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Custer State Park — The heart of South Dakota's Black Hills  -  19 Aug 2007
Deseret News,...game preserve that preceded establishment of the state park, Miller says, including elk, pronghorn antelope, mountain goats, bighorn sheep and turkeys.

Bighorns return to historic range  -  Aug 17, 2007
The Casper Star Tribune,The work continued Monday as Elise Goldstein, a bighorn sheep biologist with the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish, set up radio frequencies so the

Bighorn sheep get their drinking water  -  Aug 16, 2007
Nevada Appeal,As a general rule, desert (Nelson) bighorn sheep drink at least one gallon of water per day during the hot summer months of Southern Nevada.

Bighorns return to historic range  -  Aug 16, 2007
The Casper Star Tribune,The work continued Monday as Elise Goldstein, a bighorn sheep biologist with the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish, set up radio frequencies so the

Feds Propose Habitat for Bighorn Sheep  -  Jul 25, 2007
Forbes,..."If you took some parties' argument to the extreme, they would say we need Sierra Nevada bighorn sheep all the way to British Columbia, but we felt like

Feds propose habitat for bighorn sheep  -  Jul 26, 2007
San Jose Mercury News,Environmentalists claim in the suit the Sierra Nevada bighorn sheep couldn't recover because their habitat wasn't protected as required under the Endangered

Bagging a California Bighorn Sheep tag not easy  -  Aug 10, 2007
Reno Gazette Journal,Nevada Dept of Wildlife Biologist Jason Salisbury checks out this mounted Desert Bighorn sheep at the Fallon NDOW office. The odds of drawing a tag for an

Bighorn sheep permit to be awarded  -  Aug 10, 2007
Sherman Denison Herald Democrat,A highly-prized permit to hunt a Desert Bighorn Sheep in west Texas will highlight the auction at the Oct. 5 EXPO Banquet & Conservation Hall of Fame

Helicopter to help trap bighorn sheep  -  Aug 7, 2007
KOB.com,PECOS, NM (AP) - The state Game and Fish Department plans to use helicopters in a project to trap and move bighorn sheep near Pecos.

Bighorn sheep safe but sick after rescue from dog chase  -  Jul 30, 2007
Press-Enterprise (subscription),By STEVE MOORE THERMAL - A sick baby bighorn sheep chased by ranch dogs, but saved by good Samaritans who herded it into a horse corral, remains in critical

Feds propose 400000-acre habitat for endangered bighorn sheep  -  Jul 27, 2007
North Lake Tahoe Bonanza,...who claimed the Sierra Nevada bighorn sheep couldn't recover because their habitat wasn't protected as required under the Endangered Species Act.

Disease threatens bighorn sheep  -  Jul 25, 2007
Salem Statesman Journal,Bighorn sheep in the Hells Canyon area of northeast Oregon are undergoing a die-off that researchers believe could be a result of bacterial pneumonia passed

Feds propose habitat for bighorn sheep  -  Jul 25, 2007
Sky Valley Journal,By GARANCE BURKE, AP Writer 11 minutes ago FRESNO, Calif. - More than 400000 acres of wildlands in the Eastern Sierra Nevada should serve as a protected

Critical Habitat Designation Recommended For Bighorn Sheep  -  Jul 25, 2007
KRNV,The Sierra Nevada bighorn sheep is a large mammal in the family Bovidae. They have smooth coats consisting of guard hairs and dense fleece varying from dark

Public helps FWP nab bighorn sheep poachers  -  Jul 21, 2007
Billings Gazette,Tips from the public helped state wildlife officials solve the poaching of three bighorn sheep in the Bonner area, as well as other wildlife violations.

Feds Want to Designate 400K Acres of Sierra Nevada for Bighorn Sheep  -  Jul 26, 2007
ABC30.com,...(AP) -- The federal government wants to designate more than 400K acres of wildland as a protected habitat for the endangered Sierra Nevada Bighorn Sheep.

