1961 Hunt unit was subdivided; however, the permits were still 

 good for both portions. 



Harvest estimate 7 rams (3 from Ural-Tweed) . 



1962 Harvest estinate - 10 rams (4 from Ural-Tweed) . 



1963 July - Agreement between Montana Department of Fish and Game 

 and the U.S. Forest Service to transplant 6 rams into the 

 Ural-Tweed range. Five rams from the National Bison Range 

 were released at Sutton Creek. One was later harvested near 

 Waldo, British Columbia during the fall of 1963. None were 

 ever harvested from the Ural-Tweed herd (Weckwerth 1983, per. 

 coirmun) . 



Harvest estimate - 7 rams (2 from Ural-Tweed) 



1964 Harvest estimate - 7 rams ( 1 f ran Ural-Tweed) 



1965 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (U.S. Dep. Inter. 1965) - 

 estimated there were 170 sheep in the Ural-Tweed population. 



U.S. Forest Service - Sheep observed on the wests ide of the 

 Kootenai River and they have been observed moving back and 

 forth across the United States - Canada border. Recommended 

 a study be initiated before the construction of Libby Dam and 

 Highway 37. 



Harvest estimate (U.S.F.S.) - 6 rams, most from the Warland 

 area - (none reported harvested by MDPG - Job Completion 

 Report.) 



1966 Harvest estimate - No rams harvested from the entire area. 



1967 Harvest estimate - One ram (None from the Ural-Tweed) . 



A more restricted season, only 10 permits compared to 30 for 

 the previous 7 years, was initiated. The Kootenai Falls 

 area receives the majority of the pressure and the majority 

 of the rams harvested from now to the closure of the Ural- 

 Tweed area are from the Kootenai Falls area. 



1973 Hunt area 100 was formed and hunting was closed in the Ural- 

 Tweed area. 



1976 Brown (1978) - MDFG - classified 48 bighorn sheep in December 

 1977 (25 ewes, 16 lambs, 7 rams) - hov/ever, there were repeat 

 observations (G. Brown 1983, pers. commun.). 



October - start of bighorn sheep study funded by U.S. Army 

 Corps of Engineers. 



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