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.

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 and alfalfa to ...

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Animal Care and Control said initial calls about a loose goat turned out to be a loose sheep near ...

The Vail Town Council will consider a resolution Tuesday approving a partnership with Colorado Parks and Wildlife aimed at improving bighorn sheep habitat in East Vail. Town staff is recommending ...

The bighorn sheep would be trapped at the southern end of the valley where a herd of about 200 occupies the Taylor-Hilgard portion of the Madison Range.

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 ...

Herding sheep is generally a responsibility reserved for farmers and sheepdogs. Occasionally, a piglet might fill in. But a ram? During an annual “sheep parade,” sheepherding duties were indeed ...

Bighorn sheep herds in the Black Hills are getting healthier, while the Badlands herd is approaching historic lows, officials reported Thursday.

The Idaho Department of Fish and Game said the sheep were introduced to help promote health and boost the population in Owyhee County.