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When: Saturday, May 1^st. Doors open at 4:30 PM, dinner, your choice of sirloin steak, salmon, or veg penne pasta served at 6 PM. Come early to view the many live auction, silent auction and raffle items!
Where: The Plaza at the Mart, I-25 & 58^th Ave.
Cost: $40/person

Order your tickets today online — CLICK ON MERCHANDISE TAB above AND THEN ONTO EVENTS at left side of menu.
Or call 303-987-0400 ext. 1.

Invite some friends and come to win great raffle prizes, and bid on many items in the silent auction and the live auction.
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Here are a few of the items.  We will feature more of the items soon!

Colorado Wildlife Federation would like to thank Heritage Frames and Fine Art, Fort Collins, CO, for their generous donation of the framing of several prints!

Heritage Frames And Fine Art
4416 Stable Drive
Fort Collins, CO 80525-9635
(970) 224-2641

2010 Habitat Stamp print, stamp and medallion

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Two Eldridge Hardie Prints

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8 foot- 4 piece- 3 weight Elkhorn Flyrod and Reel combo

1 of 7 figurines: One of seven fine bisque porcelain sculptures, hand painted from Lenox
Collections and Murari USA, plus six others.

FOURSOME AT THE  SANCTUARY GOLF COURSE IN SEDALIA

Guns Donated By Dick’s Sporting Goods:
Win one of these guns at the banquet’s “gun board” raffle
[Winner will pick up at Dicks after passing NICS background check]

Bald Eagle photo by Mike Mauro, http://mauromedia.com – frame  donated by Grizzly Creek Custom Framing www.grizzlycreekframing.com

Framed, limited edition Peter Eades print

20 – 60 X60 spotting scope & a 10 – 30 X 50 Zoom Binoculars, in a hard side camo case with tripod & window mount

Mini Bronco Helmets authgraphed by Knowshon Moreno

“Last Glance” by Lorenzo Ghiglieri

Limited Edition In Bronze
Dimensions:26″h x 18″w

Few words are needed to define and reveal the power and beauty of Lorenzo Ghiglieri’s art. It becomes evident when realizing the total scope of his genius. Expressed in his own evocative style, every unique creation is original, recognizing the truth that Lorenzo’s profound diversity and skill will stand the test of time.

He has produced over 500 different bronze sculptures of wildlife, biblical, cultural, and historical themes plus more than 60 monument projects ranging from sculpting the largest grizzly bear in the world to pieces such as the twice life size sculpture of Abraham Lincoln and son Tad for the city hall in Kansas City, Missouri.

Lorenzo’s work graces the walls of the most prestigious establishments in the world. His sculptures and paintings have been presented to Pope John Paul II at The Vatican in Rome, President Ronald Reagan at the White House, Mikhail Gorbachev of the Kremlin and King Juan Carlos of the Royal Palace in Madrid. Tiger Woods, Luciano Pavarotti and General Schwartzkopf are many others who take pride in their ownership of a Lorenzo Ghiglieri sculpture.

In 1994, Lorenzo sculpted the “Official American Bald Eagle” in bronze, silver, and gold, now on display at the White House and part of their permanent collection.

Eloquent, strong, and original. People from all over the world are excited about owning his works and enthused about being a part of his career. There is in his art an inspiration, a universal appeal that has meaning and purpose. This meaning rings clear. It is powerful. It is valuable. It is beautiful and it is American.

 The Little Jewel, Boulder

On Friday, March 5 the US Department of Interior announced that the greater sage grouse will not be listed as an endangered or threatened species under the Endangered Species Act.   Its status will be warranted but precluded.

CWF’s view:    This decision providese an opportunity for landowners, sportsmen and other conservationists to collaborate on approaches that conserve and restore greater sage grouse habitat in ways that benefit all interests.  It is important to understand that the sage grouse is just one indicator of the increasing impacts on the West’s wildlife habitat.  All groups and interests need to work together is we are to sustain our wildlife heritage.     See also CWF’s report, “Northwest Colorado’s Wildlife Habitat Today: Are We Losing Our Heritage?”

On Friday, March 5 the US Department of Interior announced that the greater sage grouse will not be listed as an endangered or threatened species under the Endangered Species Act.   Its status will be warranted but precluded.

CWF’s view:    This decision providese an opportunity for landowners, sportsmen and other conservationists to collaborate on approaches that conserve and restore greater sage grouse habitat in ways that benefit all interests.  It is important to understand that the sage grouse is just one indicator of the increasing impacts on the West’s wildlife habitat.  All groups and interests need to work together is we are to sustain our wildlife heritage.     See also CWF’s report, “Northwest Colorado’s Wildlife Habitat Today: Are We Losing Our Heritage?”

Oil and gas leasing policy reforms on federal public lands announced by Secretary Salazar on January 6:

New guidance to BLM field managers.  BLM is to take a more active role in determining which parcels will be offered at lease auction sales.   Secretary Salazar noted that in 1998 slightly more than 1 percent of leases were protested.  In 2008 40 percent were protested.   [CWF protested leases of federal public lands parcels that were in critical wildlife habitat – migratory corridors, greater sage grouse leks, etc. ]

New guidance on issuing categorical exclusions to eliminate their use in “extraordinary circumstances.”

[CWF, Wyoming Wildlife Federation and New Mexico Wildlife Federation wrote a Guest Commentary in the Denver Post  on November 17, 2009 stating why categorical exclusions had become a “tool” to accelerate approval of drilling permits.  “Loose rules let oil and gas drilling alter the West.”

Oil and gas leasing policy reforms on federal public lands announced by Secretary Salazar on January 6:

New guidance to BLM field managers.  BLM is to take a more active role in determining which parcels will be offered at lease auction sales.   Secretary Salazar noted that in 1998 slightly more than 1 percent of leases were protested.  In 2008 40 percent were protested.   [CWF protested leases of federal public lands parcels that were in critical wildlife habitat – migratory corridors, greater sage grouse leks, etc. ]

New guidance on issuing categorical exclusions to eliminate their use in “extraordinary circumstances.”

[CWF, Wyoming Wildlife Federation and New Mexico Wildlife Federation wrote a Guest Commentary in the Denver Post  on November 17, 2009 stating why categorical exclusions had become a “tool” to accelerate approval of drilling permits.  “Loose rules let oil and gas drilling alter the West.”

On September 10, Colorado’s Executive Director of the Department of Natural Resources was nominated by the Obama Administration to serve as U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Undersecretary for Natural Resources and Environment.  Colorado Wildlife Federation has interacted extensively with Harris Sherman and his staff at the Department of Natural Resources on wildlife and other natural resource issues.  In our view Harris Sherman and his staff have been very accessible, even handed and hard working on important wildlife policy matters.  He and his staff did an outstanding job of balancing interests during the unprecedented oil and gas rulemaking process.  As a result, Colorado gained minimum protections for wildlife in sensitive wildlife habitat.  This outcome represented a compromise solution.

On September 10, Colorado’s Executive Director of the Department of Natural Resources was nominated by the Obama Administration to serve as U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Undersecretary for Natural Resources and Environment.  Colorado Wildlife Federation has interacted extensively with Harris Sherman and his staff at the Department of Natural Resources on wildlife and other natural resource issues.  In our view Harris Sherman and his staff have been very accessible, even handed and hard working on important wildlife policy matters.  He and his staff did an outstanding job of balancing interests during the unprecedented oil and gas rulemaking process.  As a result, Colorado gained minimum protections for wildlife in sensitive wildlife habitat.  This outcome represented a compromise solution.