EP102 Conservation Vision 2030

WSF began developing Conservation Vision documents in 2013/14 to serve as a guiding document for WSF's conservation and wild sheep enhancement priorities. The first was the Convention Vision (CV) 2020, followed by CV 2025, and our most recent is CV2030 developed during the 2025-26 fiscal year to guide our conservation funding priorities to the year 2030. In this episode, Sheep Fever co-host Gray N. Thornton walks through the process with WSF Conservation staff and biologists Corey Mason, Kevin Hurley, Kurt Alt, and Bill Jex. They discuss the why and how of the current vision and the intended impact and outcome WSF intends to achieve. WSF CVs are collaborative visions from experts on our Professional Resource Advisory Board (PRAB), WAFWA Wild Sheep Initiative and WSF conservation staff all working together to craft a future for wild sheep. The document also provides the base for WSF Conservation Funding Priorities for Grant in Aid. All of this is covered in this informative episode on how wild sheep conservation works in North America and around the globe.