
November 2017
Fundraiser a Success The Institute’s Annual Party and 30th Golf Classic took place November 19th & 20th and was a great success, thanks...

October 2017
Bighorn Sheep Capture Recently, a number of GPS (Global Positioning System) radio-collars were scheduled to drop off of bighorn sheep in...

September 2017
2017 Annual Party & 30th Golf Classic Invitations have been mailed and we’re getting excited for our 2017 Annual Party & 30th Golf...

August 2017
Lambing Update This year’s lambing season won’t see the success of the past couple of years. In the northern Santa Rosa Mountains near...

July 2017
More Lambs Die Last month, we reported three lambs died in a five day period at PGA West in La Quinta. Sadly, 3 more lambs died after...

June 2017
Lost Lambs In late June, three lambs died in a five day period at PGA West and there is still no fence in sight. All of these lambs (2...

May 2017
Lambs May proved an exciting month with the addition of a couple of newborn lambs as lambing season extends through June. Since several...

Bighorn Barrier Progress in La Quinta - Spring 2017
In February 2014, as part of a multiple-species habitat conservation plan requirement, the state and federal wildlife agencies mandated...

New Range-Wide Population Estimate - Spring 2017
In mid-November 2016, the California Department of Fish & Wildlife (CDFW) conducted a helicopter survey for bighorn sheep in the...

Local Population Update - Spring 2017
Two of the three local herds have increased in number from Palm Springs to La Quinta. There are now approximately 70 adult bighorn in...