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RAC approves bighorn and mountain goat plan review; removes Boulder Mountain as prospective transplant site
Summary
After a lengthy discussion about disease risk to domestic sheep and local stakeholder concerns, the Southern Region RAC voted 5–3 to accept the mountain goat and bighorn sheep plan review submitted by the Division of Wildlife Resources with Boulder Mountain removed from the list of prospective reintroduction sites.
Rusty, Division staff, summarized the mountain goat and bighorn plan reviews and said the committee that wrote the plans found them well‑written and largely up to date, with only minor changes needed to reflect legislative updates. “They were both very well written plans and the Bighorn plan, especially was very forward thinking,” Rusty said.
Discussion focused on disease risk, local producer concerns and the process required before any reintroduction could occur. Division staff noted a 2023 state code change that requires unit plans and local stakeholder committees for reintroductions and described the Wild Sheep Initiative (WAFWA) guidelines as advisory: “We don't have to follow these. We're our own agency,” Rusty said, while adding that the…
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