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Proceedings of the 23rd Biennal Symposium
Jackson, Wyoming
Table of Contents
Introduction, Sponsors, Guidelines and Forward
MOVEMENT/SOCIAL DYNAMICS/CONNECTIVITY/GENETICS
An Empirically Grounded Framework for Tuning a General Bighorn Sheep Space Use Model to Specific Environmental Contexts
Kezia Manlove, Lauren Ricci, and Mike Cox
Estimating the Fission-Fusion Dynamics in Social Behavior of Bighorn Sheep
Toni M. Proescholdt and Kezia Manlove
Seasonal Variation in Connectivity Behavior of Bighorn Sheep
Lauren Ricci, Mike Cox, and Kezia Manlove
Why Do Some Female Bighorn Sheep Go On Breeding Migrations, While Others Stay in Their Local Wintering Range? Inbreeding Avoidance, Tradition, and Social Transmission
Kathreen E. Ruckstuhl, John T. Hogg, Megan A. Mah
Seeing is be-Leaving: Perception Informs Migratory Decisions in Sierra Nevada Bighorn Sheep (Ovis canadensis sierrae)
Danielle J. Berger, David W. German, Christian John, Ronan Hart, Thomas R. Stephenson, and Tal Avgar
Landscape Features Outperform Habitat to Explain Genetic Connectivity of Bighorn Sheep in Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park
Elizabeth P. Flesch, Tabitha A. Graves, and Mark J. Biel
Range-Wide Genetic Analyses to Guide the Future Management of California Bighorn Sheep
Joshua P. Jahner, Thomas L. Parchman, Marjorie D. Matocq, C. Alex Buerkle, and Clinton W. Epps
With Great with Powder Comes Great Responsibility: Sierra Nevada Bighorn Sheep Response to Backcountry Skiing
Jaron T. Kolek, Thomas R. Stephenson, and Kevin L. Monteith
RESEARCH AND MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES
Evaluating Non-Traditional Approaches to Monitor a Small and Remote Bighorn Sheep Population
Carson Butler, Sarah Dewey, Clinton Epps, Rachel Crowhurs, Alyson Courtemanch, Mary Conner, Michael Whitfield
Teton Range Bighorn Sheep and Winter Recreation Collaborative Process: Successes and Struggles
Alyson Courtemanch, Sarah Dewey, Carson Butler, Jason Wilmot, Nathan Yorgason, Steve Kilpatrick, Michael Whitfield
Landscape Factores Inhibiting Mountain Goat Movenments: A Contribution to Delineating Demographic Units
Richard B. Harris, Forest Hayes, Clifford G. Rice, and David J. Vales
Early Summer Precipitation and Temperature Associated with Mountain Goat Declines in Glacier National Park
Tabitha A. Graves, Jami Belt, William M. Janousek, and Michael J. Yarnall
MOUNTAIN GOAT MANAGEMENT ISSUES AND CHALLENGES
Demographic Uncertainty and Disease Risk Drive Climate-Informed Mountain Goat Management
Justin A. Gude, Nicholas J. DeCesare, Kelly M. Proffitt, Sarah N. Sells, Robert A. Garrott, Imtiaz Rangwala, Mark Biel, Jessica Coltrane, Julie Cunningham, Tammy Fletcher, Karen Loveless, Rebecca Mowry, Megan O’Reilly, Ryan Rauscher, Michael Thompson
DISEASE/PARASITE DIAGNOSTICS/SURVEILLANCE AND MANAGEMENT
Diagnostic Strengths of Strain Typing Bacteria During Surveillance and Bighorn Sheep Die- offs Christopher A.W. MacGlover, William H. Edwards, and Kerry S. Sondgeroth
Multilocus Sequence Typing, Leukotoxin Identification, and 16S rDNA Biodiversity Determination of Mannheimia haemolytica, Bibersteinia trehalosi, Pasteurella multocida, and Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae A Single Assay Using Multiplex PCR, Short-Read Sequencing, and Automated Bioinformatics
Karen A. Fox, Cristopher A.W. MacGlover, Kevin A. Blecha, and Mark D. Stenglein
Bighorn Sheep Respiratory Disease Surveillance via Animal Behavior and Community Science
Sidney Brenkus, James S. Adelman, and Robert W. Klaver
Fascioloides Magna in Free-Ranging Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep (Ovis canadensis)
Amelie Mathieu,Caeley Thacker, Irene Teske, Emily Jenkins, Brent Wagner, Bryan MacBeth, Stephen Raverty, and Margo Pybus
Evaluating Ability of Cameras to Accurately Estimate Vital Rates for Desert Bighorn Sheep (Ovis canadensis nelsoni)
Grete Wilson-Henjum, Kezia Manlove, and Kathy Longshore
Testing the Tools: Montana’s Highlands Bighorn Sheep Project
Vanna Boccadori and Kelly Proffitt
Montana’s Sun River Bighorn Sheep, Decimation to Restoration and Back Again…Ugh!
Brent N. Lonner
Whiskey Mountain Bighorn Sheep – Pullin’ on a Management Lever
Daryl Lutz, Pat Hnilicka, Brittany Wagler, Rachel Smiley, Kevin Monteith, Jennifer Malmberg, Hank Edwards, and Art Lawson
HABITAT USE, NUTRITION, DEMOGRAPHY
Behavioral Responses of Bighorn Sheep Following a Large-Scale Wildfire
Katey S. Huggler, E. Frances Cassirer, Paul Wik, and Ryan A. Long
Heterogeneity in Risk-Sensitive Allocation of Somatic Reserves in Bighorn Sheep
Rachel A. Smiley, Brittany L. Wagler, Tayler N. LaSharr, Kristin A. Denryter, Thomas R. Stephenson, Alyson B. Courtemanch, Tony W. Mong, Daryl Lutz, Doug McWhirter, Doug Brimeyer, Patrick Hnilicka, Blake Lowrey, and Kevin L. Monteith
The Little Belt Mountains Wild Sheep Restoration Effort
Jay Kolbe and Sonja Andersen
Wildfire Recovery To Provide Optimal Habitat For Bighorn Sheep In The Douglas Creek Bighorn Sheep Herd
Ryan Amundson
Effects of Helicopter Net-Gunning on Survival of Bighorn Sheep
Brittany L. Wagler, Rachel A. Smiley, Alyson B. Courtemanch, Gregory Anderson, Daryl Lutz, Doug McWhirter, Doug Brimeyer, Patrick Hnilicka, Cody P. Massing, David W. German, Thomas R. Stephenson, Kevin L. Monteith
Hornography: Using Photogrammetry and 2D Measurement as Non-invasive Methods to Assess Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep Horn Morphology
Tanisha C. Henry and Kathreen E. Ruckstuhl
Cost Distance Models to Predict Contact Between Bighorn Sheep and Domestic Sheep
Kathleen Anderson, Maya L. Cahn, Thomas R. Stephenson, Alexandra P. Few, Brian E. Hatfield, David W. German, Jonathan M. Weissman, and Brian Croft
Assessing the Performance of the Risk of Contact Tool’s Core Herd Home Range Estimator
Joshua M. O’Brien
VIDEO RECORDINGS OF PAPERS/PRESENTATIONS
Northern Wild Sheep and Goat Council 21 – 2022, April 5th Meeting Recording
Northern Wild Sheep and Goat Council 21 – 2022, April 7th Meeting Recording