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Bighorn Sheep

Background Information on Bighorn Sheep

Ongoing Research on Bighorn Sheep


Op-Ed Letters 
     Industry In Support of Rep. Simpson -- By Peter Orwick
     Bighorn Debate Not Just About Idaho -- By Margaret Soulen Hinson

Domestic Livestock Grazing Letters of Support
     ASI / PLC
     Center of the Nation -- Belle Fourche, South Dakota
     Chargeurs Wool (USA) -- Jamestown, South Carolina
     Mountain States Rosen -- Greeley, Colorado and Bronx, New York
     National Textile Association -- Boston, Massachusetts
     Pendleton Woolen Mills -- Portland, Oregon
     Superior Farms -- Davis, California

Recently Published Articles

November 1, 2011 -- Denver Post
Border-tramping burros in Texas park's corss hairs

September 21, 2011 -- Livestock Weekly
Sheep Producers Are Challenged by Enviros Over Bighorn Issue

September 12, 2011 -- Western Livestock Journal
Domestic Sheep Losing Ground to Bighorns

September 10, 2011 -- Wyoming Livestock Roundup
Experimental Vaccine in Development for Bighorn Sheep

August 4, 2011 -- MercuryNews.com
California man wins bighorn sheep lottery

September 20, 2010 -- The Jamestown Sun
North Dakota bighorn sheep population is healthy

February 24, 2011 -- Great Falls Tribune
Bighorn tag big moneymaker for sheep, FWP

March 14, 2011 -- Nebraska State Paper
Nebraska Bighorn Permit Brings $117,500

May 30, 2011 -- Denver Post
Bighorn Trouble

April 12, 2011 -- Associated Press
University Researcher Tests New Wild Sheep Vaccine

March 17, 2011 -- Idaho Statesman
Clashing Sheep Cultures in Idaho

March 1, 2011 -- Associated Press
Outbreak Kills Hundreds of Bighorn Sheep in West


Bighorn Working Session Recommendations -- June 14, 2011

Nat'l Forests in the West Domestic Sheep and Bighorn Sheep Habitat


Bighorn Sheep Meeting Presentations -- June 14, 2011

     Reader's Digest Overview: Respiratory Disease in Bighorn Sheep
        Peregrin Wolff, DVM -- Nevada Department of Wildlife

     Update on Bighorn Sheep Vaccines
        Michael W. Miller -- Colorado Division of Wildlife

     Alternative Allotments
        Ralph Giffen -- Acting Director of the U.S. Forest Service

     Bighorn Sheep Occupied Habitat and Domestic Sheep Allotment Mapping
        Melanie Woolever -- U.S. Forest Service
        Tom Rinkes -- Bureau of Land Management