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Name: 25th Annual Fundraiser Gala
Start: 2027-05-01
End: 2027-05-01
Location: Hyatt Regency Sonoma Wine Country

From our annual gala, to the national Sheep Show, to projects in the field, there are many ways to get involved and make a difference for wild sheep—join us!

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Annual fundraiser

25th Annual Fundraiser Gala

Four photographs from past galas: a conservation award presentation, a grandfather with two boys, three members arm in arm, and a laughing couple at their table

Saturday, May 1, 2027

Hyatt Regency Sonoma Wine Country, 170 Railroad Street, Santa Rosa, CA 95401

A new venue this year, in Sonoma wine country. The one night the chapter all gets together, and the night that pays for most of a year’s work on the mountain.

Live and silent auctions
Opportunity drawings, including the Stone Sheep and Life Member hunts below
Make a weekend of it: golf, shooting and wine-country touring are planned, with details to follow

Over 95% of the chapter’s net revenue from the fundraiser goes directly on the ground for wild sheep.

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Opportunity drawing

Stone Sheep Hunt 2027

Enter by April 15, 2027 · Drawn May 1, 2027

Spatsizi River Outfitters, British Columbia

A smiling hunter behind a Stone’s ram on a rocky British Columbia ridge

Ride into camp with a pack string, far into the British Columbia wilderness, and spend two weeks glassing for Stone’s rams. A way out of the Less Than One Club, or the next sheep toward your FNAWS.

Every $100 donation is one entry
14-day, one-on-one guided hunt in the 2027 season, dates arranged with the outfitter
Includes guide and wrangler, lodging and meals, transport from Smithers to camp, license, sheep and wolf tags, GST and preservation fees
Not included: airfare and travel to Smithers, Smithers lodging and meals, trophy fees, crating and shipping, gratuities and gear

Drawn at the gala on May 1, 2027. You do not need to be present to win.

See It in the Shop

Life Member drawing

Horseback Dall Sheep Hunt

Drawn May 1, 2027

Jonah’s Alaskan Adventures, Alaska

A hunter in a Jonah’s cap kneeling beside a white Dall ram on autumn tundra

For life members only, and a reason to be in the room: every life member is entered automatically, but the winner has to be at the gala when the name is drawn.

A horseback Dall sheep hunt with Jonah’s Alaskan Adventures
Every life member is entered automatically
Distinguished Life members get two extra entries

Must be present to win. In 2026 the first name drawn was not in the room.

Become a Life Member Become a Distinguished Life Member Upgrade From Life to Distinguished Life Membership

Wild Sheep Foundation

On the Road

National convention

The 50th Sheep Show

February 3–6, 2027

Reno, Nevada

The Wild Sheep Foundation’s convention and expo, for the fiftieth time: four days of outfitters, gear, seminars and the sheep world in one place. California’s statewide sheep fundraising tag sold here for $300,000 in 2026.

Day at the Range, February 3: product testing and shooting bays
Nightly banquets with live and silent auctions
Floor Credit drawings every day
Youth Experience, February 6, at the Reno-Sparks Convention Center

A packed banquet hall at the Sheep Show, hundreds of guests at round tables

Crowds between outfitter booths on the Sheep Show exhibit floor

Calendar

Coming Up

Every build is two or three days in the desert, and every one needs volunteers. No experience required. Sign up to volunteer and join a crew.

Nov13–152026
Volunteer build
Pinyon Ridge rebuild
Anza-Borrego Desert State Park · No hunt zone · Guzzler tank replacement. These sheep are a federally listed endangered population of desert bighorn.
Volunteer
Dec112026
Sheep Summit
Sheep Summit XXXIX
All virtual
Dec11–132026
Volunteer build
PP04 Casabier water system
Providence, Woods and Hackberry Mountains, Hunt Zone 12 · On private ground
Volunteer
Jan8–102027
Volunteer build
SL74 North Sacramentos water system
No hunt zone yet
Volunteer
Feb3–62027
Convention
The 50th Sheep Show
Wild Sheep Foundation, Reno, Nevada
Feb19–212027
Volunteer build
SL04 Lava Hills water system
South Bristol Mountains, Hunt Zone 8
Volunteer
Mar19–212027
Volunteer build
Bearclaw rebuild
Sheep Hole Mountains, Hunt Zone 6
Volunteer
Apr9–112027
Volunteer build
SL75 Peachey water system
Castle Mountains and Paiute Range, Hunt Zone 13 · Sponsored by Eastern Chapter WSF
Volunteer
Apr152027
Drawing
Last day to enter the Stone Sheep drawing
Every $100 donation is one entry
Apr302027
Sheep Summit
Sheep Summit XL
Hyatt Regency, Santa Rosa, the day before the gala
May12027
Fundraiser
25th Annual Fundraiser Gala
Hyatt Regency Sonoma Wine Country, Santa Rosa · Stone Sheep and Life Member hunts drawn
May14–162027
Volunteer build
SB37 Bullion rebuild
Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center (MCAGCC), Twentynine Palms · No hunt zone yet · Full guzzler replacement
Volunteer