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Bighorn Mountains

Bighorn Mountains, range of the Rocky Mts., N central Wyo., extending c.120 mi (190 km) N into S Montana, E of the Bighorn River. Cloud Peak, 13,165 ft (4,013 m), is the highest point. The glaciated mountain range contains Bighorn National Forest.

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While Custer was making his last stand: George Crook's 1876 war on trout in the Bighorn country (Montana; The Magazine of Western History)

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Identifying landscapes for desert bighorn sheep translocations in Texas. (The Texas Journal of Science)

Counting on sheep; for decades, wildlife biologists and park rangers at Canyonlands and other Southwest parks have worked to restore desert bighorn. These efforts represent a great success story, although the animals' continued recovery is far from ensured.(Cover Story) (National Parks)

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