On February 15th WHIN working with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service went to Wamp Spring located on the Desert National Wildlife Refuge to remove a poachers blind as well all the wood and metal and garbage from an old cabin site located just below the spring. This is one of the few year round springs located on the north side of the refuge and the primary user of this spring are mule deer. Within a mile of the spring we spotted 3 mule deer bucks that reaffirmed the use of the spring by mule deer. One pickup load of lumber and metal were removed and hauled off to Vegas and disposed of. WHIN would like to thank Matt and Harry of USFWS for bringing this project to our attention and of course all the WHIN members that came out and helped on the project.
On February 8th the Fraternity of the Big Horn Sheep had a project named Ken located in the Last Chance Range. The scope of the project was to update Ken to the new maintenance free system that included placing new water tanks and a new drinker as well. Approximately 40 members and friends of the Fraternity showed up to help. WHIN had 5 to 10 members show up to help out and the project was completed in just one day. WHIN looks forward to working with the Fraternity on future projects.
