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Additional information is available from these cooperating organizations. W e thought you might like to know a little more about the organizations that have helped to make this activity book possible. Colorado Division of Wildlife is the state agency responsible by law to protect, preserve and enhance and manage wildlife and their environment for the use, benefit and enjoyment of the people of Colorado and its visitors. Colorado Division of Wildlife 6060 Broadway Denver, CO 80216 (303) 297-1192 Boone & Crockett Club was founded in 1887 by Theodore Roosevelt and a small group of his friends. It was one of our nation’s first conservation organizations. The club’s achieve- ments include the protection of Yellowstone and Glacier National Parks, establishment of federal forest reserves which became the National Forest System, support of national and state wildlife refuges, and the framing of wildlife protection laws. The club promotes conservation and out- door ethics; supports wildlife research, education and management; and maintains records of North America’s big game animals taken in fair chase. Boone & Crockett Club 250 Station Drive Missoula, MT 59801 Foundation for North American Wild Sheep is a not-for-profit conser- vation organization whose purpose is to promote and enhance increasing populations of indigenous wild sheep on the North American Continent, to safeguard against the decline or extinction of such species and to fund programs for professional manage- ment of these populations. To provide conservation, education and research in the cause of not only wild sheep, but all wildlife and its habitat in the support of sportsmen’s rights. Foundation for North American Wild Sheep 720 Allen Avenue Cody, WY 82414 (307) 527-6261 Rocky Mountain Bighorn Society is a not-for-profit conservation organiza- tion whose common purpose is to support the sound management of Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep and their habitat and to promote the advancement and knowledge of the bighorn sheep. Members also support the proper management and wise use of mountain goats and all wildlife. Rocky Mountain Bighorn Society P.O. Box 8320 Denver, CO 80201 Special thanks to Joe Bishop. Rocky Mountain Goats Foundation is a not-for-profit Colorado Corporation. Its goals are to increase public awareness of the continued need for professional wildlife manage- ment and the protection of all wildlife habitats; to fund educational and scholarship wildlife activities at all lev- els; to solicit and receive donations, gifts, grants and to raise funds for the benefit of all wildlife and their habitats. It evolved from the International Order of Rocky Mountain Goats, a conserva- tion organization founded in 1966. Rocky Mountain Goats Foundation P.O. Box 614 Littleton, CO 80160 Colorado Bowhunters Association is a not-for-profit conservation organi- zation that encourages and perpetu- ates the sport of bowhunting for all legal game; works to protect, improve and increase the opportunities for hunting with the hand-drawn bow; cooperates with and support federal and state agencies, sportsmen’s organizations and conservation organ- izations; which are insuring the propa- gation and preservation of game and its natural habitat; encourages and conducts educational programs designed to acquaint the public and the archer with safe and ethical use of the bow for hunting and bowhunting as an effective method of hunting legal game; and to foster unity and perpetuate the spirit of good fellow- ship among bowhunters. Colorado Bowhunters Association P.O. Box 24250 Denver, CO 80224