4,670 – Hunters rights protection
• South Okanagan California Bighorn Sheep Recovery Project: $20,000 – Wild sheep disease recovery project
• Conservation Force: $50,000 – Hunters rights protection
• Northern British Columbia Guides Association: $100,000 – Ungulate enhancement
• Yukon Outfitters Association (YOA): $10,000 – Hunters rights and conservation
• Organizacion Vida Silvestre: $65,000 – Carmen Island Project
• Rocky Mountain Bighorn Society and Colorado Division of Wildlife: $65,250 – Wild Sheep & Goat conservation
• Wyoming Game & Fish / Wildlife Heritage Foundation of Wyoming: $45,000 – Wild Sheep conservation
• Texas Desert sheep project (in conjunction with Texas Parks & Wildlife): $124,650
• Alaska Department of Fish and Game: $76,500 – Wild sheep conservation
• Conklin Foundation: $52,250 – Cooperative Funding
• University of Alberta: $20,000 – Central East Slopes Cougar Project
• Idaho FNAWS: $2,500.00 - Bighorn Sheep Highway Project
• Making Memories Foundation: $10,000 – Humanitarian aid (2008 Ladies Luncheon donation)
Total 2008 Funding to Date: $645,820

Funding 2007
• World Conservation Force Bulletin: $4,670 – Hunters rights protection
• National Bighorn Sheep Interpretive Center: $250 – Support
• National Shooting Sports Foundation: $250 – Support
• South Okanagan California Bighorn Sheep Recovery Project: $20,000 – Wild sheep disease recovery project
• Nebraska Game and Parks Commission: $5,000 – Wild Sheep Transplant Project
• Conservation Force: $50,000 – Hunters rights protection
• Northern British Columbia Guides Association: $10,000 – Ungulate enhancement
• Yukon Outfitters Association (YOA): $10,000 – Hunters rights and conservation
• Organizacion Vida Silvestre: $79,200 – Carmen Island Project
• Rocky Mountain Bighorn Society and Colorado Division of Wildlife: $99,000 – Wild Sheep & Goat conservation
• Wyoming Game & Fish / Wildlife Heritage Foundation of Wyoming: $49,500 – Wild Sheep conservation
• Hualapai Department of Natural Resources: $40,500 – Desert Bighorn sheep conservation
• Texas Desert sheep project (in conjunction with Texas Parks & Wildlife): $65,000
• Alaska Department of Fish and Game: $58,500 – Wild sheep conservation
• Conklin Foundation: $61,068 – Cooperative Funding
• Alaska Professional Hunters Association: $10,000 – Hunters rights and conservation
• University of Alberta: $20,000 – Central East Slopes Cougar Project
• Colorado Division of Wildlife: $500 – Bighorn sheep & goat orientation
• Gulf Coast Women's Center for Nonviolence: $7,500 – Humanitarian aid (2007 Ladies Luncheon donation)
• Youth Outdoor Safari Day: $2,500 – Youth Hunter Education
• Wyoming FNAWS: $5,000 – Domestic goat removal buyout
• Society for the Conservation of Bighorn Sheep: $3,000 ­– Adopt-a-Guzzler Program
Total 2007 Funding to Date: $601,438

Funding 2006
• Weatherby Foundation International: $1,000
• World Conservation Force Bulletin: $4,620 – Hunters rights protection
• Montana FNAWS: $5,000 – Grazing allotment buyout
• Conservation Force: $25,000 – Hunters rights protection
• Nebraska Game and Parks Commission: $5,000 – Wild Sheep Project
• Northern British Columbia Guides Association: $10,000 – Ungulate enhancement
• Wyoming Game & Fish Department: $9,000 – Wild Sheep Project
• Association of Mackenzie Mountain Outfitters: $5,000 – Hunters rights and conservation
• Yukon Outfitters Association (YOA): $5,000 – Hunters rights and conservation
• University of Alberta: $10,000 – Cougar Project
• Yukon Outfitters Association (YOA): $4,375 – Hunters rights and conservation
• Organizacion Vida Silvestre: $157,500 – Carmen Island Project
• Gulf Coast Women's Center for Nonviolence: $10,000 – Humanitarian aid (2006 Ladies Brunch donation)
• Alaska Department of Fish and Game: $90,000 – Wild sheep conservation
• South Okanagan California Bighorn Sheep Recovery Project: $20,000 – Wild sheep disease recovery project
• Wyoming Game & Fish/Wildlife Heritage Foundation of Wyoming: $42,750 – Wild sheep conservation
• Wyoming Game & Fish/Wildlife Heritage Foundation of Wyoming/Moose Foundation: $11,400 – Wildlife conservation
• Colorado Youth Outdoors: $7,200 – Youth outdoor education
• Alaska Professional Hunters Association: $5,000 – Hunters rights and conservation
• Conklin Foundation: $70,450 – Cooperative Funding
• Wild Sheep Society of British Columbia (WSSBC): $800 – Ungulate enhancement
• The Outdoors Network International: $7,000 – Hunter Education
• Foundation for North American Wild Sheep: $5,000 – Endowment fund
• Desert Wildlife Unlimited: $5,000 – Emergency Desert Sheep Survey in California
• Yukon Outfitters Association (YOA): $1,500 – Hunters rights and conservation
Total 2006 Funding to Date: $517,595

Funding 2005
• Conservation Force: $25,000 – Hunters rights protection
• Guide Outfitters Association of British Columbia: $25,000
• Guide Outfitters Association of British Columbia: $1,700
• Alberta FNAWS: $10,000 – To develop and help fund a cooperative program with wildlife management agencies
• Northern British Columbia Guides Association: $10,000 – Ungulate enhancement
• Wyoming FNAWS: $10,000 – Grazing allotment buyout
• Fontana Memorial Scholarship Fund: $2,000
• Wild Sheep Society of British Columbia: $2,850 – Ungulate enhancement
• Wild Sheep Society of British Columbia: $1,350 – Cooperative conservation project
• Conklin Foundation: $61,000 – Cooperative funding
• Nebraska Game and Parks Commission: $74,700 – Cooperative bighorn sheep funding. 2005 tag went for $83,000 with a 90/10 split.
• Nebraska Game and Parks Commission: $2,500 – Sheep transplant
• Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation: $2,500
• Association of Mackenzie Mountain Outfitters: $2,500
• Alaska Professional Hunters Association: $3,500
• Idaho FNAWS: $2,750 – “Adopt-a-guzzler” repair
• Montana FNAWS: $5,000 – Grazing allotment buyout
• Foundation for North American Wild Sheep: $5,000 – Endowment fund
• Rocky Mountain Bighorn Society: $500
• World Conservation Force Bulletin: $5,000 – Hunters rights protection
• Conservation Force: $2,000– Hurricane Katrina Relief
• American Red Cross - Gulf Coast Chapter: $1,571 – Hurricane Katrina Relief
• Yukon Outfitters Association (YOA): $1,500
• British Columbia Wildlife Federation: $200
• Organizacion Vida Silvestre: $31,500 - Carmen Island Project
Total 2005 Funding to Date: $289,621

Funding 2004
• FNAWS Cooperative Funding: $57,650
• Rocky Mtn. Bighorn Society (RMBS): $700
• Organizacion Vida Silvestre: $22,500 - Carmen Island Project
• Conservation Force: $5,000
• Alaska Professional Hunters Association (APHA): $1,000
• Yukon Outfitters Association (YOA): $1,000
• Northern BC Guides: $1,000
• 2004 TOTAL: $88,850