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<blockquote data-quote="KDM" data-source="post: 280909" data-attributes="member: 314"><p>You're right sweeney!!&nbsp; I didn't attend the meetings so I guess I'm not in the know.&nbsp; What I do know is this.&nbsp; In the 20+ years ND has had Bighorns, the population has grown to a whopping 300 animals WITH the full backing of fully trained and staffed State and Federal wildlife agencies as well as private organizations along with state and federal law enforcement agencies.&nbsp; So unless all of these agencies were given jurisdiction on the reservation, (which I doubt) NONE of these agencies will have anything to say or do with these Bighorns.&nbsp; Not to mention all the funding that goes with those public and private wildlife agencies that can be used to support a new population of big game that the tribe has no access to.&nbsp; I tend to live in reality and the reality is that ND does NOT lend itself to growing Bighorn Sheep.&nbsp; It has taken MOUNTAINS of support to get North Dakota's bighorn population to 300.&nbsp; They have even had to augment the ND population using adult sheep from elsewhere to keep it going over the years.&nbsp; So I hope in those 2 years they were talking, they came up with a great new way to grow Bighorns on the reservation without all of the aforementioned support.&nbsp; As far as the sheep themselves go, I wish them luck.&nbsp; I hope they can survive on their own.&nbsp; I'm out!!!</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="KDM, post: 280909, member: 314"] You're right sweeney!! I didn't attend the meetings so I guess I'm not in the know. What I do know is this. In the 20+ years ND has had Bighorns, the population has grown to a whopping 300 animals WITH the full backing of fully trained and staffed State and Federal wildlife agencies as well as private organizations along with state and federal law enforcement agencies. So unless all of these agencies were given jurisdiction on the reservation, (which I doubt) NONE of these agencies will have anything to say or do with these Bighorns. Not to mention all the funding that goes with those public and private wildlife agencies that can be used to support a new population of big game that the tribe has no access to. I tend to live in reality and the reality is that ND does NOT lend itself to growing Bighorn Sheep. It has taken MOUNTAINS of support to get North Dakota's bighorn population to 300. They have even had to augment the ND population using adult sheep from elsewhere to keep it going over the years. So I hope in those 2 years they were talking, they came up with a great new way to grow Bighorns on the reservation without all of the aforementioned support. As far as the sheep themselves go, I wish them luck. I hope they can survive on their own. I'm out!!! [/QUOTE]

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