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.
bighorn sheep
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.
Advocates, students and agencies join forces for bighorn
A small grassroots organization hopes to help the iconic animals thrive and eventually return to Sinks Canyon
Stockmen, bighorns butt heads in Western showdown
Under new scheme, ranchers, wildlife advocates struggle to reduce threats domestic sheep pose to wild cousins.
