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Show December 12, 2002 Bighorn Festival is 22-2- 3, day. But the 1 6 or so desert big- horns spotted there, and in two other small and widespread groups around Grand County are still far fewer in number than officials from the state's Division of Wildlife Resources (DWR) would typically expect see during the elusive animals November mating to season. Herds around Moab are on the decline, even as transplanted herds in other areas around the state are growing by leaps and bounds. Were just not finding them in the numbers we used to, said Brent Stettler, who organizes the Bighorn Sheep Festival and several other watchable wildlife events for tie DWR. There used to be several large groups right here area. Stettlers worry about the absence of sheep is twofold. in this From a it long-ter- m perspective, appears that some once healthy heids are declining In Page -- 11 DECEMBER 15, 2002 SUNDAY EVENING i 6 00 6 30 WT'irTETr to where the sheep are by Lisa Church staff writer For the past few weeks, a herd of bighorn sheep near Arches National Park has put on quite show for passersby -lazing and grazing within a few yards of Hwy. 191, enticing drivers to stop for a cioser look. In a year when low counts for some sheep herds near Moab have raise concerns among state Division of Wildlife Resources (DWR) officials, regular sightings of the Arches group, although smaller than in some past years, have been a bright spot. As Bighorn sheep buffs who trooped to town for the annual Bighorn Sheep Festival Nov. the herd of about near Arches stole the six sheep Independent Extra! The Time the short run, the opportunity to view bighorn sheep is the big drawing card of the weekend event. And Stettler knows one thing for sure the biggest challenge in planning the bighorn festival is getting the - MM tGAmort Gtnt kUWS Q H Ve 0 r Camera jaj a Nature Nj (a) Ooci (CCj (tx) (DVS) ) loc; OvUuaboa the Season (a) 6S ArmromeOe rj (at Cokegv Inc Master providence isi (cc) MM Vow (19&?) Hockey DvNw Stars m Ch imgc Btecehawhe (Livej (cc) Movie ee1 Con Air (1967) (faunas Cage 1 Cl ConfeMvdMM (Nj (atThird Watch Nero diode (cc) NNL There are two things we always worry about with the festival. Will we see sheep? And will people be happy with the expenence, Stettler said. With these animals, we dont have predictability. We could go out tomorrow and see no animals. Or we could find dozens. There's just no way to know." DWR schedules the festival to coincide with bighorn sheep mating season. During rut the sheep er lose their shyness, and rams are occasionally seen butting heads - the crack of horns echoing like a gunshot - in a struggle for dominance and the right to mate with willing females. While desert bighorn sheep were once more abundant than mule deer in Utah, the sheep had all but disappeared by the turn of the century. The herds near Moab are the last of the native bighorn sheep in the region. But since the 1970s, the DWR has conprojects throughout the state, reintroducing both desert bighorn and their larger cousins Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep into suitable habitat across the Colorado Plateau and in the mountains in northern Utah. In 1 999, the desert bighorn sheep population had grown to a healthy 2,600, and the Rocky Mountain sheep, which were almost extinct decades earlier, Continued on the next pege... LtnA The Cheat Qntu jeeey Norman Holtoay Acoeee Hollywood (ciJMeximufEKpoeur femgeoniSeintoiPrwmVRoc jBt-Spo- Hi Movie eee Rocky Mt. 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