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CAWSF Sponsors Drinker Upgrade and Restock in 2024

It takes a lot of funds, and a lot of volunteer sweat to create a successful new Guzzler for wild sheep. It's just as important to keep them stocked in times of drought, and increase capacity where possible. This is the mission for Give a Lamb a Drink.

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This project was accomplished in partnership with SCBS. On December 4th, 2024, a group of volunteers and California Department of Fish & Wildlife (CDFW) employees met up in the Orocopia Mountains pre-sunrise.

The volunteers were from the Society for the Conservation of Bighorn Sheep (SCBS), Desert Wildlife Unlimited (DWU) and the California Chapter of the Wild Sheep Foundation (CAWSF). Our goal this crisp morning is to install a 3rd water tank and to replenish the system with water by helicopter at the famed R10 Fay Dee Big Game Wildlife Water Development.

As always, the team didn't quit until the work was complete.

A helicopter carrying a water tank into the Orocopia Mountains
Drinkers go where sheep live, seldom where you can bring supplies in by truck. The project included adding an additional water tank.
A helicopter dropping water into the drinker
Sometimes natural water collection needs a little boost.
The new tank in place beside the drinker
The new tank addition integrated in with the drinker.
Desert bighorn rams at the water
Happy customers make it all worth while.