VALLEY OF FIRE — Blindfolded, sedated and dangling 100 feet above the ground in a net off a helicopter, dozens of bighorn sheep are less than a day away from a new beginning — if they make it at all.

The herd was averaging about 45 lambs per 100 ewes. In 2022 and 2023, that dropped to around 31 to 35 per 100 ewes, half of what the herd was producing between 2016-21.

SLEEPING IN, KIND OF During the week, I get up around 5 a.m., but on Sundays, I’ll sleep until 6:30 a.m.I’m not a morning person, but I’ve been forced to be a morning person. I’ll start ...

Colorado Parks and Wildlife relocates a herd or bighorn sheep to new habitat. Produced by: Cormac McCrimmon, Andrea Kramar, Rocky Mountain PBS. Aired 02/13/2025.

Colorado — In January, Colorado Parks and Wildlife began an operation to capture 20 Rampart Bighorn Sheep to start a new herd.Every morning staff and volunteers have been spreading apple pulp ...

Bighorn Sheep herd relocation (Source: Colorado Parks and Wildlife) 00:20. In January, Colorado Parks and Wildlife began an operation to capture 20 Rampart Bighorn Sheep to start a new herd.

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According to CPW, they have rebuilt herds across the state for decades using these methods. In 1944, Colorado's wildlife agency became the first in the U.S. to successfully capture Bighorn sheep ...

A terrestrial biologist with Colorado Parks and Wildlife explains how the Rampart herd of bighorn sheep west of Colorado Springs came into existence, and it was all on accident. COLORADO SPRINGS ...

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 ...

Bighorn sheep herd. Posted: January 15, 2025 | Last updated: March 7, 2025. CPW on a mission to start new bighorn sheep herd. More for You.

People watch a flock of sheep at Puerta del Sol square during the annual parade on the streets of Madrid, as shepherds demand to exercise their right to use traditional migration routes for their ...