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July 2008
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Bighorns Facing Smaller HabitatMarch 25th 2008With their chiseled forms, sure-footedness and coiled horns, bighorn sheep have long symbolized the rugged American West. They grace everything from heavy-duty trucks to the helmets of football teams.
But by 1998, bighorns in San Diego, Riverside and Imperial counties had been ravaged so much by ...
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Tracking the BighornsMarch 3rd 2008
As the five of us hiked around Rising Wolf Mountain, a monolith of ice-chewed rock in the southeast corner of Glacier National Park, we could hear clinking and rattling somewhere in the talus slopes above us—miniature rock slides unleashed by hooves. Kim Keating, a wildlife biologist with t...
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20 bighorn sheep collared for studyFebruary 27th 2008Wildlife biologists have captured 20 female bighorn sheep in the Teton Range and fitted the animals with radio collars. The sheep were netted by helicopter earlier this month. The operation involved Grand Teton National Park, the U.S. Forest Service and the Wyoming Game and Fish Department. Official...
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Wyoming Welcomes Wolf AnnouncementFebruary 21st 2008CHEYENNE—Officials with the Wyoming Governor’s office and the Wyoming Game and Fish Department welcomed news from the US Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) today regarding the status of wolves in the Northern Rocky Mountains. In a press conference earlier today, the Service announced th...
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Bighorn sheep settle in the Bears Paw MountainsFebruary 21st 2008The Bear’s Paw Mountains are now home to a number of bighorn sheep recently transplanted onto the Rocky Boy”s Indian Reservation. “A total of 25 sheep, including four young rams and the rest ewes and their young, were captured near Dixon on Jan 16," said Chippewa Cree Tribal F...
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