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Railway ride to majestic Pikes piques  -  27 Sep 2008
Toronto Star,A little higher, six bighorn sheep play among the rocks. At the beginning of the trip, McFarlane warned that it takes about an hour and a half to reach the

Livestock disease plan focuses on Yellowstone area  -  27 Sep 2008
Great Falls Tribune,Montana wildlife commissioners Thursday supported a plan to trap about 60 bighorn sheep in January, using nets deployed from helicopters, then send them to

Wildlife officials to move pesky bighorn sheep  -  Sep 21, 2008
San Jose Mercury News,Wildlife officials are hoping to round up about 25 desert bighorn sheep from Boulder City and move them out, as officials worry about a growing herd known

State Seeks Relocation Of Bighorn Sheep  -  Sep 22, 2008
Fox5 KVVU,Officials want to take 25 desert bighorn sheep out of the city because the growing herd has been known to disrupt highway traffic, drink from water

Payette National Forest proposes putting bighorn habitat off ...  -  Sep 20, 2008
IdahoStatesman.com,The Payette National Forest has proposed designating bighorn sheep habitat in the Hells Canyon and Salmon River Canyon as unsuitable for domestic grazing.

Bighorn sheep may lose habitat  -  Sep 7, 2008
Baltimore Sun,But as fall approaches, biologists such as Byard are concerned that the peninsular bighorn sheep soon may lose some of the protection that has helped this

San Diego's credit rating is upgraded by Moody's  -  Aug 29, 2008
San Diego Union Tribune,...–AC The US Fish and Wildlife Service this week issued its economic analysis of proposed changes to protections for bighorn sheep and announced two public

Bighorn sheep viewing station opens  -  Sep 16, 2008
Idaho Mountain Express and Guide,By :JASON KAUFFMAN A new bighorn sheep viewing station near the rural community of Salmon will provide roadside viewing opportunities of these majestic

LOCKING HORNS  -  Sep 21, 2008
Las Vegas Review - Journal,By HENRY BREAN Desert bighorn sheep graze last week near a herd of tourists stopped along US Highway 93 in Boulder City. ram drinks from a water fountain at

New map removes bighorn sheep habitat  -  Sep 2, 2008
United Press International3 (UPI) -- The US Fish and Wildlife Service plans to reduce protected areas for an endangered species of bighorn sheep in Southern California.

Bighorn plan clears city's planning commission  -  Sep 17, 2008
The Desert Sun,3-2 Tuesday to approve a project that would put two luxury homes on a hillside plot adjacent to lambing areas for endangered Peninsular bighorn sheep.

New habitat plans for bighorn sheep  -  Aug 31, 2008
The Desert Sun,Proposed changes to protected habitat for the endangered Peninsular bighorn sheep could doom the species, environmentalists warn.

Officials want to expand habitat for California bighorn sheep  -  Aug 29, 2008
Scripps News,Peninsular bighorn sheep were protected under the federal Endangered Species Act in 1998 because of urban encroachment and disease that left the population

Hastings hunter wins state's only shot at bighorn sheep  -  Aug 29, 2008
Omaha World-Herald (subscription),David Janssen of Hastings beat the odds Friday for a shot at hunting a bighorn sheep ram at Fort Robinson State Park in December. Janssen's name was drawn

Life on the rim: Bighorn numbers dwindle  -  Sep 11, 2008
The Casper Star Tribune,Until 1991, it and other slopes of the Wind River Mountains were home to the 2000 or so bighorn sheep that made up the famous Whiskey Mountain herd.

