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Bighorn
Bighorn river, 461 mi (741 km) long, formed in W central Wyo. by the confluence of the Wind and Pop Agie rivers and flowing north to join the Yellowstone River in S Mont. The Bighorn basin, part of the Missouri River basin project, has several dams that provide for flood control, irrigation, hydroelectricity, and recreation. Boysen and Yellowtail are the principal dams; the lake behind Yellowtail dam is the nucleus of Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area (see National Parks and Monuments , table). In 1807 a U.S. trading post was established at the mouth of the Bighorn. The battle between the forces of Col. George Custer and the Sioux took place (1876) near the junction of the Bighorn and the Little Bighorn rivers.
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Bighorns' Biggest Problem
Newspaper article from: Yakima Herald-Republic; 12/18/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...own mountain milieu, bighorn sheep move with deliberate...climbing rope. Turn bighorns into the interlopers...when he saw two young bighorn sheep poised at the...as possible got those bighorns out of there and to...stock for pathogens. "Bighorn sheep have been fairly...
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BIGHORNS MOVED FROM MONTANA TO LITTLE HOLE
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 2/1/2007; 700+ words
; ...preparation for the bighorn sheep reintroduction...conditions to getting extra bighorns. It should really give...interested in seeing bighorn sheep in northeastern...that people will see bighorns more often along the...information about viewing bighorn sheep in northeastern...
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BIGHORN SHEEP PANEL SUMMARY RELEASED
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 11/27/2006; 700+ words
; ...understanding of the problem of bighorn disease transmission...transmitting disease to bighorns. But site-specific...having on the specific bighorn sheep populations utilizing...concluded that wild bighorn sheep were at risk from...separate populations of bighorns in the Salmon River...
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TEXAS BIGHORN SHEEP POPULATION CONTINUES TO FLOURISH
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 9/24/2007; 700+ words
; ...counting sheep, desert bighorn sheep to be specific...successful restoration of bighorns to their historic...willing to protect bighorns and their habitat...support from the Texas Bighorn Society and hunters...last known native bighorn sheep disappeared...aggressively compete with ...
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BIGHORN SHEEP LOTTERY PERMIT HOLDER TAKES TROPHY RAM
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 12/12/2008; 483 words
; ...ago," Nordeen said. "The bighorn hunt is an extremely rare opportunity to hunt for a trophy bighorn," Janssen said. "But the...everyone is doing to bring the bighorns back to their historical ranges...native to parts of Nebraska, bighorn sheep were reintroduced in...
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MONTANA BIGHORN SHEEP ARRIVE IN NEBRASKA
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 1/21/2007; 700+ words
; ...Commission issued the following news release: Bighorn sheep captured in Montana's Missouri...a second shipment of some 30 Montana bighorn sheep for release at the same site, and the new Wildcat Hills bighorn herd will number approximately 50 rams...
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TEXAS BIGHORN SHEEP NUMBERS CONTINUE TO CLIMB
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 10/1/2008; 700+ words
; ...last reported sighting of a native bighorn sheep in 1958 came from what would...Biologists believe the last native Texas bighorns were gone by the early 1960s. Efforts...groups. Through landowner and Texas Bighorn Society support, remote mountains...
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Sierra Bighorns Need Protection.(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: National Parks; 5/1/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...drastically affected the bighorn's population. Domestic...domestic varieties infected bighorns through nose-to...slow the loss of Sierra bighorns because hunting wasn...decimating factor on Sierra bighorns," says Wehausen...have been removed from bighorn habitat, but several...
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Montana bighorn sheep find new home in Utah
Newspaper article from: Deseret News (Salt Lake City); 1/20/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...including California bighorn on Antelope Island, desert bighorn to the south and...its Rocky Mountain bighorns. Three years ago...genetics (of its bighorn sheep). They should...biggest, healthiest bighorns I've ever seen...
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100TH BIGHORN SHEEP TRANSLOCATION, SUCCESSFUL
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 11/20/2007; 700+ words
; ...the following news release: Arizona's bighorn sheep population received a boost last...vital assistance from the Arizona Desert Bighorn Sheep Society, Yuma Proving Ground...50th year, aims to restore or enhance bighorn sheep populations in their historic habitats...
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Bighorn
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Bighorn river, 461 mi (741 km) long, formed...join the Yellowstone River in S Mont. The Bighorn basin, part of the Missouri River basin...behind Yellowtail dam is the nucleus of Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area (see National...
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Little Bighorn, Battle of The
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to United States History
Little Bighorn, Battle of The (25–26 June...Indians, thought to be in the Little Bighorn Valley. Custer would march up the Rosebud...Gibbon would ascend the Yellowstone and Bighorn to head off any Indians flushed by Custer...
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Little Bighorn
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Little Bighorn river, c.90 mi (145 km) long, rising in the Bighorn Mts., N Wyo., and flowing north to join the Bighorn River in S Mont. On June 25-26, 1876, Sioux and Cheyenne warriors defeated the forces of Col. George Custer in...
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Little Bighorn, Battle of the
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Military History
Little Bighorn, Battle of the (1876).This clash...Indians, thought to be in the Little Bighorn Valley. Custer would march up the Rosebud...Gibbon would ascend the Yellowstone and Bighorn and position themselves to head off any...
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bighorn
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
bighorn or Rocky Mountain sheep, wild sheep of...has short, straight spikes. One type of bighorn lives at high altitudes in the W United...and the Stone's, or black, sheep. Bighorn sheep are classified in the phylum Chordata...
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