Assessing the health of Stone’s sheep in our Peace Region

Project Year: 2021-2022

Multi-year Project

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Project Lead

Wild Sheep Society of British Columbia

Watershed/Sub-region

Peace Region

Peace

Project Type

Research & Information Acquisition

FWCP Contribution

$38,387

Action Plan Alignment

Uplands

Project ID

PEA-F22-W-3431

Health and Behaviour of B.C.’s Southernmost Stone’s Sheep: Year 3

This multi-year project started as a Seed Grant. It focuses on the two southernmost functionally viable Stone’s sheep populations: the Dunlevy and Schooler herds. Due to their proximity to domestic farms and overlap with elk, these wild sheep are at high risk.

The project will assess their health and examine population demographics, behaviour, distribution, and habitat use through the use of GPS collars. In this year of the project, health reassessments will continue and up to 14 more sheep will be collared.

Information gained from this project could be used to inform future conservation and enhancement actions for Stone’s sheep.