A deal between a southwestern Colorado family that raises sheep and the National Wildlife Federation will create a buffer with bighorn sheep to prevent the passing on of deadly pneumonia.
For over a century, domestic sheep have grazed a 101,676-acre allotment of public land in the San Juan Mountains surrounding Silverton to the north, east and south. Ernie Etchart, a Montrose-based ran.
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A deal between a southwestern Colorado family that raises sheep and the National Wildlife Federation will create a buffer with bighorn sheep on public grazing land, preventing the passing of deadly pneumonia to the wild bighorns.
A deal between a southwestern Colorado family that raises sheep and the National Wildlife Federation will create a buffer with bighorn sheep to prevent the passing on of deadly pneumonia.