Bighorn Sheep Pneumonia May Be From Smoke

“Another pneumonia outbreak has killed bighorn sheep in the Skalkaho area, and a veterinarian thinks smoke from wildfires may be to blame,” says an article in the Montana newspaper the Ravalli Republic. “If it spreads, the outbreak would be the 7th major die-off of bighorn sheep in western Montana since 2009.”

Read the rest of the story in the Ravalli Republic here. 

Photo: A healthy bighorn sheep in Montana. Ryan Hagerty photo courtesy of US Fish and Wildlife Service.

Bighorn Sheep Pneumonia May Be From Smoke

“Another pneumonia outbreak has killed bighorn sheep in the Skalkaho area, and a veterinarian thinks smoke from wildfires may be to blame,” says an article in the Montana newspaper the Ravalli Republic. “If it spreads, the outbreak would be the 7th major die-off of bighorn sheep in western Montana since 2009.”

Read the rest of the story in the Ravalli Republic here. 

Photo: A healthy bighorn sheep in Montana. Ryan Hagerty photo courtesy of US Fish and Wildlife Service.

Wildlife Under Fire

With wildfires burning in Texas, Oklahoma, North Carolina, Florida, and Georgia in addition to the headline-grabbing Arizona Wallow Fire, this article from the Denver Post on the Arizona fire’s effect on endangered wildlife is worth a look.

The news: while adult spotted owls should have been able to fly away from tree crown fires, their nestlings and young likely didn’t make it. Find out more about species ranging from wolves to trout in the Denver Post story.

Photo: This is a controlled burn on a Maryland national wildlife refuge, but you get the idea. Photo credit: Catherine Hibbard, courtesy of US Fish and Wildlife Service