In the bighorn vs. mountain goat war, bighorns are losing

May 24, 2010 · Posted in Environment · Comments Off 

Bighorn sheep herd seen at the inaugural Georgetown Bighorn Sheep Festival, held Sat. Nov. 11, 2006 | Denver Post

Colorado’s native bighorn sheep population is declining (down about 10 percent from 2001 to 2009), and biologists are scrambling to find a way to bolster the breed.

The problems, according to an article in the Denver Post, include construction, disease, traffic, other live stock — and mountain goats, a nonnative species that was originally reintroduced outside of Salida.

Read more about the struggles facing bighorn sheep at DenverPost.com.