Bighorn in a sentence

Lieutenant Colonel Custer and his U.S. Army troops are defeated in battle with Native American Lakota Sioux and Northern Cheyenne, on the Little Bighorn Battlefield, June 25, 1876 at Little Bighorn River, Montana.

An East Kootenay-raised standup comedian is returning to the region with a new show that will double a fundraiser for Radium Hot Springs’ bighorn sheep herd.

Cate stresses that they always “try to be good stewards of the land,” by following regulations and avoiding areas where goats are prohibited, particularly when traveling through parts of the country with bighorn sheep and mountain goats in the wild.

Colorado Parks and Wildlife biologists began to assess deer and bighorn sheep populations on the southeastern plains of Colorado Friday east of Interstate 25 by conducting low-altitude helicopter flights.

Sometimes she would climb onto the back of a bighorn sheep or a mountain lion and ride up the hills and through the valleys of the Mojave.

The Alberta Wilderness Association says the condition of the trail system in the Bighorn Backcountry's Hummingbird area, just east of Banff and Jasper National Parks, has noticeably declined since its monitoring project started in 2004.

The bacteria Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae can kill bighorn sheep and has also been blamed for stunting an infected herd’s population growth.

The Department of Homeland Security will provide $1.1 million to fund programs that monitor several federally endangered species, including the Peninsular Bighorn Sheep, Sonoran Desert Pronghorn, Mexican Gray Wolf, ocelot, and jaguar.

While Colorado’s Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep populations face significant threats, wildlife conservation organizations are working to ensure the sustainability of this iconic species.

In 2011, the agency said the project could not withstand future rock slides, would cost a ton more money, and may endanger the iconic Nelson’s bighorn sheep — so it killed the project.

The official dedication starts at 10:30 a.m. that day near the Bighorn Sheep sculpture.

Always active in the Park are desert bighorn sheep, which former Park Superintendent Mark Jorgensen has been studying in Anza-Borrego since 1967.

Days later, a hunter alerted Game and Fish personnel of a bull moose in the Bighorn National Forest that appeared shot or injured.

For example, the Bighorn National Forest is currently seeking a civil engineer.

Henry rifles were also carried by Sioux and Cheyenne warriors at the Battle of the Little Bighorn, where they annihilated Colonel George Armstrong Custer’s Seventh Cavalry Regiment.

I was distracted by the unusual news story about the monolith that was discovered in the Utah desert by biologists studying bighorn sheep.

The sudden appearance of the 12-foot tall perfectly plum monolith sparked an internet sensation since it was Nov. 18 by state public safety and wildlife officers conducting an aerial surveillance of bighorn sheep.

Using a combination of shooters in the air and eventually on the ground, park officials say they want to eradicate the goats because they compete with bighorn sheep for food and habitat and can spread diseases including pneumonia to the native animals.

While Johnson heads to the Black Hills, another person will fill in behind him as forest supervisor for the Bighorn National Forest, and that pattern will likely continue down the line, allowing individuals a chance to gain experience in different jobs.

The Bureau of Reclamation has released its May forecast of the April through July runoff predicted for the Bighorn Basin.