Golden-Kicking Horse Canyon Bighorn Sheep Project

The Golden-Kicking Horse Canyon Bighorn Sheep project, led by the Golden District Rod and Gun Club, will document movements of Bighorn Sheep in the Golden-Kicking Horse River area and collect baseline health data. Movement data will be used to minimize negative impacts on this herd during a spring 2020 highway construction project. Data will be used to adapt highway crossing structures and determine the appropriate population size of this herd. Important habitat features (such as lambing areas) will also be identified, and the habitat analyses will inform future habitat-enhancement projects. DNA samples will also be used to explore questions of genetic inbreeding in this isolated mountain herd.