Bighorn sheep rest on a hillside on Wild Horse Island State Park in this Sept. 19, 2019, file photo. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
September 1, 2021
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September 8, 2021 midnight
FWP seeks to bolster Wild Horse Island's declining bighorn sheep population
Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks says the island's sheep population has declined in recent years and that issues such as inbreeding may impact the group's genetic diversity.