Bighorn Sheep Opinion Pieces
Pusch Ridge bighorn sheep and people: a bad combination – Opinion piece.
How many bighorn sheep should die outside Tucson? – Opinion piece.
The public has been supportive of bighorn sheep restoration and has placed significant value on the presence of bighorn sheep in the Catalinas as a natural component of this ecosystem. This is supported by Purdy (1981), Burgarsky (1986), Harris et al. (1995), and Devers (1999).It would be interesting to look more closely at these sources to understand if that is a reasonable claim – although even the most recent source (1999 – Public Attitudes, Wildlife, and Recreation Management in Pusch Ridge Wilderness, Arizona, by Patrick Kevin Devers) is not only over a decade old but also right on the edge of the ‘late 1990s’ date for the Big Horn Sheep’s disappearance from the range.
An early AM start to catch the sunrise and the snow on the Red Ridge Trail.