Media
Here are some videos, news stories, etc, about bighorn sheep and/or Bighorn Institute.
The page will be updated as more news stories come about.
Animals Today Radio Interview June 11, 2016, with Dr. Lori Kirshner regarding the urban-bighorn issues in La Quinta.
CoachellaValley.com Facebook Live video tour of BI
Part 1 (click photo to open video)
CoachellaValley.com Facebook Live video tour of BI
Part 2 (click photo to open video)
Recent Bighorn Sheep News:
Should mountain lions be killed to save the Sierra Nevada bighorn?
Los Angeles Times 1/16/24
Why did California officials drop two mountain lions in the desert and leave them to die?
Los Angeles Times 8/27/23
Checking in with the Coachella Valley's bighorn sheep
The Desert Sun 2/19/23
Twenty years later: How Rancho Mirage's fence is protecting the local bighorn sheep herd
The Desert Sun 10/5/22
La Quinta City Council unanimously rejects Coral Mountain project, wave pool
The Desert Sun 9/22/22
Joshua Tree park closes Fortynine Palms Oasis trail so bighorn sheep can get water
The Desert Sun 6/7/22
Volunteers outraged as Anza-Borrego park requires fingerprinting for 50th bighorn sheep count
The San Diego Union Tribune 5/25/22
Bighorn Institute celebrates 40 years with annual Spring Fling
The Desert Sun 5/13/22
Good news for desert bighorn sheep: Herds around the Coachella Valley are doing better
The Desert Sun 4/13/22
The Desert Sun 1/31/22
The Palm Springs Post 1/26/22
Bighorn Institute's 34th annual party and golf classic supports conservation efforts
The Desert Sun 12/3/21
Good news for the desert's bighorn sheep, once near extinction
The Desert Sun 10/17/21
Kelly Slater surf park plans in La Quinta to be focus of study session (desertsun.com)
The Desert Sun 9/27/21
LA times 9/16/21
Nevada Department of Wildlife hauls water to remote desert areas for thirsty animals
KSNV 6/8/21
California tries to move cougars who won’t stop eating rare bighorn sheep
Lone bighorn sheep struck by vehicle near Palm Desert, second ram killed in as many days
Voice: Winter bighorn sheep report shows 11 lambs born so far this year; more on the way
Valley Voice: Why do our Peninsular bighorn sheep wear collars?
'Not one shovel': Save Oswit Canyon completes $7.15M sale, land to be preserved and open to public
Bighorn sheep in Palm Springs area to be collared, tagged in helicopter operation
Valley Voice: Sheep have issues too
The state of the desert's Peninsular bighorn sheep is good
Bighorn Institute benefits endangered sheep
The Desert Sun 12/1/19
Desert Dreamers: The Environmentalists
Palm Springs Life 10/30/19
The Big List: Meet 50 people shaping everyday life in the Coachella Valley
Palm Springs Life 10/7/19
The Desert's bighorn sheep herds are looking good. Mostly.
The Desert Sun 10/17/19
Dogs now prohibited on four hiking trails
The Desert Sun 8/27/19
More fencing possible in La Quinta to protect bighorn sheep
KESQ 8/22/19
Summer's tough in the Coachella Valley, but bighorn sheep have figured it out
The Desert Sun 7/19/19
Lambing season has good signs so far for the Coachella Valley's Peninsular bighorn sheep
The Desert Sun 5/10/19
Bighorn may soon be gone from La Quinta courses
The Desert Sun 4/30/19
Getting into Sheep Shape La Quinta
LA Observed 4/28/19
Peninsular Bighorn: Living on the Ledge
Rancho Mirage Insider - Spring 2019
Disease may be killing California desert bighorn sheep
KIRO7 3/15/19
Bighorn sheep are dying in the California desert, and experts aren't sure why
The Desert Sun 1/17/19
Bright autumn forecast for the Coachella Valley's iconic bighorn sheep
The Desert Sun 11/13/18
Coachella Valley bighorn sheep population heads into fall in good shape
The Desert Sun 9/14/18
How (and where) to safely see a Peninsular bighorn sheep in the desert this summer
The Desert Sun 5/27/18
Pizza, Sheep & Shoot-Out - Oh My
The Desert Sun 4/21/18
Coachella Valley's bighorn start next season in big numbers
The Desert Sun 4/7/18
Coachella Valley bighorn forecast sunny for now
The Desert Sun 2/9/18
Heading into 'season,' things looking good for our bighorn sheep
The Desert Sun 1/4/18
Bighorn Institute '2017 Annual Party and Golf Classic'
The Desert Sun 12/17/17
Good signs, bad signs for Coachella Valley bighorn sheep
The Desert Sun 11/9/17
Closing out a prime bighorn season
The Desert Sun 9/13/17
A sheepish summer for our fuzzy desert neighbors
The Desert Sun 6/29/17
Coachella Valley bighorn sheep see favorable time
The Desert Sun 5/20/17
UC Davis will study La Quinta bighorn after sheep began dying of respiratory disease
The Desert Sun 5/12/17
The Coachella Valley's spring of little bighorn
The Desert Sun 4/3/17
Residents dive in to help save bighorn
KESQ 3/13/17
Valley bighorn sheep herds are doing OK
The Desert Sun 2/14/17
La Quinta's bighorn fence to start going up March 1 at SilverRock
The Desert Sun 2/8/17
Bighorn fence options outlined in study to protect sheep in La Quinta
The Desert Sun 1/31/17
LA Times 1/16/17
Bighorn won't be roaming SilverRock much longer; council OKs fence
The Desert Sun 12/22/16
Bighorn Institute's 2016 annual party and golf classic
The Desert Sun 12/10/16
Coachella Valley's Bighorn Institute
CoachellaValley.com 11/18/16
Bighorn Institute: Advocating For The Preservation of Desert Wildlife Since 1982
Coachella Valley Weekly 11/16/16
Tracking bighorn sheep with the Bighorn Institute (video)
KESQ 9/28/16
Environmental groups to sue over endangered bighorn sheep deaths
Press Enterprise 9/27/16
Bighorn sheep keep wandering onto golf courses. Now activists plan to sue to demand a fence.
The Desert Sun 9/27/16
Press Release: Legal Challenge Pursued Over Failure to Protect Endangered Peninsular Bighorn Sheep
Center for Biological Diversity 9/27/16
Palm Springs Life 9/1/16
Keeping desert bighorn sheep safe from urban threats
The Desert Sun 6/24/16
After bighorn lamb deaths, community looks for answers
The Desert Sun 5/25/16
A fifth bighorn lamb found dead in La Quinta (video)
KESQ 5/19/16
Fifth bighorn sheep death reported in La Quinta
The Desert Sun 5/20/16
2 bighorn lambs die at PGA West in La Quinta
The Desert Sun 5/20/16
Dead Lamb Found at PGA West raising concerns for endangered species (video)
KESQ 5/9/16
Bighorn Institute annual party and 28th annual golf classic
The Desert Sun 11/28/15
Valley Voice: Help Bighorn Institute's valuable mission
The Desert Sun 1/11/16
Respiratory Disease Outbreak Among Bighorn Sheep in Joshua Tree National Park
National Park Service - October 2015
Counting sheep: Biologist helps preserve native species
The Desert Sun 9/17/15
Joshua Tree National Park closes trail for bighorn sheep
The Desert Sun 7/14/15