MISSOULA, Mont. — A group of University of Montana researchers are in year two of a five-year study funded by Montana, Fish, Wildlife and Parks to track bighorn sheep and mountain goats. There is a ...
MOOSE, Wyo. — The National Park Service is encouraging public comment on a proposal to remove nonnative mountain goats from Grand Teton National Park and John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Memorial Parkway. The ...
Wildlife biology doctorate student Colton Padilla (left) assists other UM researchers and Montana Fish Wildlife & Parks staff during a winter bighorn sheep capture in 2023. (Photo courtesy of Colton ...
While many of Colorado’s Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep herds continue to struggle with disease, 2024 was a better year for the state animal. Andy Holland, a big game manager at Colorado Parks and ...
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — A goat who had been seen by hikers and many El Pasoans living in the Franklin Mountains has died after the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department attemped to relocate the animal ...
Like most states, Colorado has chosen a state animal meant to reflect its culture, landscape, and sense of identity. In 1961, that choice was the Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep, an animal closely tied ...
CLEAR CREEK COUNTY, Colo. — When the COVID-19 pandemic shut down car traffic to Mount Blue Sky in 2020, the Denver Zoo Conservation Alliance got a rare glimpse at how wildlife interacted with their ...