Big Horn Sheep Hunting Zones [Nebraska]

Description:

Data showing the bighorn sheep hunting unit in Nebraska. Before 1900, Audubon bighorn sheep inhabited parts of western Nebraska including the Wildcat Hills, the Pine Ridge, along the North Platte River to eastern Lincoln County, and along the Niobrara River. It is thought that the Audubon bighorn probably became extinct in the early 1900s with its last stronghold being the South Dakota badlands.In 1981, the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission released a dozen bighorn sheep in Fort Robinson State Park. Subsequent releases of bighorns in 1988, 2001, 2005, 2007 and 2012 have established bighorns in the Wildcat Hills and Pine Ridge of Nebraska's panhandle. Limited hunting opportunities have been available since 1998 through the issuance of auction and lottery permits. Approximately 350 bighorn sheep occupy the bluffs and buttes of western Nebraska.For more information on bighorn sheep hunting visit the Nebraska Game and Parks website.Last Updated Fall 2021

Creator:

Nebraska Game & Parks Commission

Provider:

Nebraska Game & Parks Map and Data Portal

Resource Class:

Datasets

Resource Type:

Vector data

Theme:

Property

Temporal Coverage:

Continually updated resource

Date Issued:

2021-06-03T19:51:38.000Z

Place:

Alliance, Nebraska, Mitchell, Nebraska, Sheridan County, Nebraska, Harrison, Nebraska, Mcgrew, Nebraska, Bayard, Nebraska, Whitney, Nebraska, Bridgeport, Nebraska, Rushville, Nebraska, Gordon, Nebraska, Morrill, Nebraska, Chadron, Nebraska, Oshkosh, Nebraska, Lyman, Nebraska, Sioux County, Nebraska, Garden County, Nebraska, White Clay, Nebraska, Dawes County, Nebraska, Cheyenne County, Nebraska, Melbeta, Nebraska, Henry, Nebraska, Lisco, Nebraska, Morrill County, Nebraska, Box Butte County, Nebraska, Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska, Hemingford, Nebraska, Crawford, Nebraska, Scottsbluff, Nebraska, Broadwater, Nebraska, Dalton, Nebraska, Harrisburg, Nebraska, Terrytown, Nebraska, Clinton, Nebraska, Banner County, Nebraska, Minatare, Nebraska, Gering, Nebraska, Berea, Nebraska, Hay Springs, Nebraska, Nebraska

Access Rights:

Public

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Shapefile

File Size:

0.0124 MB

Language:

English