TEN The Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon, Thursday January 25, 1979
Bighorn sheep transplant, well-traveled Malheur badger
Fifteen Rocky Mountain
bighorn sheep from Idaho
were trucked to Oregon rec
ently and released in the lower
Imnaha River Canyon of
Wallowa County. The trans
plant was a result of coopera
tive efforts by the Oregon
Department of Fish and
Wildlife, the Idaho Fish and
Game Department, and the
U.S. Forest Service to reestab
lish this species in the Snake
River area.
The sheep nine ewes and
six rams were trapped by
Idaho Fish and Game person
nel in the Panther Creek
drainage, a tributary of
Idaho's Salmon River. A
24-hour truck ride brought
them to their new home in
Oregon. Three ewes were
equipped with radio transmit
ter collars to help keep track
of the herd and all were
marked with ear tags and red
streamers.
Trapping efforts in the past
in Oregon have been done by
herding or baiting sheep into
wooden traps. But in Idaho,
Fish and Game personnel
lured the sheep to a trap site
with fermented apple pulp and
then used a drop net to capture
all fifteen animals simul
taneously. Although it is hard
ly considered a natural food,
sheep rapidly acquire a taste
for apple pulp. Once they
become accustomed to eating
it, they will return regularly to
a bait site. The use of this
OSU open house
for h.s, seniors
is Saturday
Oregon high school and
community college students
thinking of attending Oregon
State University next fall are
invited to attend OSU's annual
Beaver Open House Saturday,
Jan. 27.
Prospective students and
their parents are invited to
attend the one-day session.
Students can have their ques
tions answered about classes,
majors and student activities,
said Franz Haun, director of
new student programs.
Students and parents will
have an opportunity to visit
with representatives of all
academic units at OSU. In
formation wfii be available on
admission requirements,
housing, financial aid and
costs.
A $3 registration fee will be
charged for each student
attending; no fee is charged
for parents. Students and
parents may purchase lunch
on campus.
Participants may pre
register by mail or on Open
House day in OSU's Gill
Coliseum from 8:30 to 9:30
a.m. when the opening meet
ing begins.
More information on Beaver
Open House is available from
Office of New Student Pro
grams at OSU, telephone
754-2626.
Mime show set
for Wednesday
at BMCC
Scot McKay will present
mime, the fine art of body
language, Wednesday, Jan.
31, in the college union at.Blue
Mountain Community College.
Performances are sched
uled for 11:15 a.m. and 12:15
p.m. The public is invited to
come, eat lunch, and view the
free show.
Mime is termed an avenue
of direct communication with
out the burden of verbal
concepts or physical objects.
The mimist concentrates on
communicating with the
actions of his body and facial
expressions only.
exotic bait was apparently
pioneered in Wyoming and
Colorado.
Most of the animals are
young, one or two years of
age, said Oregon Fish and
Wildlife Department biologist
Vic Coggins, and they sur
vived their long trip in fine
shape. The young age and
healthy condition is a real plus
in upping the odds the sheep
will adapt well to their new
surroundings.
This sheep transplant is the
second one attempted in Hells
Canyon. The first release of
Rocky Mountain bighorns was
made in April 1971 near Hells
Canyon Dam. The sheep
persisted in the area for
several years but then disap
peared. The animals from that
first attempt came from
Jasper Park in Alberta,
Canada.
Jasper Park is ?n alpine
area, nr.fouunately, rather
than a canyon habitat like the
Snake River where they were
released. The Idaho sheep
from Panther Creek come
from a canyon habitat very
similar to the Snake River and
may be better adapted to it
than the Jasper Park animals
were.
Oregon has one other Rocky
Mountain bighorn sheep herd
in the Lostine area of the
Wallowa Mountains. This herd
has done well since its 1971
reintroduction and numbers
are now estimated at 100
animals. Since there is a very
limited winter range for the
animals at this site, some
have been released in Bear
Creek, a neighboring drain
age. Unfortunately, most of
those animals returned to
Lostine Creek, so the effort
failed.
Another transplant is plan
ned for Battle Creek in upper
Hells Canyon with stock from
the Lostine herd. Five sheep
were released in the area last
year. Snow and high winds
have so far hampered efforts
to move more animals this
winter but Coggins expects to
make another try when the
weather moderates.
The Panther Creek ship
ment of bighorn sheep from
Idaho is part repayment for
Rocky Mountain elk which
were trapped several years
ago in Oregon and sent to
Idaho. Swaps of this nature
between states have been
common over the years and
have made reintroductions
possible as well as introduc
tions of new species through
out the United States.
BADGER SETS TRAVEL
RECORD
An Idaho badger which
immigrated to southeastern
Oregon may have set a new
record for the cross-land
interstate badger trek.
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