Utah Division of Wildlife Resources Desert Bighorn Transplant Request 2018 - 2021 Previous Desert Bighorn Source Stock Provided to UDWR for Translocation to Utah

State Year Release Site Name # Place of Origin

1973 Zion National Park 10 River Mountains, Clark County

1973 Zion National Park 1 Wassuk Range, Mineral Co.

1990 ?????? 20 River Mountains, Clark County

1993 Hogel Zoo, Salt Lake City 2 River Mountains, Clark County

1996 Kanab 20 Muddy Mountains, Clark County

1999 San Juan, North, Grand Staircase/Escalante N.M. 25 Muddy Mountains, Clark County

Utah 2000 Kairparowits Plateau, Grand Staircase-Escalante N.M. 20 Muddy Mountains, Clark County

2006 Kairparowits Plateau & Glen Canyon NRA 20 Sand Springs Range, Fairview Pk

2009 Kairparowits Plateau, Grand Staircase-Escalante N.M. 20 Muddy Mountains, Clark County

2012 Kairparowits Plateau, Grand Staircase-Escalante N.M. 25 River Mountains, Clark County

2012 Kairparowits Plateau, Grand Staircase-Escalante N.M. 25 Muddy Mountains, Clark County

2013 Glen Canyon National Recreation Area 50 Muddy Mountains, Clark County

2014 Kairparowits Plateau, Grand Staircase-Escalante N.M. 71 Muddy Mountains, Clark County TOTAL 309 Current Request

• 150 total desert bighorn sheep • Over the next 3 years • Highest Priority Site is Mineral Mountains near Milford, Utah for this winter or fall 2019; likely source stock – Mt. Jefferson; up to 50 animals • UDWR continues to evaluate bighorn translocation opportunities through disease surveillance and cooperative efforts with land management agencies, local livestock producers, and sportsmen organizations to seek release sites for restoring desert bighorn sheep to historic ranges • Future use of Nevada desert bighorn sheep source stock may include both higher elevation basin/range habitats and lower elevation Mojave Desert involving herds like Mt. Jefferson and Muddy Mountains.

Big Game Animals from Utah provided to NDOW for previous translocations in Nevada

• Pronghorn – 795 • Elk - 654 Questions?