EventsYear Round ActivitiesRepresentation at Fish and Game Commission Meetings Contact with Idaho State Legislature Chapter Newsletter Special Project Participation Interaction with other Wildlife Organizations Idaho 2009 Bighorn Sheep Raffle TicketsThe winner is Jim Ancho of Battle Mountain, NVThe Big Horn Sheep Lottery Raffle was held July 29 at 2 pm. The drawing was held on Wednesday, July 29, 2009 at 2:00 p.m. MDT at IF&G Headquarters, 600 S. Walnut, Boise, Idaho. For complete event details download the 2009 Bighorn Sheep Raffle Tickets Flyer (PDF). Conservation Friends from Opposite Sides of the World Work to “Put Sheep on the Mountain”In the above photo Lacy Robinson shows Croc Adams and Peter Byrom radio collared bighorn sheep movements along the Main Salmon River upstream from Riggins, Idaho. These 3 friends were drawn together from opposite sides of the world by their dedication to wildlife conservation. Lacy is the Nez Perce tribe’s biologist studying Rocky mountain bighorn sheep on Idaho’s Salmon River. Lacy’s research continues the Nez Perce tribe’s over 10,000 years of history intertwined with bighorn sheep. She is identifying which habitats bighorns use, where they move to, and potential for fatal mixing with domestic sheep. The data she is gathering is essential to Forest Service, BLM, and Fish and Game protection of existing bighorn populations and tribal-TWSF efforts for them to reoccupy historic habitats. Read More... (PDF)
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