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  • Idaho Bighorn Sheep/Domestic Sheep Advisory Group Waiting for Governor Otter

    Ken Cole

    If SB1175 is signed into law collaborative group may collapse Today there was meeting of the Idaho Bighorn Sheep/Domestic Sheep Advisory Group which ended early due to concerns of various groups about how Senate Bill 1175 will affect what the group does. At the present time SB1175 is awaiting Governor Otter’s signature or veto and…

  • Marvel says bighorn bill helps his cause the most

    Ken Cole

    “It correctly constructs in the public eye the clash of values we are experiencing” Rocky Barker interviews Jon Marvel (my boss) of Western Watersheds Project about the recent bill SB 1175 which requires the IDFG to kill bighorn sheep that enter domestic sheep grazing allotments. “The legislature is creating a trap for ranchers and the…

  • Bighorn battle could doom sheep ranchers

    Ken Cole

    Idaho Sheep Ranchers are Struggling Against Reality. The law and science are not on their side so they are pressuring the State to come up with a solution to protect them. On Thursday February 26th the second meeting of what is being called the “Bighorn Sheep/Domestic Sheep Advisory Group” was held in Boise. At this…

  • Today, February 26, 2009, Bighorn Sheep/Domestic Sheep Advisory Working Group Meeting

    Ken Cole

    Meeting to decide the fate of bighorn sheep on public lands. There will be a meeting in Boise on Thursday to discuss formation of a policy which will more likely try to save sheep operators rather than the remaining bighorn sheep in Idaho. The interim policy calls for killing bighorn sheep that come into direct…

  • Help Save Wild Bighorn Sheep

    Ken Cole

    Your Comments Are Needed by March 3, 2009! Wild bighorn sheep are native to North America, and once numbered in the millions. But their numbers have drastically declined to just a few thousand. The biggest threat wild bighorns face is disease from domestic sheep. Most experts agree that when wild and domestic sheep come into…

  • Wyoming bighorns in decline.

    Ralph Maughan

    Wyoming bighorns in decline. Casper Star Tribune. By Chris Merrill The primary cause is domestic sheep. If you want bighorns, you can’t have sheep in the area or even travelling through it.

  • Whose Sheep? How wild sheep lose out to their domesticated brethren

    Ralph Maughan

    Earlier I linked to the WWP blog story “Bighorn Sheep Threaten Western Way of Life?” Now the Boise Weekly has reprinted an article from High Country News giving more background into the controversy that led to the successful lawsuit this spring that kept the Payette National Forest from ignoring its court ordered duty to keep…

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