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Fremont County was home to the largest herd of Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep in the lower 48 states — an estimated 2,500 animals.
Whenever we have a need to supplement or create new populations in the state, we will have our own internal bighorn sheep population and can be self-sufficient in maintaining healthy herds.” Peck ...
Opinion: The Wild Sheep Foundation and Montana Wild Sheep Foundation ask all hunters to join us in improving sheep hunting ...
(CBS4) - Colorado Parks and Wildlife shared a video of a herd of bighorn sheep walking through a neighborhood in Colorado Springs this weekend. They say this herd is the product of a conservation ...
BILLINGS, Mont. — Repeatedly stifled in efforts to transplant bighorn sheep in new locations in Montana over the past few years, the state’s wildlife commission chairman said it may be time to ...
EL PASO, TEXAS (KTSM) — For the first time in nearly a century, bighorn sheep are returning to the Franklin Mountains, marking a significant milestone in conservation efforts for the region.
The world of wild sheep conservation hit a new milestone in January, when a single New Mexico bighorn tag sold for $1.3 million at auction during the 2025 Sheep Show.This is the highest price ever ...
Bighorn sheep, a gregarious, herd-forming species, once thrived in large numbers across the western U.S. until their population dropped dramatically over the past 100 years -- for reasons ...
RIVERTON — Four decades ago, Fremont County was home to the largest herd of Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep in the lower 48 states – an estimated 2,500 animals.