National Bighorn Sheep Center

Inventory Clearance Sale
2018-05-26 09:00 - 2018-05-31 18:00 (America/Chicago) | National Bighorn Sheep Center, United States
The National Bighorn Sheep Center Gift Shop will be kicking off the summer season with a big inventory clearance sale. Items including books, bear bells, kid’s t-shirts, home decor and jewelry will all be marked down to make room for new summer inventory.
Come get some great stocking stuffers and check out all the new items such as wildlife mobiles, new caps, back scratchers, stuffed animals, wrap and snap kid’s wildlife bracelets, wildlife socks and more.
Summer hours start May 26th: 9am-6pm Every Day!

Wyoming Outdoor Expo
2018-05-17 09:00 - 2018-05-19 15:00 UTC | WY
Thursday, May 17th – Saturday, May 19th, 9am-3pm every day:
Wyoming Outdoors Expo, Casper Events Center, Casper, WY
This free event celebrates different ways to get outside and have fun and is hosted by the Wyoming Game and Fish Department. NBSC will have a booth focused on family-fun activities about bighorn sheep and their habitat.
Check out the full list of events and schedule here.

LAMBS Education Day, Torrey Valley Wildlife Tracking Trek
2018-05-11 10:00 - 14:00 UTC | WY
Join our Education Team for a spring wildlife exploration of the Torrey Valley area. Participants will learn about the stories wildlife leave behind including scat, tracks and sign and we will demonstrate plaster casting of wildlife tracks.
Free to current member or by suggested $10 donation per person.

Holiday Open House
2018-05-04 10:00 - 16:00 (America/Chicago) | WY
Come find some great Christmas gifts on sale, share in the merriment of the Holiday Season with free cookies and cider and enjoy FREE admission all day to the Center.

Wildlife Stewardship Opportunity
2018-04-20 | WY
PLEASE NOTE: Update, we are rescheduling this volunteer day to Friday, April 20th due to weather.
Volunteers are invited to help remove unused fencing hazardous to wildlife in this stewardship partner project. Please sign up by emailing Sara (sara@bighorn.org) or call 307-455-3429.
Photo by Nick Dobric

Upper Wind River Valley Elk Migration Presentation
2018-04-19 18:00 - 20:00 UTC | Headwaters Arts and Conference Center, 20 Stalnaker St, Dubois, WY, 82513, United States
Upper Wind River Valley Elk Migration Presentation
Sunroom at Headwaters Events Center, Dubois
Learn about the amazing elk migrations in our own backyard of the Upper Wind River Valley. Lander Region Biologist Greg Anderson with the Wyoming Game and Fish Department will share a presentation highlighting the insights of the annual movements of our local Dubois elk herds.
The presentation will include a look at the incredible journey of elk moving across the landscape with video of “two years in the life of an elk”, history, photographs & more. Please bring your families! un for all ages with a “wildlife quiz”, popcorn during the slideshow and more.
Free to current members or by suggested $10 donation per person.

Habitat Assessment Volunteer Day
2018-04-17 | WY
Volunteers are paired with a biologist to help collect habitat samples from the Whiskey Mountain Bighorn Sheep Habitat Area, which helps assess forage conditions and habitat management strategies. Sign up and we’ll keep you informed as the details are finalized (weather-pending).
Update: Date has changed to sometime during the week of April 16th. Sorry for the change in plans but the weather makes the rules!

April 5th-May 16th: ATLAS Exhibit, Thunder Feathers
2018-04-05 17:00 - 2018-05-16 17:00 UTC | WY
The ATLAS Exhibit, Thunder Feathers: Greater Sage-Grouse Strut the Plains, Ron Ball Gallery
This special temporary exhibit opens at the National Bighorn Sheep Center, with a special opening presentation on Thursday, April 5th at 5pm-7pm with ATLAS Coordinator Melissa Hemken and Wyoming Game and Fish Biologist Stan Harter. Thunder Feathers highlights, through arts and sciences, Greater Sage-grouse behavior and sagebrush habitat characteristics. Suggested $10 donation per person.

ThunderFeathers Opening Presenation
2018-04-05 17:00 - 19:00 UTC | National Bighorn Sheep Center, United States
The ATLAS Exhibit, Thunder Feathers: Greater Sage-Grouse Strut the Plains, Ron Ball Gallery
The ATLAS Exhibit, Thunder Feathers: Greater Sage-Grouse Strut the Plains, Ron Ball Gallery — This special temporary exhibit opens at the National Bighorn Sheep Center, with a special opening presentation on Thursday, April 5th at 5pm-7pm with ATLAS Coordinator Melissa Hemken and Wyoming Game and Fish Biologist Stan Harter. Thunder Feathers highlights, through arts and sciences, Greater Sage-grouse behavior and sagebrush habitat characteristics. Suggested $10 donation per person.

Center Closed for Spring Cleaning
2018-03-24 - 2018-03-29 | WY

Journey to Ram Flat Play performance
2018-03-20 16:00 - 17:00 UTC | Warm Valley Lodge, 5623-5629 S 1st St, Dubois, WY, 82513, United States
We are thrilled to present, in partnership with the wonderful students at Lights On, our play Journey to Ram Flat! Please join us at Warm Valley Lodge for our first-ever play production this week.
Gavin the ram and his friends set out to find Ram Flat, a place high in the Wind River Mountains where the bighorns long to go. The journey is a wild adventure, filled with encounters with other wildlife, predators and even disease. The journey leads Gavin and the other bighorns down a path that goes against every one of their instincts. Still, the bighorns persevere, reaching Ram Flat to enjoy summer in the high country.
This event is free and open to the public. We hope to see you there!

Bighorn Capture & Research Volunteer Observer Opportunity
2018-03-17 | National Bighorn Sheep Center, United States
If you are interested in volunteering and observing local Whiskey Mountain bighorn sheep captures and research work conducted by the WY Cooperative Fish & Wildlife Research Unit of the University of Wyoming and the WY Game & Fish Department, please sign up by emailing Sara or call 307-455-3429. More details about meeting place, estimated time-frame, etc. will be provided when you sign up.

Photos by Don Evans
