FY24 Bighorn Sheep Captures
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Project ID: 6764
Status: Completed
Fiscal Year: 2024
Submitted By:
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Project Manager: Rusty Robinson
PM Agency: Utah Division of Wildlife Resources
PM Office: Salt Lake Office
Lead: Utah Division of Wildlife Resources
WRI Region: Statewide
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Description:
Bighorn sheep captures and associated costs
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Location:
Mineral Mountains, Oak Creek, Zion, Kaiparowits East and West, Stansbury, Gray Canyon, Jack Creek, Book Cliffs, Antelope Island
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Project Need
Need For Project:
This budget will cover the costs to capture and collar bighorn sheep on multiple units for disease monitoring, movement, and survival data collection.
Objectives:
Capture and collar bighorn sheep for continual monitoring of multiple populations.
Project Location/Timing Justification (Why Here? Why Now?):
N/A
Relation To Management Plan:
The bighorn sheep management plans calls for UDWR to use GPS collars to better understand
survival, distribution, and movements of each herd and to use this information to refine
estimates of population size.
Fire / Fuels:
N/A
Water Quality/Quantity:
N/A
Compliance:
N/A
Methods:
Bighorn sheep will be captured using helicopter net gunning, drop net, or chemical immobilization (depending on the location). Sheep will be disease tested and GPS collared.
Monitoring:
Bighorn sheep will be monitored using satellite GPS collars.
Partners:
This project is a partnership with DWR and conservation organizations.
Future Management:
Sheep will be monitored using GPS collars and surveys to determine if the transplants were successful.
Sustainable Uses of Natural Resources:
N/A
| Budget | WRI/DWR | Other | Budget Total | In-Kind | Grand Total |
| $420,000.00 | $0.00 | $420,000.00 | $0.00 | $420,000.00 |
| Item | Description | WRI | Other | In-Kind | Year |
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| Other | Capture and collar | $420,000.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 2024 |
| Funding | WRI/DWR | Other | Funding Total | In-Kind | Grand Total |
| $280,000.00 | $0.00 | $280,000.00 | $0.00 | $280,000.00 |
| Source | Phase | Description | Amount | Other | In-Kind | Year |
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| Kings Camo | T250 | $5,000.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 2024 | |
| Federal Aid (PR) | P651 | $175,000.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 2024 | |
| Utah Wild Sheep Foundation (WSF) | S022 | $21,250.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 2024 | |
| Safari Club International (SCI) | S026 | $55,000.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 2024 | |
| Sportsman for Fish & Wildlife (SFW) | S027 | $21,250.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 2024 | |
| Wildlife Conservation Foundation (WCF) | S056 | $2,500.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 2024 |
Species
| Species | "N" Rank | HIG/F Rank | ||||
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| Bighorn Sheep | N4 | R2 | ||||
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Habitats
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Project Comments
| Comment | 08/09/2024 | Type: 2 | Commenter: Alison Whittaker |
| This is just a reminder that completion reports are due August 31st. I have entered the expenses in the Through WRI/DWR column on the finance page. Please do not make any changes to numbers in the Through WRI/DWR column. Any "Through Other" or "In-kind" expenses will need to be entered by the PM or contributors. Update your map features and fill out the completion form. Be sure to click on the finalize button on the completion report when you have your completion report ready to be reviewed by WRI Admin. Don't forget to upload any pictures of the project you have of before, during and after completion. If you have any questions about this don't hesitate to contact me. Thanks. | |||
| Comment | 09/06/2024 | Type: 2 | Commenter: Alison Whittaker |
| Thank you for submitting your completion report on time. Don't forget to upload any pictures of the project you have of before, during and after completion. | |||
Completion
Start Date:
07/01/2023
End Date:
06/30/2024
FY Implemented:
2024
Final Methods:
During FY24, we completed the below bighorn sheep captures:
San Juan: 15
Zion:29
Oak Creek: 19
Mineral Mtns:20
Escalante: 30
Antelope Island: 12
Stansbury: 10
Nine Mile/Book Cliffs: 45
American Fork: 10
Nebo: 6
Nursery Facility: 33 (13 Skyrider, 20 NV)
Total: 229
Project Narrative:
Bighorn sheep were captured across the state for disease testing, monitoring movements, estimating survival, and determining cause-specific mortality.
Future Management:
Animals survival and movements will be monitored using GPS collars.
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