Pickett Rim bighorn sheep transplant finding of no significant impact and decision record

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2006-11

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United States. Bureau of Land Management. Burns District

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Announces decision to implement project to release approximately 30 California bighorn sheep onto Pickett Run, just west of Frenchglen in December 2006. The sheep would be trapped out of the John Day River Basin and transported in horse trailers to the release site. Vehicles pulling the trailers would use existing two-track roads to access the release site.

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4 pp. The proposed release site is T. 32 S., R. 32 E., Section 3. Alternative sites would be in T. 31 S., R. 32 E., Section 34, or T. 32 S., R. 32 E., Section 9. Captured August 6, 2007.

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Public lands -- Oregon -- Burns Region -- Management, Bighorn sheep -- Reintroduction -- Oregon -- Burns Region, Wildlife conservation -- Environmental aspects -- Oregon -- Burns Region

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