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Bighorn Sheep Release at Big Bend Ranch

About 40 desert bighorn sheep are being captured at Elephant Mountain Wildlife Management Area using a helicopter, then moved by trailer to Big Bend Ranch State Park. It is the latest phase of a multi-partner wildlife restoration project begun in 1954, and the first bighorn reintroduction at a Texas state park.

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Bighorn Sheep
Bighorn Sheep
1210 x 1800 pixels, 469 kilobytes
© Texas Parks and Wildlife Department

Bighorn Sheep 613 281
Bighorn Sheep 613 281
1804 x 1200 pixels, 568 kilobytes
© Texas Parks and Wildlife Department

Bighorn Sheep 613 339
Bighorn Sheep 613 339
1804 x 1200 pixels, 629 kilobytes
© Texas Parks and Wildlife Department

Bighorn Sheep 613 361
Bighorn Sheep 613 361
1804 x 1200 pixels, 425 kilobytes
© Texas Parks and Wildlife Department

Carrying Ram
Carrying Ram
4992 x 3328 pixels, 1.4 megabytes
Earl Nottingham, © Texas Parks and Wildlife Department

Check-in Station
Check-in Station
4992 x 3328 pixels, 1.0 megabytes
Earl Nottingham, © Texas Parks and Wildlife Department

Helicopter
Helicopter
2848 x 4288 pixels, 910 kilobytes
Chase Fountain, © Texas Parks and Wildlife Department

Helicopter
Helicopter
3328 x 4992 pixels, 5.3 megabytes
Earl Nottingham, © Texas Parks and Wildlife Department

Map of Big Bend-El Carmen Conservation Corridor Area
Map of Big Bend-El Carmen Conservation Corridor Area
1575 x 1102 pixels, 519 kilobytes
© Texas Parks and Wildlife Department

Map of Bighorn Habitat at Big Bend Ranch State Park
Map of Bighorn Habitat at Big Bend Ranch State Park
2532 x 1937 pixels, 1.5 megabytes
© Texas Parks and Wildlife Department

Transporting Ewe 1
Transporting Ewe 1
2848 x 4288 pixels, 1.7 megabytes
Chase Fountain, © Texas Parks and Wildlife Department

Transporting Ewe 2
Transporting Ewe 2
4288 x 2848 pixels, 1.0 megabytes
Chase Fountain, © Texas Parks and Wildlife Department

Transporting Ram 3
Transporting Ram 3
4288 x 2848 pixels, 1.0 megabytes
Chase Fountain, © Texas Parks and Wildlife Department

Transporting Ram 4
Transporting Ram 4
4288 x 2848 pixels, 977 kilobytes
Chase Fountain, © Texas Parks and Wildlife Department


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