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31st Annual Idaho Bighorn Sheep Lottery Tag Drawn
The Idaho Wild Sheep Foundation held the 31st Annual Bighorn sheep lottery tag drawing on July 29th and Mr. Paul Donaldson out of Montana is the lucky recipient of a bighorn lottery tag valid in any open controlled bighorn hunt unit in Idaho. Two alternates were also...
F&G biologist Frances Cassirer receives national award for her bighorn sheep research
Cassirer’s innovative research has helped identify causes of bighorn sheep disease and mortality. Idaho Fish and Game Senior Wildlife Research Biologist Frances Cassirer was recently named the 2022 recipient of the Wild Sheep Foundation’s Statesman Award. “Frances is...
30th Annual Bighorn Sheep Lottery Tag Drawn
Photo: Idaho WSF President Bill London and IDFG Wildlife Bureau Chief Toby Boudreau Media Release Idaho Wild Sheep Foundation For Immediate Release August 2, 2021 For More Information Contact: Tracy Rowley 208-345-6171 30th Annual Bighorn Sheep Lottery Tag Drawn The...
Challis ranchers team up with biologists to keep bighorn sheep healthy
For over a century bighorn sheep in Idaho and across western North America have suffered periodic and deadly outbreaks of pneumonia. Once infected, the bacteria causing pneumonia can remain in the herds and cause disease for decades. An outbreak in the Salmon River...
Idaho WSF contributes $20,000 to help fill guzzlers in Nevada
In parts of the arid West, water is often the limiting factor for populations of desert bighorn sheep and other wildlife. Over the years, groups like the Fraternity of the Desert Bighorn, Nevada Bighorns Unlimited, and the Wild Sheep Foundation have partnered with the...
29th Annual Bighorn Sheep Lottery Tag Drawn
The Idaho Wild Sheep Foundation held the 29th Annual Bighorn sheep lottery tag drawing on July 29th at the MK Nature Center. Mr. Aaron Neilson out of Boise, Idaho is the lucky recipient of a hunt of a lifetime. Two alternates were also drawn in case Mr. Neilson is...
Arizona resident wins Bighorn Sheep Lottery, Idaho Wild Sheep Foundation donates 100 percent of lottery proceeds to F&G
For the Arizona hunter whose ticket was pulled for the the 28th Annual Bighorn Sheep Tag Lottery, it represents the hunt of a lifetime. For the Idaho Department of Fish and Game, it means more than $100,000 in funding will benefit wild sheep conservation in Idaho. The...