Twenty-one more dead bighorn-
Pneumonia persists in Anaconda bighorns. Montana Standard.
Seems to me like Western Watersheds Project is about the only private organization doing anything to stop the spread of this disease that is taking such an awful toll.
Ralph Maughan
Dr. Ralph Maughan is professor emeritus of political science at Idaho State University with specialties in natural resource politics, public opinion, interest groups, political parties, voting and elections. Aside from academic publications, he is author or co-author of three hiking/backpacking guides, and he is past President of the Western Watersheds Project and the creator of The Wildlife News.
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++Vinkey said that 1,200 hunters drew coveted licenses to hunt bighorn rams in Hunting District 213 this fall, and their hunt will continue.++
The regulations say 8 rams permits and 20 ewe permits were to be offered in the draw. There were probably 1200 applicants.