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Bighorn Canyon National Recreation AreaThree Pryor Mountain horses in the snow
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Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area
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Young bighorn ram, photo by T. Ennis  

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The bighorn sheep in Bighorn Canyon NRA had disappeared in the 1800s. In the 1970s, Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks and Wyoming Game and Fish translocated sheep into nearby areas. Descendants of these sheep moved into the range along Bighorn Canyon and today the estimated population is 150 to 200.
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Last Updated: September 19, 2006 at 13:49 EST