Endangered Bighorn Sheep Could Get 400000 Acres of Protected Habitat  -  Jul 26, 2007
Plenty Magazine,Service proposed that more than 400000 acres in California's Eastern Sierra Nevada mountain range be set aside as protected habitat for bighorn sheep.

Public helps FWP nab bighorn sheep poachers | KXNet.com North ...  -  Jul 21, 2007
KXMC,The case involves three bighorn sheep and began last spring, when a game warden for the state found a ram that had been killed and left to rot.

29 bighorn released in northeastern New Mexico  -  Aug 10, 2007
KOB.com,TERRERO, NM (AP) - The Dry Cimarron River in northeastern New Mexico is now home to 29 Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep that were captured in the Pecos area and

See the Colorado Aspens glow and get deals on hotels along the way  -  Aug 17, 2007
Dallas Morning News (subscription),Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep wander on the slopes of Mount Evans near Idaho Springs, Colo. The route: From Idaho Springs, 33 miles west of Denver,

Helicopters to help with bighorn trapping operation (12:48 pm)  -  Aug 7, 2007
Las Cruces Sun-News,By AP PECOS, NM — The state plans to use helicopters in an operation to trap and relocate bighorn sheep from Pecos Baldy. A New Mexico National Guard

Bighorn poaching probe leads to multitude of charges  -  Jul 20, 2007
The Missoulian,...“Poaching a single bighorn sheep is something of a fairly momentous occasion in our office,� Stonesifer said. “They are an animal that is highly valued by

Raffles a potential bonanza for hunters  -  Aug 8, 2007
Dallas Morning News (subscription),The Grand Slam winner receives hunts for desert bighorn sheep, white-tailed deer, mule deer and pronghorn antelope. TP&W approves a handful of bighorn sheep

Letter: Mountain lion issue omitted  -  Jul 31, 2007
Enterprise-Record,Regarding Thursday's story about bighorn sheep, the California Department of Fish and Game has known of the incompatibility of domestic sheep and bighorn

Yellowstone trip misses just one thing: bighorn  -  Jul 21, 2007
YourHub.com,Wolves can be seen near the northeast corner ... but when Don Buss advised us at the visitor center that we might spot bighorn sheep, I had only one

A few points about antlers  -  Aug 4, 2007
HeraldNet,Bighorn sheep and mountain goats have horns that can't be replaced and that grow throughout their lives. Bighorn sheep have massive horns that curve

Murrieta Mesa mascot named  -  Aug 17, 2007
North County Times,..."It may not have been bighorn sheep. But they are about an hour away in Anza," the board president said, referring to Anza-Borrego State Park.

Region Briefs - 08/7  -  Aug 7, 2007
Press-Enterprise (subscription),A young bighorn sheep that was rescued, then taken for treatment to The Living Desert in Palm Desert, has died, officials said.

Wild Horse Herd Wins Reprieve  -  Aug 18, 2007
TheHorse.com,The victory for horses endangers pronghorn antelope, bighorn sheep, pygmy rabbits, sage grouse, mule deer, and untold species found in isolated springs,

Check out Northwest Montana online  -  Aug 17, 2007
Atlanta Journal Constitution,Waterton Lake to the wreck of a century-old paddle wheeler, hike on 120 miles of trails and see wildlife, including bears, bighorn sheep and bison.

Colo. regulators OK voluntary pollution plan for national park  -  Aug 17, 2007
San Diego Union Tribune,The 266000-acre park has 60 peaks higher than 12000 feet and is home to elk, deer, moose, bighorn sheep, mountain lions, bears and eagles.

Perfecting Democratic Presidential Candidacy  -  Aug 17, 2007
SmallTownPapers News Service,According to the Saturday Journal, the Game and Fish meddlers are airlifting bighorn sheep right now, so Bill has an available chopper.

