STATUS of BIGHORN SHEEP in NEVADA - 1981 Robertp.Mcquivey
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A Compilation of Papers Presented At the 26th Annual Meeting, April 7-9, 1982, Borrego Springs, Calif. Editorial Board: Charles L. Douglas, Chairman Copies available Thomas D. Bunch for $5.00 Paul R. Krausman by writing the David M. Leslie, Jr. Desert Bighorn Council, J. Juan Spillefi 1500 North Decatur Blvd. James Blaisdell Las Vegas, NV 89108 INTERACTIONS BETWEEN DESERT BIGHORN SHEEP AND FERAL BURROS Page AT SPRING AREAS IN DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL MONUMENT William C. Dunn, Charles L. Douglas. ...........................................................87 SIMULATED DEMOGRAPHY OF THE RIVER MOUNTAIN HERD David M. Leslie, Jr., Charles L. Douglas. .........................................................97 - STATUS REPORTS - THE DESERT BIGHORN COUNCIL - THE FIRST 25 YEARS WarrenE.Kelly .............................................................................I00 REPORT OF THE FERAL BURRO COMMITTEE Steven D.Kovach ...........................................................................101 TEXAS DESERT BIGHORN SHEEP STATUS REPORT - 1982 Jack Kilpatric ..............................................................................102 DESERT BIGHORN ON BLM LANDS IN SOUTHEASTERN UTAH MichaelM.King,GarW.Workman .............................................................104 MOVEMENTS AND MORTALITIES OF DESERT BIGHORN SHEEP OF THE SAN ANDRES MOUNTAINS, NEW MEXICO Richard Munoz............................................................................. 107 ARIZONA BIGHORN SHEEP STATUS REPORT-REVIEW OF PAST 25 YEARS Paul M.Webb ..............................................................................108 PRELIMINARY REPORT ON FOUR FREE RELEASES OF DESERT BIGHORN IN ARIZONA JamesC.deVos,Jr ..........................................................................Ill STATUS OF BIGHORN SHEEP IN NEVADA - 1981 RobertP.McQuivey .........................................................................113 REPORT ON THE 1981 BLACK MOUNTAIN DESERT BIGHORN SHEEP TRAPPING OPERATION Robert P.McQuivey .........................................................................115 STATUS OF CALIFORNIA BIGHORN IN THE SOUTH WARNER WILDERNESS OF CALIFORNIA Ernest P. Camilleri, Douglas Thayer. ..........................................................,116 Bighorn illustrations by Pat Hansen Typesetting 6; Layout by Shersten Zoller TABLE OF CON Page REVISED PROCEDURES FOR CAPTURING AND RE-ESTABLISHING DESERT BIGHORN Lanny 0. Wilson, Charles L. Douglas, and the Desert Bighorn Council Technical Staff. ................. 1 PRELIMINARY RESULTS OF A DESERT BIGHORN TRANSPLANT IN THE PELONCILLO MOUNTAINS, NEW MEXICO Amy Elenowitz ..............................................................................8 SOME ASPECTS OF POPULATION DYNAMICS OF AOUDAD IN THE HONDO VALLEY, NEW MEXICO Khushal Habibi ..............................................................................12 ANTILEPTOSPIRAL AGGLUTININS IN SERA OF DESERT BIGHORN SHEEP Christopher Chilelli, Marilyn Marshall, J. Glenn Songer. ...........................................I5 SURGICAL TREATMENT FOR CHRONIC SINUSITIS Robert L. Glaze, Thomas D. Bunch, James W. Bates. ..............................................I8 A COMPARISON OF FOUR METHODS OF CAPTURING BIGHORN David A. Jessup, Russell Mohr, Bernard Feldman. ................................................21 SURVIVAL OF CAPTIVE-BORN OVlS CANADENSIS IN NORTH AMERICAN ZOOS Karen Sausman .............................................................................26 LAVA BEDS WRAP-UP - WHAT DID WE LEARN? JamesA.Blaisdell ...........................................................................32 DESERT BIGHORN LAMB AND ADULT-YEARLING DIETS FROM WESTERN ARIZONA Rick F. Seegmiller, Robert D. Ohmart.. .........................................................34 AGE AND WEIGHT RELATIONSHIPS OF DESERT BIGHORN SHEEP CAPTURED IN ARIZONA IN 1981-82 Richard Remington ..........................................................................38 THREE-YEAR OBSERVATION OF PSOROPTIC SCABIES IN DESERT BIGHORN SHEEP FROM NORTHWESTERN ARIZONA George W. Welsh, Thomas D. Bunch. ...........................................................42 DESERT BIGHORN SUMMER MORTALITY IN SOUTHWESTERN ARIZONA, 1979 James H. Witham, Richard R. Remington, E. Linwood Smith. .......................................44 EVALUATION OF BIGHORN SHEEP HABITAT StephenA.Hol1 ..............................................................................47 AN EVALUATION OF THE EFFECTS OF RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES ON BIGHORN SHEEP IN THE SAN GABRIEL MOUNTAINS, CALIFORNIA Kathleen Hamilton, Steve Holl, Charles L. Douglas. ...............................................50 VOLUNTEER PARTICIPATION IN CALIFORNIA WILDLIFE HABITAT IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS Vernon C. Bleich, Lester