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Bighorn Sheep

  • Payette National Forest proposes drastic reduction in sheep !

    Ralph Maughan

    There is a public meeting meeting Monday, Oct. 6 in Boise on the proposal. A supplemental draft environmental statement just released by the Payette National Forest on bighorn sheep viability proposes a 61% reduction in domestic sheep allotment acreage to separate bighorn and domestic sheep, thus clearly protecting the bighorn from disease transmission of their…

  • Grazing may cease to protect bighorns

    Brian Ertz

    Grazing domestic sheep in bighorn habitat exposes bighorn to deadly disease and massive die-offs.  Western Watersheds Project successfully brought this point to the Payette National Forest via federal court winning a temporary halt to grazing domestic sheep in the critical bighorn habitat of Hells Canyon and the Salmon River.  Because of these decisions, the Payette National Forest…

  • Payette Forest bighorn sheep decision expected out soon

    Brian Ertz

    Rocky Barker blogs about the bighorn sheep issue in Idaho.   Payette Forest bighorn sheep decision expected out soon – Letters from the West  But the ranchers who still run sheep are a hardy and dedicated bunch. They don’t want to give up a long family tradition. In fact, they want to pass it down to…

  • Wyoming bighorns in decline.

    Ralph Maughan

    Wyoming bighorns in decline. Casper Star Tribune. By Chris Merrill The primary cause is domestic sheep. If you want bighorns, you can’t have sheep in the area or even travelling through it.

  • Politicized IDFG: Official gets demoted for "a number of factors"

    Brian Ertz

    The message to employees is clear at Idaho Department of Fish & Game (IDFG) – when it comes to development projects on public lands that threaten wildlife – keep your mouth shut. David Parrish, Magic Valley regional supervisor for IDFG former Magic Valley regional supervisor for IDFG, has a problem – a political problem.  Parrish…

  • Do bighorn sheep roam Idaho's rugged Pioneer Mountains!

    Ralph Maughan

    Do bighorn sheep roam the Pioneers? Project seeks to determine if these elusive mountain climbers occupy rugged range. By Jason Kauffman. Idaho Mounain Express.

  • Fish and Game kills bighorn to prevent disease.

    Brian Ertz

    The first bighorn sheep ram was killed last Tuesday near Riggins, Idaho under the new Idaho policy to keep bighorn and domestic sheep and goats apart. Fish and Game kills bighorn to prevent disease Rocky Barker, Idaho Statesman.

  • Arizona Game and Fish: confusing and error-filled statements about bighorn and desert cougars at Kofa National Wildlife Refuge

    Ralph Maughan

    If you are not familiar with Kofa, it is huge, almost 700,000 acres. However, the bighorn have been struggling there, but their numbers are now increasing, a fact the AZ F & G ignored as they announced, but may not honor, a one-year moratorium on removal of desert cougars in the area (perhaps 3 are…

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