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Northern Wild Sheep and Goat Council 9 – 1994

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Proceedings of the 9th Biennal Symposium
Cranbrook, British Columbia


Table of Contents

North American Wild Sheep Disease

Evaluation of the cytotoxicity of various isolates of Pasteurella haemolytica from bighorn sheep and other ungulate populations
R. M Silflow, W. J. Foreyt, and J. E. Lagerquist

Effects of controlled contact exposure between healthy bighorn sheep and llamas, domestic goats, mountain goats, cattle domestic sheep, or mouflon sheep
W. J. Foreyt

Residual effect of pneumonia on the bighorn sheep of Whiskey Mountain, Wyoming
T. J. Ryder, E. S. Williams, and S. L. Anderson

A health protocol for domestic sheep used on forest grazing allotments in Alberta and British Columbia
M. J. Pybus, R. A. Fenton, and H. Lang

Evaluation of lungworms, nutrition, and predation as factors limiting recovery of the Stillwater bighorn sheep her, Montana
L. C. Jones and D. E. Worley

Sheep and Goat Inventory

Analysis of 1992 Dall sheep and mountain goat survey data, Kenai National Wildlife Refuge
D. Strickland, L. L. McDonald, J. Kern, T. Spraker, and A. Loranger

Aerial survey and Dall sheep population size: comparative usefulness of external and internal population dynamics for management purposes
W. E. Heimer

Utility of summer fixed-wing aerial surveys in predicting lamb/ewe ratios observed on winter range
L. R. Irby

A method used for estimating mountain goat numbers in the Babine Mountains Recreation Area, British Columbia
D. Cichowski, D. Haas, and G. Schultze

A standardized technique for helicopter surveys of bighorn sheep
W. L. Bodie and L. E. Oldenburg

Historical Goat Distribution

Status and history of mountain goats in Oregon
P. E. Matthews and V. L. Coggins

Review of the historical literature regarding the distribution of the Rocky Mountain goat (Oreamnos americanus)
M. L. Irby and A. F. Chappell

Sheep and Goat Management

Effects of horn size and hunter success on satisfaction with Brooks Range sheep hunts
K. R. Whitten

The success of mountain goat management on the Kenai Peninsula in Alaska
G. G. Del Frate and T. H. Spraker

Horn growth in Montana bighorn rams
H. D. Picton

Summer activity patterns of bighorn ewes in the northern Great Plains
R. W. Sayre and R. W. Seabloom

Evaluation of bighorn sheep in the Ten Lakes Scenic Area of Montana
S. H. Johnsen

Effects of age of primiparity upon horn growth in bighorn ewes
M. Festa-Bianchet and J. T. Jorgenson

Goat Productivity and Population Dynamics

Social status and nanny-kid separation for Rocky Mountain goats
M. L. Irby and J. P. Fitzgerald

Summer-fall habitat use and fall diets of mountain goats and bighorn sheep in the Absaroka Range, Montana
N. C. Varley

Mountain goats on Mount Evans, Colorado – conflicts and the importance of accurate population estimates
D. F. Reed and K. A. Green

Sheep and Goat Habitat

The effects of physical geography on Dall sheep habitat quality and home range size
W. E. Heimer, F. J. Mauer, and S. W. Keller

Consequences of habitat fragmentation on wild sheep metapopulation management within USA
D. J. Armentrout and R. J. Boyd

Evaluation of a multivariate model of mountain goat winter habitat selection
C. A. Smith

Spatial segregation of bighorn sheep, mule deer, and feral horses
R. E. Kissell, L. R. Irby, and R. J. Mackie

Workshop Reports

Foreword to Workshop Reports

1994 NWS&GC Management Workshop Questionnaire Response – FNAWS

1994 NWS&GC Management Workshop Questionnaire Response – ALASKA

1994 NWS&GC Management Workshop Questionnaire Response – ALBERTA

1994 NWS&GC Management Workshop Questionnaire Response – BRITISH COLUMBIA

1994 NWS&GC Management Workshop Questionnaire Response – CALIFORNIA

1994 NWS&GC Management Workshop Questionnaire Response – IDAHO

1994 NWS&GC Management Workshop Questionnaire Response – MONTANA

1994 NWS&GC Management Workshop Questionnaire Response – NORTH DAKOTA

1994 NWS&GC Management Workshop Questionnaire Response – OREGON

1994 NWS&GC Management Workshop Questionnaire Response – WASHINGTON

1994 NWS&GC Management Workshop Questionnaire Response – WYOMING

1994 NWS&GC Management Workshop Questionnaire Response – YUKON