The Idaho Statesman reports that Mike Simpson has withdrawn the rider which would have prevented the BLM and US Forest Service from addressing the ongoing issue of disease transmission from domestic sheep to bighorn sheep and would have bypassed years of analysis and a long public process which generated 15,000 public comments.
The […]
Continue Reading →This week there have been two significant developments for bighorn sheep in Idaho that relate to the closing of domestic sheep grazing in occupied bighorn habitat.
Payette Decision Moves Forward
First, in an unusual ruling from the bench, Judge B. Lynn Winmill ruled that the closing of three domestic sheep allotments on the Payette National […]
Continue Reading →I think it’s safe to say that this couldn’t be called a trend, but last year a funding shortfall for USDA Wildlife Services shortened their coyote killing season by two months in Montana while at the same time the number of domestic sheep that coyotes killed ended up being lower by 1,900. The effectiveness […]
Continue Reading →Very bad news from just outside of Yellowstone National Park.
Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks :: Pneumonia Confirmed in Cinnabar Mountain Bighorn Sheep.
Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks :: Pneumonia Confirmed in Cinnabar Mountain Bighorn Sheep
Friday, December 09, 2011
Fish & Wildlife – Region 3
Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks […]
Larry Zuckerman and I recently wrote about a visit to the US Experiment Sheep Station (USSES) operated by the USDA Agricultural Research Service (ARS) in eastern Idaho near Dubois and talked about some of the conflicts which are occurring because of the presence domestic sheep in this area which is critical for many sensitive […]
Continue Reading →Looking for a great career?
Do you want a sheepherder’s job? Look for yourself and you can make a whopping $650 – $750 a month! No, that’s right now, not some time in the future like 1950!
Type in the word “sheepherder” on the Idaho Works job search page and see for yourself: Continue Reading →
Are the wilds of the Upper Green a place for sheep?
By Ken Cole and Ralph Maughan
Grizzly mauls sheepherder; kills dogs, sheep. By Joy Ufford with Derek Farr. Sublette Examiner
This is bad. A poor shepherd got seriously hurt. With all the media attention on sheep ranchers there is too little attention […]
Continue Reading →Sheep dog bit woman while riding her bike and attacked another person’s dog. The dog had not been vaccinated.
It is not uncommon for people to come into contact with sheep guard dogs while recreating on public lands and I have been told many times that these dogs are trained to not attack people. This may be […]
Continue Reading →New state law on bighorn undermines the working group process, tribe says-
This is good news about the sorry situation. Everyone should quit this group set up to make it appear that the Otter Administration gives a damn about bighorn.
Bad news!
And on top of this a bighorn mixed with domestic sheep (on private […]
Continue Reading →This is a long summary of where the bighorn sheep controversy in Idaho stands and who is saying what. I think it’s a useful article for bringing folks up to date.
Bighorn advocates butt heads. By Lynea Newcomer and Kathleen Turner. The Wood River Journal
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