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2026 NWSGC Biennial Symposium
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Northern Wild Sheep Council 3 – 1974

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Proceedings of the 3rd Northern Wild Sheep Council
Great Falls, Montana


Table of Contents

Welcome and opening remarks
Wesley Woodgerd

Wild sheep from an economic and consumer viewpoint
Jack Atcheson

Resumes of Current Wild Sheep Management and Research in Each State and Province

Alaska – Wayne Heimer

Yukon – J. M. Christiansen

Northwest Territories – Norman Simmons

British Columbia – Kerry Constan

Alberta – William Wishart, Corm Gates

Alberta – Randy Chappel

Oregon – James Blaisdell

Idaho – William Hickey

Montana – Joe Egan

North Dakota – Jim McKenzie

Wyoming – Bill Helms

Utah – Homer Stapley

Colorado – Gene Schoonveld

Session on the Boone and Crockett Syndrome

Some questions about trophy hunting
James Morgan

What are the effects of bighorn trophy hunting?
William Wishart

Comments on hunting
Jack O’Connor

Session on Habitat

The importance of mineral licks to Dall sheep in interior Alaska and its significance to sheep management
Wayne Heimer

Bighorn sheep in the Missouri River breaks of Montana
Larry Eichhorn and C. Robert Watts

Range ecology of bighorn sheep in relation to self-regulation theories
John Stelfox

Range use and food habits of bighorn sheep in the Sun River area, Montana
Michael Frisina

Session on Behavior

Comments on behavior
Valerius Geist

Movements of bighorn sheep in west central Montana
Glenn Erickson

The effect of ambient temperature on the winter feed intake of bighorn sheep
Daryll Hebert

Session on Transplanting

The Lava Beds bighorn transplant
James Blaisdell

Wyoming’s bighorn sheep transplants
Bill Helms

Bighorn sheep transplanting in Montana
Reuel Janson

Comments on transplanting
Valerius Geist

Other Selected Research Papers

Lamb Mortality
Terry Spraker

Cause and nature of mortality in bighorn sheep
Bob Lange

Effects of late prehistoric and early historic Eskimo hunting of Dall sheep in north Alaska: examples of Aboriginal overkill
John Martin Campbell

Physical condition, productivity and quality of nutrition of bighorn sheep in the Sun River area, Montana
Michael Frisina

A preliminary look at Dall ram horn growth in Alaska and its implications
Wayne Heimer and A. C. Smith