Exposure of bighorn sheep populations to Movi is usually followed by a die-off. The severity of these die-offs can vary, with population declines ranging from 5 – 100 percent.

Wild sheep can then pass the pathogen to their offspring, resulting in low lamb recruitment in previously-impacted herds. Meanwhile, SDGFP has been considering a proposal to increase the number of ...

Bighorn sheep will be captured through Feb. 28 by net gunning from a helicopter and brought to a processing site near the capture location. Biologists will take health samples, radio collar the ...

The bighorn sheep are also valuable to the hunters who get one of the few permits to hunt them, he said. The GFP has tested several sheep in the Hell Canyon unit.

In Hells Canyon, pneumonia sickens and kills bighorn sheep By Courtney Flatt (Northwest News Network) Feb. 6, 2024 4:54 p.m.

In case of a bighorn sheep emergency, call the Bighorn Institute at 760-346-7334. If you are unable to reach the institute, call Erin Schaeffer with California Fish and Wildlife at 760-628-4022.

LA GRANDE, Ore. (KTVZ) – A pneumonia outbreak was detected in bighorn sheep in northern Hells Canyon in mid-December and is ongoing, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife said Wednesday.

From there, I decided against stopping for lunch and headed straight to the Borrego Palm Canyon Trail to take my chances at seeing some bighorn sheep. Some notes about hiking in Anza-Borrego ...

Bighorn sheep population By Scott Sandsberry Yakima Herald-Republic May 27, 2014 May 27, 2014Updated May 23, 2015 0 ...

Pneumonia sickens, kills Hells Canyon bighorn sheep Courtney Flatt February 06, 2024 / 3:31 pm A bighorn sheep ram in Baker County, Ore.