Northern San Juan • Entered by Peggy Lyon on August 23, 2025
Bighorn sheep monitoring
August 19, 2025 – August 19, 2025
Participants and Hours
| Pre Planning hours | 20 |
| Post Admin hours | 4 |
| Activity Hours | 9 |
| Participants | 7 |
| Total Hours | 87 |
Key Issue: Wildlife Protection
Activity Type: Stewardship (monitoring, sampling, planting, etc.)
Landscape/area: Uncompahgre Wilderness (FS) (102214 acres)
Measurable Outcomes
Outcome 1: Wildlife monitored (5 people)
Outcome 2: Vegetation photographed, sent to iNaturalist, species list for area documented (2 people)
Outcome 3: Trail/land monitored [/if 1231]
Short Description of Activity
7 members traveled to Last Dollar Pass. 5 to look for bighorn sheep and domestic sheep and 2 to monitor vegetation.
Reflection/Evaluation
5 members hiked the Whipple Mountain trail. No bighorn sheep were observed, although we did see one domestic herd. Members had experience using equipment optical equipment. Two people prepared a species list and photographed plants for iNaturalist. Serious invasion of a weed, musk thistle, was documented and info shared with county weed commissioner.
Photos/Uploads
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Photo Captions
Members of the North San Juan Broadband monitor for Bighorn sheep in the Uncompahgre National Forest.