Goat gunning operation ‘effective’ before pause, feds say
After Gov. Gordon rips National Park Service, Interior Secretary intervenes to halt aerial shoot, the outcome of which remains secret.
bighorn sheep
Bighorns, bears and bad blood: grazing v. wildlife on Owl Creek
Game and Fish, BLM, wildlife conservationists and a rancher are locked in battle over bighorn sheep, grazing permits and cattle-killing grizzlies.
Goats now outnumber native bighorns in Tetons, become targets
Introduced by Idaho in 1969, mountain goats join habitat fragmentation and genetic isolation in threatening an iconic native sheep herd’s future.
Saving the Whiskey Mountain bighorns
A multi-institutional collaboration aims to learn why wild sheep near Dubois are struggling, and to identify solutions to their decades-long decline.
Spring rams
Sparring among bighorn sheep rams is typically associated with the fall mating season. Apparently no one told these two.
