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A significant trap and transplant operation occurred in mid-June in southern Nevada to aid a desert bighorn sheep population that has been at risk due to chronic drought conditions impacting both surface water and available forage. The Nevada Department of Wildlife, KUIU, Grand Slam Club Ovis, Fraternity of the Desert Bighorn, Nevada Bighorns Unlimited, the Wild Sheep Foundation (WSF), and a host of Nevada conservation NGOs partnered on a rescue mission.

This past week, 77 desert bighorn sheep were captured from the Elephant Mountains Wildlife Management Areas in the Trans-Peco Region of west Texas and safely released into the Franklin Mountains to establish a new wild sheep population. “The Wild Sheep Foundation was thrilled to partner with the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department (TPWD) and Texas Bighorn Society (TBS) as catalysts and funding partners for the establishment of a new disease-free population of desert bighorn sheep,” stated Gray N. Thornton, WSF President and CEO. 

The Wild Sheep Foundation (WSF) applauds the effort to restore desert bighorn sheep in the Lone Star State’s Franklin Mountains State Park.