FY26 Bighorn Sheep and Mountain Goat captures
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Project ID: 7644
Status: Proposed
Fiscal Year: 2026
Submitted By:
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Project Manager: Kent Hersey
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 and mountain goat captures and associated costs
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Location:
Willow Creek
Potash
San Rafael North
San Rafael South
San Rafael Dirty Devil
Nebo / Wasatch
South Slope/Kamas
Dutton
Loafer/Nebo
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Project Need
Need For Project:
This budget will cover the costs to capture and collar bighorn sheep and mountain goats on multiple units for disease monitoring, movement, and survival data collection.
Objectives:
Capture and collar bighorn sheep and mountain goats for continual monitoring of multiple populations.
Project Location/Timing Justification (Why Here? Why Now?):
N/A
Relation To Management Plan:
The bighorn sheep and mountain goat 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 and mountain goats will be captured using helicopter net gunning. Animals will be disease tested and GPS collared.
Monitoring:
Animals will be monitored by UDWR biologists and satellite GPS collars
Partners:
This project is a partnership with DWR and conservation organizations.
Future Management:
Sheep and goats will be monitored using GPS collars. Survival, habitat use, movement patterns, and disease status will be used to improve population estimates, transplant potential, and hunting strategies.
Sustainable Uses of Natural Resources:
N/A
| Budget | WRI/DWR | Other | Budget Total | In-Kind | Grand Total |
| $250,000.00 | $0.00 | $250,000.00 | $0.00 | $250,000.00 |
| Item | Description | WRI | Other | In-Kind | Year |
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| Other | Capture, collar, and sampling costs | $250,000.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 2026 |
| Funding | WRI/DWR | Other | Funding Total | In-Kind | Grand Total |
| $250,000.00 | $0.00 | $250,000.00 | $0.00 | $250,000.00 |
| Source | Phase | Description | Amount | Other | In-Kind | Year |
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| Federal Aid (PR) | $187,500.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 2026 | ||
| External Conservation Permit | $62,500.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 2026 |
Species
| Species | "N" Rank | HIG/F Rank | ||||
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| Bighorn Sheep | N4 | R2 | ||||
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| Mountain Goat | R3 | |||||
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Habitats
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Project Comments
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