Bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis) populations dramatically declined throughout their range in the early 20 th century, with multiple populations extirpated from their historical habitats. Efforts to ...

As recently as 2019, the town council supported Vail Resorts' plan to build a 165-bed project at the edge of the sheep ...

Although they once populated the High Sierra by the thousands, European settlement of the West brought domestic sheep and other threats to the bighorns' habitat, and the species is thought to have ...

We also advocate for protection of Peninsular bighorn in the central and southern parts of their range, including challenging off-road vehicle use in the Desert Cahuilla/Truckhaven area and fighting ...

Wild sheep live in social groups, but rams and ewes typically meet only to mate. Rams live in bachelor groups and females live in herds with other females and their young rams. When fall mating ...

The measures were to combat overgrazing, "which is destroying habitats", and help restore and rewild Dartmoor's natural environment, said The Guardian in April. Sheep have grazed on the moors for ...

Disease continues to be the primary reason that bighorn herds are performing poorly in terms of population expansion and occupation of suitable habitat. Agency culture and policy direction maintain ...