Quick Take The Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep became Colorado’s state animal in 1961 for its long presence, recovery after ...

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 ...

Like the majority of Colorado’s big game species, the success of Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep is up against habitat loss and disturbances, a changing climate and growing recreation and human pressure.

RIVERTON — Four decades ago, Fremont County was home to the largest herd of Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep in the lower 48 states – an estimated 2,500 animals. By the early 1990s, disease – particularly ...

Nebraska Game and Parks and Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo teamed up to take care of a rescued juvenile Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep.The lamb was in the animal hospital for a couple of months, and as she ...

The Pikeview Quarry, barely outside of the cul-de-sacs and two-car garages of the Mountain Shadows subdivision, seemed like an odd place to find one of Colorado’s most intrepid species. Bulldozers, ...