Bighorn Sheep
Background Information on Bighorn Sheep
BIGHORN RESEARCH
Ongoing Research on Bighorn Sheep
Request for Funding from the Public Lands Endowment Trust
Research Proposal -- Bighorn and Domestic Sheep Interface Risk Analysis:
Public Land Grazing and Comparative Immune System Investigation
LEGISLATION
Interior Appropriations Language as it Relates to Bighorn Sheep
2012 Occupied Bighorn Sheep Habitat Maps
Maps displaying occupied bighorn sheep habitat with Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management domestic sheep allotments were developed in cooperation with the Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies (WAFWA) Wild Sheep Working Group. Occupied wild sheep habitat information was provided by individual State wildlife management agency while the grazing layers were supplied by the associated federal land management agency. Data for Forest Service allotments were derived from the INFRA database. Maps will be updated in the late spring or early summer annually to changed distributions of wild or domestic sheep. Click here for maps.
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
July 16, 2012 -- Idaho Statesman
Rocky Barker: BLM Orders Sheep Out of Bighorn Land
July 15, 2012 -- Wenatchee World via Associated Press
Bighorn Sheep Health Worries May Cut Grazing Land
June 14, 2012 -- Summit Daily News, Colorado
Two Competing Species: Mountain Goat v. Bighorn Sheep
July 2012 -- Shepherd Magazine Reprinted from Wyoming Livestock Roundup
Enviros Target Bighorn Sheep on Medicine Bow National Forest
May 3, 2012 -- Billings Gazette
Highway Accidents Decimating Bighorn Sheep Herd in Thompson Falls Area
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