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In my first six months as
your president, things on the forefront have been fairly quiet,
but much has been happening behind the scenes.
There will be a change of date
and venue for our upcoming winter meeting due to a long
anticipated event; a bighorn sheep transplant in the Seminoe/Ferris
Mountains. The transplant will take place the first week
of December after extensive work and effort from our liaison
Kevin Hurley and the Wyoming Game & Fish Dept. We are
looking forward to the transplant and it will reviewed in detail
at our winter meeting.
The 2009 winter meeting will take
place in Rawlins at 8:00 a.m. on Friday, December 4 at the Best
Western CottonTree Inn. All Wyoming FNAWS members are
invited to attend to learn what is taking place with Wyoming
FNAWS and what we plan for the future.
One of our works in progress is
establishing an improved relationship with the Wild Sheep
Foundation (formerly National FNAWS). Positive steps have
been taken, with WSF CEO Gray Thornton as the leading force
behind bringing WSF and its Chapters together. He has been
working endlessly - and successfully - to strengthen
communications and to bring us together to continue our mission
of putting sheep on the mountain. I was able to attend the
second Summit meeting with WSF and the Chapters in Reno earlier
this year and found it to be very successful and informative.
New Chapter charters are being created and finalized that will
ultimately require approval from all Wyoming FNAWS and other
Chapter members. When these are presented to our membership for
a vote, I hope all of you will consider approving them.
Another benefit that has resulted
from Gray's efforts is the WSF Board of Director's approval to
provide a free one-year membership to all Chapter members. If
you haven't received word from WSF already, watch your mail.
Gray has been the epitome of the
mantra he created "One Campfire, one tent." It is my hope
that Wyoming FNAWS and all other chapters will continue to move
forward - together - to bring this goal to fruition.
Have a safe winter,
Jack L. Morey, Jr.
President
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