Dear Members,

As President of NBU I would like to say to our volunteers, you are amazing! I have talked to other organizations and one question always comes up, "How do you get so many volunteers to show up, work so hard and be so dedicated?" At the sheep show we had an army of volunteers for the Exhibitor Move In, the Youth Wildlife Conservation Experience and Exhibitor Move Out. At our guzzlers we have a work force that we can count on to be there and get the job done time after time! If you have never seen our volunteers build a guzzler, go to our web site, NevadaBighornsUnlimited.org, and click on the Moho Mountain guzzler on the opening page. This fifteen minute video will give you a thorough idea of what it takes to build a guzzler. By the way you don't need to have any experience in construction, we will teach it to you on the job. If you are interested in becoming involved, email me at the address below and I will add you to our volunteer project contact list. You won't get a phone call, just an email to let you kow when and where our next project will be. If you want to come, shoot me an email so we know how many steaks to bring for the grill. We feed you lunch and dinner on Saturday. Speaking of guzzlers, Mel Belding is at it again, we have more guzzlers to build and rebuild this year. Check out the dates on our calendar on the web site and below in this edition of the Journal.

NBU mourns the passing of two ardent supporters, Lee McKenzie who served as a Director, and Bronze Ram LIfe member James Speck. Our thoughts and prayers are with their families and friends.

Wow, we are coming up on April 6th… Banquet time again! Have you saved the date and do you have your tickets? We are preparing for our best banquet ever! We have put together a program that will knock your socks off too!

We are also busy helping to the 2nd Annual Mason T Ortiz Youth Outdoor Skills Camp July 20 - 22, 2012. This is another volunteer opportunity for those who love the outdoors and would like to share it with our youth. If you think you might be interested helping out as a volunteer or as a youth mentor email Mike Bertoldi. Be sure to do this soon as all our volunteers for the camp are required to go through a background check.

I would like to take this time to welcome Art Hinckley as our newest Gold Ram Life Member, number 61! Art has served on the NBU Board of Directors for years and has recently retired from the Board. We will certainly miss him! Thank you Art for your service to NBU, Nevada's wildlife and our outdoor heritage!

In closing I would like to thank you for your membership in NBU! You, our members, donors, sponsors, supporters and volunteers are exactly what have made NBU what it is today!

Thank You!