Natural History Wanderings

The San Francisco Chronicle reported on the recovery efforts that are bringing back the Sierra Nevada Bighorn Sheep to Yosemite and Sequoia National Parks

For the first time in a century, endangered Sierra Nevada bighorn sheep are back on their ancestral range and headed toward recovery, wildlife officials said Monday.

During an ongoing relocation effort, dozens of bighorns have been captured with nets dropped from helicopters then moved to Yosemite and Sequoia national parks.

See full story at Endangered bighorn sheep moved to Yosemite, Sequoia parks – SFGate.