Dall Sheep in WA?

[couesbitten]

B/C there is no way they would survive there or anywhere else in WA. Too much snow to blow enough browse free and not the correct types of browse.[/quote]


If they can survive in AK, I don't know why they couldn't survive in WA. But, based on what WDFW-SUX said, there are only 5 or 6 and they've been there since 1973! Those sheep are 36 years old! Either that or they're reproducing at a rate slower than people.

[PolarBear]

I question the browse thing.  Mt. goats live in he same areas in Alaska and feed on a lot of the same browse as dalls and do very well Washington.  I think that it would be possible for them to make it here and even thrive since our winters are much less severe.  With that said, I doubt that we have any (left if we did have some) due to hunting practices of the past and the tribes along with the great demand for such a coveted animal.  I think they would have been poached out years ago.  Think of the revenue that this state could make if we did have a sustainable population.

[AKBowman]

B/C there is no way they would survive there or anywhere else in WA. Too much snow to blow enough browse free and not the correct types of browse.

If they can survive in AK, I don't know why they couldn't survive in WA. But, based on what WDFW-SUX said, there are only 5 or 6 and they've been there since 1973! Those sheep are 36 years old! Either that or they're reproducing at a rate slower than people.
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Not necessarily true...they only inhabit certain portions of the state of alaska. In fact most mountian ranges in AK have portions of the range where there are sheep and portions that are completely void of sheep. Depends on the snow and browse.

BTW...IMO there are no sheep here. Although the Roosevelt exchange thing does make some sense...I wonder