Bighorn sheep license to be auctioned

The Midwest Chapter of the Wild Sheep Foundation, formerly known as the Minnesota-Wisconsin Chapter of the Foundation for North American Wild Sheep, will auction a North Dakota bighorn sheep license at its annual fundraiser and banquet March 5 in Bloomington, Minn.

North Dakota has auctioned a bighorn sheep license each year since 1986 to fund sheep projects in the state, raising more than $800,000.

Last year’s license sold for $40,000. One hundred percent of the proceeds from the sale of the license, along with an additional annual grant of $20,000, are used to enhance management of North Dakota’s bighorn sheep.

For more information contact Brett Wiedmann, North Dakota Game and Fish Department big game biologist, Dickinson, at (701) 227-7431.

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