Bighorn sheep and pneumonia
Like other wildlife, bighorn sheep are subject to periodic disease outbreaks. An upper respiratory disease that takes a toll on wild bighorns is pneumonia.
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Five hundred frogs get the jump at Fort Lewis
In an ongoing effort to recover native Puget Sound wetland species, some 500 endangered Oregon spotted frogs were released into the wild after spending the first nine months of their lives in a captive-rearing program. .
Final
2009-2015 Game Management Plan and Supplemental
Environmental Impact Statement available now. This plan will guide the Department's
management of
hunted wildlife for 2009-2015. The focus of the plan is on
the scientific management of game populations, harvest management,
and other significant factors affecting game populations. Washington's
citizens played a strong role in revising this plan and a variety
of public involvement
opportunities have been and will be used to solicit ideas.