Judge allows sheep watering tanks at Kofa Refuge  -  Sep 11, 2008
KOLD-TV,AP - September 11, 2008 2:44 PM ET PHOENIX (AP) - A federal judge is allowing wildlife officials to rebuild two watering tanks for endangered bighorn sheep

FISHING REPORT  -  Sep 12, 2008
Desert Valley Times,In Southern Nevada, one the most popular animals for wildlife watchers is the desert bighorn sheep -- Nevada’s state animal. Though most animals tend to be

Bringing back Bighorns  -  Sep 11, 2008
Jackson Hole Star-Tribune,But if a recent trend continues, bighorn sheep viewing like this will become even rarer than it already is today. The statewide bighorn sheep population has

Flaming Gorge: Beauty and variety  -  Aug 30, 2008
Salt Lake Tribune,Its beauty, coupled with its populations of mountain lion, bear, deer, antelope, elk and bighorn sheep, plus world class fishing, makes the gorge a

Estes Park, Colo.: Fall color gold rush  -  Sep 14, 2008
Chicago Sun-Times,When I was growing up we never saw moose, rarely sighted bighorn sheep and only occasionally spotted beaver, usually at twilight in the ponds at Beaver

SoCal Marine base seeks 424000-acre expansion  -  Sep 19, 2008
San Jose Mercury News,Palms Marine base—an expansion that would incorporate a popular off-road vehicle area and habitats of the threatened desert tortoise and bighorn sheep.

FWS looks at changes for wildlife refuges  -  Aug 30, 2008
Billings Gazette,By BRETT FRENCH More bighorn sheep, changes to cattle-grazing allotments and fewer roads and fences are just some of the changes being considered by the US

Project would move wild Montana sheep to Utah  -  Sep 25, 2008
KPAX-TV,The Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Commission on Thursday endorsed a plan to trap about 60 bighorn sheep in January. State officials say there are too

Wildlife rule gets Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission ...  -  Sep 22, 2008
Glenwood Springs Post Independent,Those RSO locations include areas where bighorn sheep reproduce and bald eagles nest. It would also encompass areas within 300 feet of any stream that is

Marines eye 400000 acres for training expansion at Twentynine Palms  -  Sep 18, 2008
Press-Enterprise,It also contains habitat for threatened desert tortoises, bighorn sheep and other wildlife. Motorcycle enthusiasts and environmentalists both said they have

A home where snakes and bats can roam  -  Sep 20, 2008
Globe and Mail,Okay, so maybe sports hunters won't be able to continue killing bighorn sheep. And this is a bad thing? Of course, a park of this size isn't created without

Gingery Proposes Wolf Bill  -  Sep 19, 2008
Planet Jackson Hole,...(e) When hunting antelope, bighorn sheep, black bear, deer, gray wolf, mountain goat or mountain lion the longbow hunter must be equipped with a longbow of

Thomas legacy honored at ‘naming dedication’  -  Sep 4, 2008
SmallTownPapers News Service,Simpson said the management area provides habitat for many species of animals including sage grouse, deer, elk, raptors and Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep,

Phoenix man hitting the road to aid reserve  -  Sep 22, 2008
Arizona Republic,Gary Barcom of Payson, former president of Barcom's Parts and Equipment Co., who served as a liaison between the Arizona Desert Bighorn Sheep Society and

Ancient messages from Picture Canyon  -  Sep 25, 2008
Modesto Bee,There are bighorn sheep and bison pecked by pre-Columbian people. There are graceful horses pecked by plains tribes. There are also brands scratched by old

Take your family to where the buffalo roam  -  Sep 22, 2008
Dallas Morning News,Experienced biologists use their knowledge and skills to locate bison as well as elk, deer, moose, bighorn sheep and coyotes in the Teton Mountains.

Groups sue Forest Service over Sierra species  -  Sep 9, 2008
San Jose Mercury News,The lawsuit filed in federal court in San Francisco aims to reinstate the species dropped from the list, including bighorn sheep and the California condor.

