Idaho Wild Sheep Foundation, Winter 2019, Issue 4

3. The Hells Canyon Bighorn Sheep 7. United States Sheep Experiment Station
Restoration Committee (USSES) & Congressman Simpson

This committee is comprised of IDWSF, the Oregon and IDWSF continue to work with congressman Simpson’s staff to
Washington Wild Sheep chapters, and the wildlife agencies re-purpose the United States Sheep Experiment Station (USSES).
from Idaho, Oregon and Washington with the goal of The current domestic sheep research conducted at that site (north
restoring bighorns to Hells Canyon. of Dubois, ID) does not merit preventing bighorn use on the
Research through the University of Washington Wildlife Centennial Mountains. The past three presidential administrations
Veterinary program in overcoming Movi issues in remnant have called for the closure of this site for budget purposes. It has
bighorn populations are showing promising results. Lamb been saved by representative Simpson each time.
survival also appears to be up this year. Portions of this The USSES is run by the US Dept of Agriculture and the
ongoing disease research were funded by IDWSF. University of Idaho Ag college. The site is 100 years old and long
outlived its usefulness for research for an industry that has been in
4. Movi disease education to small flock a steady down slide over the past several decades.
operators IDWSF has offered to participate in a scoping exercise to re
purpose this site to study Movi and domestic sheep/wild sheep
Risk of Contact is not only a threat from large grazing interactions. This would save the loss in jobs currently associated
allotments but also from small locally owned flocks of with closing the site. To date, no interest has been shown by any
domestic sheep and goats. of the primary interest groups. ▪
To better educate these operators the IDWSF, in
conjunction with the Oregon and Washington chapters, plus
the wildlife agencies from Idaho, Oregon and Washington,
have committed to funding a two-year outreach program.
An individual will be hired to contact local small flock
domestic sheep operators to discuss and educate them
regarding the Movi disease process and how they can
cooperate in preventing contact between domestic and
bighorn sheep. This program will be coordinated through
the Asotin County Conservation District.

IDWSF recently agreed to participate in a new region-
wide collaborative group, Efficient Public Collaboration.
It is a unique concept in addressing collaboration and will
hopefully be more productive than existing collaborative
groups.

5. 10 Mile Creek Ranch Property

Our work and involvement regarding the project is reported
in a separate article in this issue of the Journal. See page 39.

6. Bighorn lamb surveys

Several IDWSF members located and surveyed ewes
and lambs in the Owyhee wilderness last summer. They
volunteered with the Idaho F&G and University of Idaho
Masters Student Nicole Biladeau on her research project.
The data collected is important for studying the relationship
between habitat and lamb survival. The field observations
also assess general ewe and lamb health and are vigilant for
signs of Movi in this herd. See the article by Josh Miller in
this journal for more information and pictures.

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