COLORADO BIGHORN SHEEP MANAGEMENT PLAN 2009−2019

Bailey, J. A. 1990. Management of Rocky Mountain bighorn
sheep herds in Colorado. Colorado Division of
Wildlife Special Report No. 66. 24 pp.
Banulis, B. 2005. Unit S-63 and Sawpit. Area 18 bighorn sheep
abbreviated summaries. Unpublished report, Colorado
Division of Wildlife, Montrose, CO.
Barrows, P. and J. Holmes. 1990. Colorado’s Wildlife Story.
Colorado Division of Wildlife.
Beecham, J. J., and T. D. Reynolds. 2007. Bighorn sheep
(Ovis canadensis): a technical conservation
assessment. [Online]. USDA Forest Service, Rocky
Mountain Region. Available: http://www.fs.fed.us/r2/
projects/scp/assessments/rockymountainbigornsheep.
pdf (Accessed August 2007). 105 pp.
Bear, G. D., and G. W. Jones. 1973. History and distribution
of bighorn sheep in Colorado. Colorado Division of
Wildlife Report. 232 pp.
Bureau of Land Management and Colorado Division of
Wildlife. 1989. Colorado desert bighorn sheep
management plan. Internal document. 15 pp.
Carpenter, L. M., and R. R. Ramey. 2007. Selenium and other
trace nutrients and bighorn sheep lamb survival in
Colorado. Unpublished Auction & Raffle Report,
Colorado Division of Wildlife, Denver, CO.
Creeden, P. J. and V. K. Graham. 1997. Reproduction, Survival,
and Mountain Lion Predation in the Black Ridge/
Colorado National Monument Desert Bighorn Herd.
1997 Desert Bighorn Council Transaction.
Denny, R. N. 1976. The status and management of bighorn
sheep in Colorado. Colorado Division of Wildlife
Report presented at the Second North American Wild
Sheep Conference, Denver, CO.
Dreher, B. 2005. Units S-6 and S-46. The Pikes Peak and
Dome Rock bighorn sheep herd. Unpublished report,
Colorado Division of Wildlife, Colorado Springs, CO.
Duckett, S. 2005. Unit S-56. The Black Ridge desert bighorn
sheep herd. Unpublished report, Colorado Division of
Wildlife, Grand Junction, CO.
Feuerstein, V., R. L. Schmidt, C. P. Hibler, and W. H.
Rutherford. 1980. Bighorn sheep mortality in the
Taylor River-Almont Triangle area, 1978-1979: A
case study. Colorado Division of Wildlife Special
Report No. 48. 19 pp.
Fitzsimmons, N. N., S. W. Buskirk, and M. H. Smith. 1995.
Population history, genetic variability, and horn growth
in bighorn sheep. Conservation Biology 9: 314-323.
Fitzsimmons, N. N., S. W. Buskirk, and M. H. Smith. 1997.
Genetic changes in reintroduced Rocky Mountain
bighorn sheep populations. J. of Wildlife Management
61:863-872.
LITERATURE CITED
19
George, J. L., M. W. Miller, G. C. White, and J. Vayhinger.
1996. Comparison of mark-resight population size
estimators for bighorn sheep in alpine and timbered
habitats. Bienn. Symp. N. Wild Sheep and Goat
Counc. 10:20-25.
George, J. L., D. J. Martin, P. M. Lukacs, and M. W. Miller.
2008. Epidemic pasteurellosis in a bighorn sheep
population coinciding with the appearance of a
domestic sheep. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 44:
388–403.
Gutierrez-Espeleta, G. A., S. T. Kalinowski, W. M. Boyce,
and P. W. Hedrick. 2000. Genetic variation
and population structure in desert bighorn sheep:
implications for conservation. Conservation Genetics
1:3-15.
Hnilicka, P.A., J. Mionczynski, B.J. Mincher, J. States, M.
Hinschberger, S. Oberlie, C. Thompson, B. Yates, and
D.D. Siemer. 2002. Bighorn sheep lamb survival,
trace minerals, rainfall and air pollution: Are there any
connections. Proceedings 13th Biennial Symposium
Northern Wild Sheep and Goat Council (April 23-27
2002), Rapid City, SD.
Hobbs, N. T., and M. W. Miller. 1992. Bighorn sheep
management analysis. Unpublished report, Colorado
Division of Wildlife, Ft Collins, CO.
Huwer, S. 2005. GMU S-32. The Georgetown bighorn sheep
herd. Unpublished report, Colorado Division of
Wildlife, Denver, CO.
Kamler, J. F., R. M. Lee, J. C. deVos, W. B. Ballard, and H.
A. Whitlaw. 2002. Survival and cougar predation
of translocated bighorn sheep in Arizona. Journal of
Wildlife Management 66:1267-1272.
Kraabel, B. J., and M. W. Miller. 1997. Effect of simulated
stress on susceptibility of bighorn sheep neutrophils
to Pasteurella haemolytica leukotoxin. Journal of
Wildlife Diseases 33: 558-566.
Luikart, G., and F. W. Allendorf. 1996. Mitochondrial DNA
variation and genetic population structure in Rocky
Mountain bighorn sheep. J. Mammalogy 77: 109-123.
McClintock, B. T., and G. C. White. 2007. Bighorn sheep
abundance following a suspected pneumonia epidemic
in Rocky Mountain National Park. Journal of Wildlife
Management 71:183-189.
McKinney, T., J. C. deVos Jr., W. B. Ballard, and S. R. Boe.
2006. Mountain lion predation of translocated desert
bighorn sheep in Arizona. Wildlife Society Bulletin
34: 1255-1263.
Miller, M. W., J. E. Vayhinger, D. C. Bowden, S. P. Roush,
T. E. Verry, A. N. Torres, and V. D. Jurgens. 2000.
Drug treatment for lungworm in bighorn sheep:
reevaluation of a 20-year-old management prescription.
Journal of Wildlife Management 64: 505-512.