Instructional Video5:44
Restoration Planet

Bighorns at the Junction: human impact on a declining sheep population

9th - 12th
Human activity can have a huge ripple effect on wild species - learn how activities such as human development and the introduction of domestic sheep can wreak havoc on native populations. Filmed over a two year period in the rare...
Instructional Video6:24
Restoration Planet

Bighorns at the Junction: effects of disease

9th - 12th
The potentially devastating effects of disease on the Bighorn poulation in Chilcotin. Filmed over a two year period in the rare grasslands of the Chilcotin in British Columbia.
Instructional Video8:59
National Parks Service

Yosemite Nature Notes 27: Bighorn Sheep

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Sierra Nevada bighorn sheep are the rarest mountain sheep in North America. After the population dropped to around 100 animals in 1995, this unique sub-species was listed as an endangered species. In the spring of 2015, these charismatic...