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Utah Division of Wildlife Resources Desert Bighorn Transplant Request 2018 - 2021

Previous Desert Bighorn Source Stock Provided to UDWR for Translocation to Utah

State Year Release Site Name # Place of Origin

Utah 1973 Zion National Park 10 River Mountains, Clark County 1973 Zion National Park 1 Wassuk Range, Mineral Co. 1990 ?????? 20 River Mountains, Clark County 1993 Hogel Zoo, Salt Lake City 2 River Mountains, Clark County 1996 Kanab 20 Muddy Mountains, Clark County 1999 San Juan, North, Grand Staircase/Escalante N.M. 25 Muddy Mountains, Clark County 2000 Kairparowits Plateau, Grand Staircase-Escalante N.M. 20 Muddy Mountains, Clark County 2006 Kairparowits Plateau & Glen Canyon NRA 20 Sand Springs Range, Fairview Pk 2009 Kairparowits Plateau, Grand Staircase-Escalante N.M. 20 Muddy Mountains, Clark County 2012 Kairparowits Plateau, Grand Staircase-Escalante N.M. 25 River Mountains, Clark County 2012 Kairparowits Plateau, Grand Staircase-Escalante N.M. 25 Muddy Mountains, Clark County 2013 Glen Canyon National Recreation Area 50 Muddy Mountains, Clark County 2014 Kairparowits Plateau, Grand Staircase-Escalante N.M. 71 Muddy Mountains, Clark County TOTAL 309

Current Request

• 150 total desert bighorn sheep
• Over the next 3 years
• Highest Priority Site is Mineral Mountains near Milford, Utah

for this winter or fall 2019; likely source stock – Mt. Jefferson; up to 50 animals

• UDWR continues to evaluate bighorn translocation
• pportunities through disease surveillance and cooperative

efforts with land management agencies, local livestock producers, and sportsmen organizations to seek release sites for restoring desert bighorn sheep to historic ranges

• Future use of Nevada desert bighorn sheep source stock may

include both higher elevation basin/range habitats and lower elevation Mojave Desert involving herds like Mt. Jefferson and Muddy Mountains.

Big Game Animals from Utah provided to NDOW for previous translocations in Nevada

• Pronghorn – 795
• Elk -

654

Questions?