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 ...

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

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 ...

Wildlife officials from Idaho, Washington and Oregon are monitoring a new outbreak of pneumonia that is killing wild bighorn sheep in the northern end of Hells Canyon. Preliminary data indicates ...

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 ...

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

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.

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