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  • NeoBlackdog
    Yep.  A buddy of mine is the head biologist for the Wallow-Whitman national forest and he says it could wipe out the whole herd.  
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  • toad67
    The sheep at Hart Mountain, and other great sheep ranges in Oregon have been hit by a virus that is really putting a hurt on the sheep. Seems that the cycle is coming around again, and has finally gotten far enough, North, to Baker, where it will affect a few more people.  About every 20-25 years or so, a virus gets into the sheep population in the SE Oregon region, and decimates the wild herds, which is almost always introduced by the farmed sheep, which are allowed to graze on/with the grounds next to the wild ones. The domestic sheep pass on viruses that are transferable to the wild ones, thru their droppings, while they are able to vaccinate the dom's for it, they won't spend the $$ to do anything for the wild sheep... Money for pasture rent vs. money for tags... BLM B/S...Welcome to the Oregon decline in hunting and fishing....
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  • dpmule
    There's been a couple herds in Wyoming that they went in and killed them all and then started a reintroduced herd after a couple years.
    They can't seem to build an immunity to it and they are so sad to see when stricken with it.
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  • dpmule
    Yep.  A buddy of mine is the head biologist for the Wallow-Whitman national forest and he says it could wipe out the whole herd.  
    Does that herd work it's way around and above Joseph and Lake Wallowa?

    Mule
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  • NeoBlackdog
    dpmule said:
    Yep.  A buddy of mine is the head biologist for the Wallow-Whitman national forest and he says it could wipe out the whole herd.  
    Does that herd work it's way around and above Joseph and Lake Wallowa?

    Mule
    There are some herds in Wallowa county over in the Hells Canyon area and they move around the lake some.  They're not the same herd as the Lookout Mtn. bunch but I'm sure there's some intermingling.   Lookout Mtn. is about 50 miles South of Wallowa lake. 
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