Commentary: Can the Sierra Nevada bighorn dodge extinction? It may mean reining in another wild animal

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Jan 18, 2024, 8:50 am148 pts
The high peaks of the southern and central Sierra Nevada are home to a unique and endangered animal, the Sierra Nevada bighorn sheep. John Muir called them "the bravest of all the Sierra mountaineers," and indeed they have weathered both ancient and modern climate extremes, human-introduced disease and other…

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