J. Coombes, Glenn W. Sudmeier. .........................................56 AN ILLUSTRATED GUIDE TO AGING THE LAMBS OF MOUNTAIN SHEEP VernonC.Bleich .............................................................................59 HORIZONTAL WELLS FOR MOUNTAIN SHEEP: DESERT BIGHORN "GET THE SHAFT" VernonC.Bleich .............................................................................63 ECOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS INTO HlGH LAMB MORTALITY OF DESERT BIGHORN SHEEP IN THE SANTA ROSA MOUNTAINS, CALIFORNIA James R. DeForge, Joan E. Scott. ..............................................................65 DISEASE INVESTIGATIONS INTO HlGH LAMB MORTALITY OF DESERT BIGHORN SHEEP IN THE SANTA ROSA MOUNTAINS, CALIFORNIA James R. DeForge, David A. Jessup, Charles W. Jenner, Joan E. Scott FOOD HABITS OF FERAL BURROS AND DESERT BIGHORN SHEEP IN DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL MONUMENT Tim F. Ginnett, Charles L. Douglas. .............................................................81 Printed by Uniuersity of Neuada, Las Vegas DESERT BIGHORN COUNCIL 4982-83 OFFICERS: Chairman: Mark Jorgensen, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park Past Chairman: Jack Kilpatric, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Secretary-Treasurer: Rick Brigham, Bureau of Land Management TECHNICAL STAFF: Lanny 0.Wilson (Chairman), James A. Blaisdell, Warren Kelly, Richard Weaver, James DeForge, George Welsh, Dr. Juan Spillett BOOK EDITORS: Lowell Sumner and Gale Monson COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN: Constitution: David Dunaway and Lanny Wilson Nominations: Andrew Sandoval Program: Terry Russi Arrangements: Jeff Snider and Mark Jorgensen Transactions: Charles L. Douglas Publicity: Lew Carpenter Burro: Steve Kovach Barbary Sheep: Tony Dickinson Ewes: Bonnie Blaisdell and Ruth Kelly Awards: Richard Weaver Resolutions: Pete Sanchez DESERT BIGHORN COUNCIL MEETINGS AND OFFICERS 4957-4982 ANNUAL MEETINGS Year Location Chairman Secretary-Treasurer Las Vegas, Nevada M. Clair Aldous Yuma, Arizona Gale Monson and Warren Kelly Death Valley, California M. Clair Aldous Fred Jones Las Cruces, New Mexico Warren Kelly Fred Jones Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico John Van den Akker Ralph Welles Grand Canyon, Arizona James Blaisdell Charles Hansen Las Vegas, Nevada Al Ray Jonez Charles Hansen Mexicali, Baja Calif., Mexico Rudolfo Hernandez Corzo Charles Hansen Redlands, California John D. Goodman John P. Russo Silver City, New Mexico Cecil Kennedy John P. Russo Kingman, Arizona Calud Lard John P. Russo Las Vegas, Nevada Ray Brechbill John P. Russo Monticello, Utah Ralph and Buddy Welles W. Glen Bradley Bishop, California William Graf W. Glen Bradley Santa Fe, New Mexico Richard Weaver Tillie Barling Tucson, Arizona George W. Welsh Doris Weaver Hawthorne, Nevada Warren Kelly Doris Weaver Moab, Utah Carl Mahon Lanny Wilson Indio, California Bonnar Blong Lanny Wilson Bahia Kino, Mexico Mario Luis Cossio Lanny Wilson Las Cruces, New Mexico Jerry Gates Peter Sanchez Kingman, Arizona Kelly Neal Peter Sanchez Boulder City, Nevada Bob McQuivey Peter Sanchez St. George, Utah Carl Mahon Peter Sanchez Kerrville, Texas Jack Kilpatric Peter Sanchez Borrego Springs, California Mark Jorgensen Rick Brigham DESERT BIGHORN COUNCIL AWARD RECIPIENTS BIGHORN TROPHY: Ralph and Florence Welles, U.S. National Park Service, Death Valley, California Oscar V. Deming, US., Bureau Sport Fisheries and Wildlife, Lakeview, Oregon John P. Russo, Arizona Game and Fish Department, Phoenix, Arizona Charles Hansen, U.S. Bureau Sport Fisheries and Wildlife, Las Vegas, Nevada Steve James, Jr., Fraternity of the Desert Bighorn, Las Vegas, Nevada M. Clair Aldoux, U.S. Bureau Sport Fisheries and Wildlife, Fallon, Nevada The Arizona Desert Bighorn Sheep Society, Inc. Fauna-Silvestre, Mexico City, Mexico Robert P. McQuivey, Nevada Dept. of Fish and Game, Las Vegas, Nevada HONOR PLAQUE: Nevada Operations Office, Atomic Energy Commission, Las Vegas, Nevada Pat Hansen, Bighorn Illustrator Specialist, Death Valley, California lnyo National Forest, Bishop, California Lydia Berry, Clerk-Stenographer, Desert National Wildlife Range, Las Vegas, Nevada Jim Blaisdell, National Park Service, Seattle, Washington Society for the Conservation of Bighorn Sheep, Upland, California Dr. Thomas D. Bunch, Dept. Animal, Dairy, and Veterinary Science, Utah State Univ., Logan New Mexico Dept. of Game and Fish Dr. Grant Kinzer, New Mexico State University Maurice 'Bud' Getty, California State Parks, Sacramento CA DBC Ewes AWARD OF EXCELLENCE: 1975 Gale Monson, Desert Museum, Tucson, Arizona; Lowell Sumner, Glenwood, New Mexico Permanent enclosures have the following negative attributes: REVISED PROCEDURES 1) Bighorn tend to become concentrated at densities far above the highest densities known in nature (7 bighornlsq. FOR CAPTURING AND mi.). 2) Dense concentrations of bighorn,tend to have poor survival