Pickett Rim bighorn sheep transplant environmental assessment
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Date
2006-11
Authors
United States. Bureau of Land Management. Burns District
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Abstract
Proposes to release approximately 30 California bighorn sheep onto Pickett Rim, just west of Frenchglen, Oregon in December 2006. The sheep will 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.
Description
9 pp. Map.
The proposed release site is
T. 32 S., R. 32 E., Section 3 (see attached map). 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.
Keywords
Public lands -- Oregon -- Burns Region -- Management, Bighorn sheep -- Reintroduction -- Oregon -- Burns Region, Wildlife conservation -- Environmental aspects -- Oregon -- Burns Region