The bighorn sheep population in the western North Dakota grasslands is down 4% from the previous year's record count, but still 6% above the five-year average.

In the past, bighorn sheep surveys in the region have found 100 to 300 animals in the hunting district. Last year FWP counted 121 sheep in the rugged badlands terrain. The highest count in the ...

Badlands National Park is a vast wilderness of jagged buttes, spires and pinnacles, mixed-grass prairies, and the world’s richest trove of fossils from the Oligocene epoch, estimated at 23 to 35 ...

Not included are approximately 40 bighorn sheep in the North Unit of Theodore Roosevelt National Park and bighorns introduced ... The northern Badlands population declined by 4% from 2023 but ...

A small pond occasionally exists in the area and draws wildlife, such as deer or bighorn sheep. Backcountry/ Open Hike ...