Endangered bighorn sheep spotted in downtown Palm Springs. Here's what to do if they return
A video that has been making rounds on social media all week shows two bewildered-looking bighorn sheep crossing Palm Canyon Drive.
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State, BLM say relocating bighorn sheep will save them
Jared Bybee, the BLM’s Elko district manager, said moving the bighorn sheep by June is necessary “to prevent a large-scale die-off,” so the BLM plans to determine whether approval can ...
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Home on the Range: Bighorn sheep return to Franklin Mountains
It's been several months since a herd of 77 big horn sheep was released into the Franklin Mountains State Park as part of a larger effort to reintroduce the animals in their historic environments. The ...
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Helicopter Operation in Washington Set to Monitor Bighorn Sheep Health and Movement
Helicopters in Washington state will capture and monitor bighorn sheep for health and movements, including GPS collar fitting ...
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Home on the Range: Big horn sheep return to natural habitat in Franklin Mountains
It's been several months since a herd of 77 big horn sheep was released into the Franklin Mountains State Park as part of a ...
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For Centuries, Indigenous People Lived in These Desert Canyons. Now, New Technology Reveals Extraordinary Details About This Sacred Site
In the Arizona desert, researchers are learning so much more about the peoples who have inhabited this land since antiquity ...
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Colorado Parks and Wildlife nets Bighorn Sheep to create new herd
In one dramatic moment near Colorado Springs, a square 70-foot-wide net dropped, and about 20 bighorn sheep were captured ... by domestic animals and loss of habitat. But in the 1940s the ...
Los Angeles Times16d
Mysterious land purchases within Joshua Tree National Park worry locals, environmentalists
Work crews also widened and graded the road, locals say, which winds through sensitive habitat for Joshua trees, desert tortoises and bighorn sheep. “There’s somebody going out there just ...
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$1.3 Million Bighorn Sheep Tag Sets Record for Most Expensive Auction Tag Ever
These translocations remain an essential part of modern-day sheep conservation, and they’re the main reason why New Mexico’s desert bighorn population has increased from 170 in 2001 to roughly 1,500 ...
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Desert News
Dec. 19, 2024 — A new tool that predicts the behavior of desert locust populations will help national agencies to manage huge swarms before they devastate food crops in Africa and ...
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WATCH: Colorado Parks and Wildlife trap 19 bighorn sheep
11 News spoke with Porch Light Health's Steve Carleton about how alcohol and drugs can affect the heart during Heart Health Month. Family members of a hit-and-run victim are shocked and upset ...
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South Okanagan property purchased for bighorn sheep, other at-risk species
The Skaha Lake eastside conservation complex adds important habitat for bighorn sheep for foraging ... Western screech owl, desert nightsnake, Western rattlesnake and great basin gopher snake.