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Politics won’t fix the bighorn sheep messJune 24th 2009
When the Legislature sided with the domestic sheep industry this year, it called for best management practices to prevent domestic sheep from infectng bighorns with a fatal form of pneumonia.
BMPs have limits. The sick ram was spotted commingling with domestic sheep near Riggins. But it took... -
On The Range Wild bighorns threatened by domestic sheepJune 23rd 2009
At one point in my life I was very interested in studying wild sheep. I
almost accepted a graduate research project at the U of Alaska to look at
winter diet and behavior of Dall sheep in the Brooks Range. I wimped out
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Controversy sends U of I into damage controlJune 22nd 2009
“The views expressed herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views, opinions or policies of the Wild Sheep Foundation”
No surprise here. The University of Idaho has put Marie Bulgin on paid
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Sheep group’s director: Industry stands behind embattled professorJune 20th 2009Stan Boyd, executive director of the Idaho Wool Growers Association, said
the industry stands behind a sheep researcher who is now on leave from
administrative duties at the University of Idaho’s Caine Veterinary Teaching
and Research Center in Caldwell.
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Nevada hunters can now return tags for any any reason; retain bonus pointsJune 19th 2009
You forgot to double check your application and now you have a big game tag for the wrong area. You got the hunt of a lifetime in Montana and now you can’t use your Nevada tag. The Nevada Department of Wildlife (NDOW) is happy to say “no problem” because now hunters can return m...
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UI prof takes leave in midst of bighorn probeJune 17th 2009
BOISE, Idaho (AP) - A University of Idaho professor is taking a leave from research duties while the school completes an investigation into her bighorn sheep disease testimony at the 2009 Idaho Legislature and in federal court.
The Moscow-based school said Wednesday that Marie Bulgin will s...
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University of Idaho Statement: Update on Bighorn Sheep Research InvestigationJune 17th 2009“The University of Idaho continues its thorough investigation into the facts surrounding professor of veterinary medicine Marie Bulgin’s testimony before the Idaho legislature during the 2009 session, and her written statements in federal litigation, relating to transmission of disease b...
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Misinformation Has Attributed to the Severe Declines in Some Bighorn Sheep Populations.June 15th 2009The science is irrefutable! When bighorn sheep are forced to share the range with domestic sheep and goats bighorn sheep lose. Countless peer-reviewed and published scientific documents express the facts, whether in captive research or in free-range settings, that wild bighorn sheep are susceptible ...
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IDFG kills ailing bighorn sheepJune 12th 2009Ram had mingled with domestic herd three weeks ago
Idaho Fish and Game officials killed a sick bighorn ram that has been wandering free for more than three weeks after being spotted within 50 to 75 yards of domestic sheep near Riggins.
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Bighorn battle intensifiesJune 11th 2009
Group says UI research center had evidence of disease link
BOISE - A University of Idaho research center has had evidence for 15 years that bighorn sheep can get deadly diseases directly from domestic sheep on the open range, despite the center coordinator’s in...
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Secretary Salazar Lauds President’s Intent to Nominate Sam Hamilton as Director of U.S. Fish and Wildlife ServiceJune 10th 2009
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today praised President Obama’s announcement that he intends to nominate Sam D. Hamilton to be the next Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Hamilton, a career senior biologist and manager with the Service, currently is...
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Can Idaho manage wild and domestic sheep together?June 7th 2009
Riggins rancher Mick Carlson had come to know the aging wild bighorn with a full curled rack that shared the Salmon River canyon with his bands of domestic sheep.
The 7-year-old ram’s coat had lightened like the graying of an old dog when Ca...
FNAWS Past President Jerald T. Waite Passes away at the age of 68June 4th 2009Jerald Turner Waite “Doc”, the son of Dr. John and Ruth Waite (Hantelman), was born June 11, 1940, in Fort Dodge, Iowa. He passed away Monday, June 1, 2009 in Bancroft, Iowa at the age of 68 years.
He was baptized and confirmed at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Fenton, Io...The Wild Sheep Foundation Performs Advocacy Work in Washington, D.C.June 1st 2009Recently the Wild Sheep Foundation’s Neil Thagard visited with numerous policy-makers in Washington, D.C. regarding the conflicts between domestic sheep grazing on Federal Lands within suitable historic wild sheep habitats.
Thagard provided briefings on the issue to other conservati...
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