Montana Wild Sheep Foundation - 34th Annual Fundraiser

34th Annual Banquet Fundraiser

March 6th & 7th, 2026
Bozeman, Montana

 Schedule of Events

Friday, March 6th, Best Western Plus, 1325 N 7th Ave, Bozeman

5:00 pm - Conservation night and membership meeting, this is a free event and is open to the public. There will be free food, raffles, vendors and a cash bar.

5:00 pm - Bubbles & Bighorns ladies only event. Bubblies, raffles, and great times. This is a ticketed event.

6:15 pm - Membership meeting

Saturday, March 7th, Best Western Plus, 1325 N 7th Ave, Bozeman

SEMINARS

8:30 am - Adaptive Management: using forage, habitat, and genomics to inform mountain goat
conservation, Heather Brown

9:00 am - Evaluating Contact Risk Factors Between Wild and Domestic Sheep in Montana, Max
Evans

9:30 am - Pathogenesis, persistence and prevention of Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae infection in
domestic sheep, Dr. Diane Bimczok

10:00 am - Highlands Bighorn Sheep Test and Remove Project Update, Kaitlyn Vega and Sidney Brenkus

10:30 am - Break

11:00 am - Adaptive Management: population dynamics and disease risk of bighorn sheep and
mountain goats-Colton Padilla and Britney Duvall

11:30 am - An update on Montana bighorn sheep population status, Brian Wakeling

12:00 pm - Montana Wild Sheep Foundation Conservation Committee Updates

Saturday, March 7th at MSU SUB Building, 751 Grant St, Bozeman

4:00 pm - Doors open for our 34th Annual Banquet, dinner, drinks, auction, raffles and entertainment. This is a members only ticketed event. 

Hotel Information

Best Western Plus GranTree Inn
1325 N 7th Avenue, Bozeman, Montana
Call 406-587-5261 and mention group 4289 to receive your Montana Wild Sheep Foundation Discount.

A block of rooms have been provided for event attendees for both Friday and Saturday nights.

Make sure to select the nights you wish to stay when checking in.

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LIFE MEMBER GIVEAWAY

One lucky Core or Premium life member who is present at the banquet will win a Dall Sheep hunt guided by Ovis Outfitters in the famed Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska. If you're not a life member and you want a chance to win this amazing hunt, upgrade or buy your life membership before the banquet.  

Get your banquet tickets now, they will sell out fast!

The 10 day one-on-one guided hunt will take place August, 2026 in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. This is a physically demanding backpack hunt. The winner will need to be in good physical condition. See rules to the drawing below.

To qualify for the Life Member Raffle:

1.   Must be a Life Member of the Montana Wild Sheep Foundation.
2.  Must be PRESENT at the Annual Banquet & Fundraiser on March 8th, 2025. 
3.  Transferable only to another Life Member who is PRESENT at the event.

Upgrade or become a life member today for your chance to win!

BUY LIFE MEMBERSHIP HERE