Miner photographer wins writing award  -  Sep 19, 2008
Kingman Daily Miner,Amberlyn won for her series of stories and photos on bighorn sheep, the black-footed ferret, the desert tortoise and others, said ocal Game and Fish Program

Badlands National Park teems with nice surprises  -  Sep 20, 2008
Kansas City Star,Bighorn sheep, pronghorn, buffalo, swift-footed ferrets and other animals now wander what seems like an inhospitable land. But they pale to some of the

DEAL / Rocky Mountain high part two: A great trip, but sympathy ...  -  Sep 24, 2008
Blackshear Times,There were mountain blue jays, deer, bighorn sheep, hummingbirds and black squirrels, prairie dogs and even a raccoon. Mr. Ringtail was sitting along the

More wildlife rules get tentative OK from Colorado Oil and Gas ...  -  Sep 23, 2008
Glenwood Springs Post Independent,Those areas would be where bighorn sheep reproduce and bald eagles nest. It would also encompass areas within 300 feet of any stream that is home to

Good morning -- here's what's happening 9.02.08  -  Sep 2, 2008
Los Angeles Times,A plan by the feds to cut habitat could spell the end for the endangered peninsular bighorn sheep. Four people killed by Inglewood police in four months

Call of the wild  -  Sep 5, 2008
Financial Times,But he’s not here for the drawings of buffalo, bighorn sheep and hunters with their bows and arrows. Zavadil works for Bill Barrett Corporation as the

Explore Jasper on horseback  -  Sep 19, 2008
Canada.com,I keep an eye out for mountain goats, bighorn sheep, caribou, elk, and even grizzly bears, while Lex occasionally sniffs the brisk alpine breeze that

A mystery baby, a peyote bust, and the Caltrans director isn't ...  -  Aug 29, 2008
Los Angeles Times,Federal wildlife officials want more land for endangered bighorn sheep in the Coachella Valley. Press-Enterprise A teacher who police say was set up in a

License to Share?  -  Sep 23, 2008
Business Tennessee,...retail stores and do everything from renew their hunting and fishing licenses to purchase applications for big game lotteries like bighorn sheep hunts.

Wildflowers anchor watershed  -  Sep 8, 2008
Jackson Hole Star-Tribune,...the area also serves as spring, summer and fall range for mule deer and moose from the state’s largest herds as well as bighorn sheep and elk.

Arizona Strip holds varied beauty and offerings  -  Sep 18, 2008
Arizona Republic,Joshua trees and broad alluvial plains. Wildlife: Desert tortoises, desert bighorn sheep, raptors and the endangered woundfin minnow in the Virgin River.

A band of hunters Oregon Hunters Association marking 25 years of ...  -  Sep 10, 2008
The Register-Guard,Over the years, the association has donated tens of thousands of dollars to “trap and transplant� operations for bighorn sheep and Columbia whitetailed deer

Oregon State Police plan damaged in takeoff crash  -  Sep 5, 2008
KTVZ,The trooper and the biologist were taking a bighorn sheep census. The 1981 Cessna had to be removed on a flatbed truck because of damage to its

Glacier National Park Fund to make former Sunrise Bakery its new home  -  Sep 11, 2008
Columbia Falls Hungry Horse News,The Fund was created in 1999 and since then has provided key funding for many Park projects, from funding research on bighorn sheep and wolverines,

Landowneers make fences friendlier for wildlife  -  Sep 3, 2008
Laurel Outlook,At the Blue-eyed Nellie WMA near Anaconda, the Anaconda Gun Club, a local landowner and FWP partnered to install a bighorn-sheep friendly fence.

Deerslayer: Virus more vicious this year than in past  -  Sep 12, 2008
Walla Walla Union-Bulletin,Other wildlife, like mule deer, elk, and bighorn sheep could be exposed to the disease but are usually not stricken like white-tailed deer.

Traffic slowed to protect wolves  -  Sep 10, 2008
Calgary Herald,Animals killed include whitetail deer, moose, bighorn sheep, mule deer and black bear. In addition, sensitive species like grizzly bears, lynx and mountain

Downtown Banff gets a makeover  -  Sep 9, 2008
Canada.com,New street furniture has metal arm rests shaped to mimic the horns of the Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep. New lighting, with toppers, has been designed to

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