State News  -  Aug 13, 2007
Cibola County Beacon,Other opportunities include attending bighorn sheep trapping and translocation projects, viewing elk during the rut on the Sargent Wildlife Management Area

Build Your Own Travel Business At Home  -  Aug 5, 2007
أرابياThis month my wife and I are taking a quick summer vacation to Canon City, Colorado, for a ? day white-water rafting adventure in Bighorn Sheep Canyon and a

Powerlink creates unlikely alliance  -  Aug 16, 2007
San Diego Union Tribune,A fundraising meeting in Warner Springs this summer featured a painting of a bighorn sheep with a tear running down its face.

By Alan Liere  -  Aug 17, 2007
The Spokesman Review,The raffle returned a gross of $101.880, 90 percent of which will go to the WDFW Bighorn Sheep Project. Several large Idaho fires have raised concerns about

Public hunt drawings offer affording hunting  -  Jul 25, 2007
Jasper Newsboy,A guided bighorn sheep hunt at a West Texas wildlife management area will again be offered this year depending on the availability of a bighorn sheep permit

Crown of the Continent  -  Aug 15, 2007
National Geographic,...twisted trees 200 years old but scarcely tall enough to hide a bighorn sheep, impatient wildflowers shoving through snow to unfurl their colors,

G&F proposes limited sheep hunting  -  Aug 3, 2007
Billings Gazette,By Gazette News Services POWELL - The Wyoming Game and Fish Department has proposed allowing hunters to kill two bighorn sheep trophy rams in the Devils

NDOW commissioners to meet in Ely  -  Aug 4, 2007
Lahontan Valley News,..."We have created an ambitious plan to continue the success we've had restoring herds of bighorn sheep and pronghorn," said Mike Cox, NDOW big game biologist

Drawings for public hunts undergo changes  -  Aug 1, 2007
Austin American-Statesman (subscription),The most valuable hunt available for a public hunter will be for a desert bighorn sheep permit in West Texas. This will be a five-day guided hunt with food

Northwest Trek trip sparks interest in antlers  -  Aug 4, 2007
The Olympian,Horns (mountain goats, bighorn sheep) grow continuously and are never shed; antlers (deer, elk, moose, caribou) are shed and regrown each year.

Stunning Beauty  -  Aug 3, 2007
The Southern,Bighorn sheep are often seen along the Going to the Sun Road. "There are wolves in the park, but those are rarely seen. We have black bear.

Don't Go Hiking With Captain Pain  -  Aug 16, 2007
American SpectatorUsing my binoculars, I spotted a pair of gray bighorn sheep -- a ram and a ewe -- on the opposite ridge across the creek. They chewed their cud and seemed

Salmon and steelhead  -  Aug 10, 2007
The Spokesman Review,Info: (208) 476-5418 Gary Maxwell of Boise is the winner of Idaho's special bighorn sheep lottery permit, one of the most desirable in Idaho.

Wildlife Commission to meet Aug. 10-11 in Ely  -  Aug 9, 2007
Nevada Appeal,Populations of bighorn sheep re-established through NDOW's translocation efforts make up about 69% of the herds in the state.

Experts Differ Over Response to a Nuclear-Armed Iran  -  Jul 26, 2007
CNSNews.com,The "critical habitat" designation stems from a 2005 lawsuit filed by environmentalists who said the bighorn sheep can't recover because their habitat isn't

Guaranteeing a park campsite  -  Aug 10, 2007
Helena Independent Record,The carousel famously offers rides not only on horses but on a variety of other animals that call Montana home, including mountain goats, bighorn sheep,

A resort town thirsts for solutions  -  Aug 11, 2007
Los Angeles Times,...spell trouble for the park's wildlife, including several species of toads and frogs and the endangered least Bell's vireo and peninsular bighorn sheep.

Big Time Hunts Open Doors To Top Spots  -  Aug 4, 2007
Tyler Morning Telegraph,The hunts include: Texas Grand Slam - in which one winner will be taken on four separate hunts for desert bighorn sheep, white-tailed deer, mule deer,

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