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Join NWPB reporter Rachel Sun to learn about bighorn sheep restoration in the northwest. Members of the Hells Canyon Initiative gathered Dec. 8 on the Idaho side of Hells Canyon south of Lewiston ...
Historical reports indicate there were thousands of bighorn sheep in the canyons and mountains surrounding Hells Canyon.
Bighorn sheep are roaming wild in the Catalina Mountains once more. Thirty-one of the fleet, agile animals — captured in rugged mountains near Yuma over the weekend — were released early ...
Wildlife experts race to restore bighorn sheep to West Texas, capturing them by helicopter and releasing them in the Fran Texas Parks and Wildlife is available to stream on pbs.org and the free ...
An eight-member citizens advisory committee for the project includes two members of the Bighorn Sheep Society as well as representatives of prominent environmental groups. The committee has played ...
which has been one of our strongest in recent years,” said FWP Region 6 supervisor Drew Henry. Earlier this month, the Montana Fish and Wildlife Commission closed bighorn sheep hunting in HD 622 ...
ovi found in bighorn sheep are fairly stable ... Scott Thompson, the Region 6 wildlife manager, said signs the Hunting District 622 herd in northeastern Montana may have been in trouble came ...
the Fish and Wildlife Commission decided in an emergency March meeting to close HD 622 to all bighorn sheep hunting. “This is a puzzle,” said Scott Thompson, Region 6 wildlife manager for FWP.
May 29, Emigrant: 5:30-6:30 p.m., Emigrant Community Hall ... The initiative studies the risks of contact between bighorn sheep and domestic sheep and goats and explores tools to maintain ...
Pneumonia in bighorn sheep can be caused by multiple bacteria ... April 22 from 5:30–6:30 p.m. at the Bitterroot River Inn in Hamilton. MSU Extension specialists and FWP biologists will discuss ...
A non-profit organization dedicated to supporting the struggling populations of Bighorn Sheep in the Okanagan is hosting a major fundraiser.
tallied a minimum of 350 bighorn sheep in the grasslands of western North Dakota, the department reported Monday, March 31. That’s down 4% from 2023 and 6% above the five-year average ...