http://www.missoulian.com/news/state-and-regional/article_f55505e8-25bb-11df-92bd-001cc4c002e0.html
BIG ARM - One adult ewe died from heat stress, but Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks says 40 more bighorn sheep were successfully transplanted from Wildhorse Island in Flathead Lake last week.
FWP spokesman John Fraley said 16 of 17 bighorns captured Friday were released at the Kootenai Falls Wildlife Management Area west of Libby that evening.
The 24 sheep captured Saturday were taken to Berray Mountain near the Bull River in Sanders County and released the same day.
A helicopter crew paid by the Montana Wild Sheep Foundation ferried the animals from the island’s burgeoning herd to Big Arm State Park, where FWP officials and volunteers checked their health, poured water on them to cool them down, and gave them vitamin and mineral shots before they were transported in horse trailers.
A similar operation in January of 2008 moved nearly as many sheep to Kootenai Falls, but many didn’t survive a heavy snowfall that ensued and lasted for more than three straight weeks.
This year’s transplant occurred seven weeks later, but warmer temperatures were a concern.
Ewes were the focus this year, and Fraley said the 41 sheep captured included 34 ewes, five yearling rams and two ram lambs.
The transplant left about 160 bighorn sheep on Wildhorse - still more than the 100 to 125 FWP says the 2,100-acre island’s habitat can optimally support. Another transplant is likely next year, officials said during the operation.

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