Colorado Bighorn Sheep Management Plan 2009−2019
1 2 Special Report Number 81 3 COLORADO 4 BIGHORN SHEEP MANAGEMENT PLAN 5 2009−2019 6 J. L. George, R. Kahn, M. W. Miller, B. Watkins 7 February 2009 COLORADO DIVISION OF WILDLIFE 8 TERRESTRIAL RESOURCES 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 SPECIAL REPORT NUMBER 81 9 Special Report Cover #81.indd 1 6/24/09 12:21 PM COLORADO BIGHORN SHEEP MANAGEMENT PLAN 2009−2019 Editors1 J. L. George, R. Kahn, M. W. Miller, & B. Watkins Contributors1 C. R. Anderson, Jr., J. Apker, J. Broderick, R. Davies, B. Diamond, J. L. George, S. Huwer, R. Kahn, K. Logan, M. W. Miller, S. Wait, B. Watkins, L. L. Wolfe Special Report No. 81 February 2009 Colorado Division of Wildlife 1 Editors and contributors listed alphabetically to denote equivalent contributions to this effort. Thanks to M. Alldredge, B. Andree, E. Bergman, C. Bishop, D. Larkin, J. Mumma, D. Prenzlow, D. Walsh, M. Woolever, the Rocky Mountain Bighorn Society, the Colorado Woolgrowers Association, the US Forest Service, and many others for comments and suggestions on earlier drafts of this management plan. DOW-R-S-81-09 ISSN 0084-8875 STATE OF COLORADO: Bill Ritter, Jr., Governor DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES: Harris D. Sherman, Executive Director DIVISION OF WILDLIFE: Thomas E. Remington, Director WILDLIFE COMMISSION: Brad Coors, Chair, Denver; Tim Glenn, Vice Chair, Salida; Dennis Buechler, Secretary, Centennial; Members, Jeffrey A. Crawford; Dorothea Farris; Roy McAnally; John Singletary; Mark Smith; Robert Streeter; Ex Officio Members, Harris Sherman and John Stulp Layout & production by Sandy Cochran FOREWORD The Colorado Bighorn Sheep Management Plan is the culmination of months of work by Division of Wildlife biologists, managers and staff personnel.
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