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Northern Wild Sheep and Goat Council 13 – 2002– Rapid City, South Dakota

Table of Contents

Page	Disease and Parasites

2	Parasites in Dall's sheep: what we can learn from historical and contemporary collections (or: putting together the pieces!). Kutz, S. J., A. M. Veitch, N. Simmons, E. Hoberg, B. Elkin, E. J. Jenkins, and L. Polley
3	Distribution and abundance of terrestrial gastropod intermediate hosts of lungworms on isolated, semi-arid bighorn ranges. Rodgerson, J. D., and W. S. Fairbanks
4	Investigating and interpreting population health in Dall’s sheep in the Mackenzie Mountains, Northwest Territories, Canada. Jenkins, E. J., A. M. Veitch, B. T. Elkin, S. J. Kutz, M. Chirino-Trejo, and L. Polley
5	Contact zone between expanding muskox populations and Dall's sheep - an emerging disease issue. Kutz, S. J., A. M. Veitch, J. Nagy, B. Elkin, E. Hoberg, E. J. Jenkins, and L. Polley
6	*Viability of air-bourne Pasteurella* spp.** Dixon, D., K. Rudolph, L. Cowen, D. L. Hunter, and A.C.S. Ward
14	*Molecular identification of Pasteurella-related outbreaks in bighorn sheep using pulse field gel electrophoresis.* Hosch-Hebdon, T.
15	Genetic resistance to disease in wild sheep. Rudolph, K., T. Hosch-Hebdon, and D. E. Toweill

Page	Genetics

17	Mountain goat horns of the Kootenay Region of British Columbia. Gilchrist, D
22	Genetic paternity and horn size in bighorn sheep: evolutionary and management implications. Coltman, D., M. Festa-Bianchet, J. Jorgenson, and C. Strobeck
23	Quantification of a known population bottleneck in Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep in Custer State Park, South Dakota. Goldstein, E. J., G. Luikart, and G. C. Brundige

Page	Population Monitoring

25	A review and comparison of management concerns, objectives and strategies for two native bighorn sheep populations. Alt, K., and Q. Kujala
26	Bighorn sheep survival in Badlands National Park 1997-2000: can routine sampling help predict survival? Bourassa, M. A., and S. V. Huzurbazar
27	Relationship between population density and mortality of bighorn sheep in Hells Canyon. Lammers, W. M., and E. F. Cassirer
39	Age- and sex-specific local survival in unhunted mountain goats. Festa-Bianchet, M., and S. D. Côté
40	Validation of a helicopter census technique for bighorn sheep. Taylor, E., D. E. Toweill, E. O. Garton, and W. Van Dyke

Page	Status Reports

49	The status of the mountain goats in the Mackenzie Mountains, Northwest Territories, Canada. Veitch, A., E. Simmons, M. Promislow, D. Tate, and R. Popko
63	Status of Oregon Rocky Mountain goats. Coggins, V. L., and P. E. Matthews

Page	Nutrition

70	Bighorn sheep lamb survival, trace minerals, rainfall and air pollution: Are there any connections? Hnilicka, P., J. Mionczynski, B. Mincher, J. States, M. Hinschberger, S. Oberlie, C. Thompson, and B. Yates
9	An investigation into the selenium requirements of Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep. Dean, R., P. Hnilicka, and T. Kreeger

Page	Transplant Assessment

102	Ecological assessment of recently reintroduced Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep along the Wasatch front. Whiting, J.
104	Predation and bighorn sheep transplants in New Mexico: a tale of two herds. Rominger, E. M., H. A. Whitlaw, D. Weybright, and W. C. Dunn
110	The landscape of fear and it's implications to sheep reintroductions. Laundré, J., L. Hernandez, I. Arias and G. Fowles

Page	Habitat Use

111	A GIS-based habitat model for bighorn sheep winter range in Glacier National Park, Montana. Dicus, G.
129	*The suitability of GPS wildlife collars for studying coastal habitat use by mountain goats (Oreamnos americanus).* Taylor, S.
130	*Evaluation of habitat selection by a reintroduced population of California bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis californiana) in south-central Idaho.* Fowles, G., J. Laundré, T. Ferguson, and N. Huntly
131	Bite rates in bighorn sheep:effects of season, age, sex and reproductive status. Ruckstuhl, K. E., J. T. Jorgenson, and M. Festa-Bianchet

Page	Capture and Disease Testing Protocols

133	Discussion of proposed disease testing protocol for transplants. Foster, C., and K. Hurley
135	*Bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis)* diseases: a brief iterature review and risk assessment for translocation.** Dubay, S. , H. Schwantije, J. De Vos, and T. McKinney

Page	Managing Domestic Sheep/Wild Sheep Interactions

155

Bighorn pneumonia die-offs: an observer's short history and synthesis.
Heimer, W.

166

Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep/domestic sheep and goat interactions, a management perspective.
Coggins, V.

167

Managing domestic sheep allotments in bighorn sheep habitat: seeking solutions.
Hurley, K.

POSTER SESSION
Page	Poster Title	Authors/Presentors
169	Infrared survey of California bighorn sheep in Idaho.	Bernatas, S., and L. Nelson
181	Spatial and temporal synchrony in horn growth of Dall's sheep rams in the Yukon.	Carey, J., and D. Hik
182	Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep management in Badlands National Park.	Childers, E.
195	*Population status of Transcaspian Urial (Ovis orientalis [vignei] arkal) at Aktau-Buzachinskiy Nature Reserve, Kazakhstan.*	Frisina, M. R.
203	Determining pregnancy status of Rocky Mountain bighorn ewes from fecal P4, a progesterone derivative hormone.	Goldstein, E. J., J. Bauman, and G. C. Brundige
210	The behavioural effects of helicopter logging on mountain goats.	Gordon, S.
211	*Life cycle, distribution, and significance of Parelaphostrongylus odocoilei* in thinhorn sheep (Ovis dalli).**	Jenkins, E. J., A. M. Veitch, E. P. Hoberg, S. J. Kutz, B. T. Elkin, and L. Polley
212	Use of low elevation habitats by bighorn sheep in Nebraska.	Klinksiek, E., and S. Fairbanks
213	Lamb production and survival of a bighorn sheep population in central Idaho.	McDaniel, C.
214	Using GPS telemetry to study the seasonal habitats of mountain goats within the Sunshine Coast Forest District, British Columbia.	Taylor, S., and W. Wall
215	Heirarchial habitat selection by Dall's sheep within the Tanana-Yukon uplands, Alaska.	Wendling, B., B. Griffith, and J. Lawler
216	Population structure and genetic variation of horn size in Dall's sheep from the Northwest Territories.	Worley, K., A. Veitch, and D. Coltman
230	Dall sheep disagreements: an Alaska management controversy.Heimer, W. E., S. Watson-Keller, V. Geist, S. Castle Kirstein, and T. C. Smith

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