1st CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
2026 NWSGC Biennial Symposium
Spring 2026

Northern Wild Sheep and Goat Council 14 – 2004

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Proceedings of the 14th Biennal Symposium
Coastal Alaska


Table of Contents

Program chair’s opening remarks NWSGC symposium 2004
W. Heimer

A working hypothesis for management of mountain goats…
D. Toweill, S. Gordon, E. Jenkins, T. Kreeger, D. McWhirter

Non-alpine habitat use and movements by mountain goats in north-central British Columbia
L. Turney and A. Roberts

Effect of helicopter logging on mountain goat behaviour in coastal British Columbia
S. Gordon and S. Wilson

Daily and seasonal movement patterns of mountain goats to a mineral lick in north-central British Columbia
L. Turney and R. Blume

Modeling core winter habitat and spatial movements of collared mountain goats
J. Keim

Present and future mountain goat research in Washington state, USA
C. Rice

Mountain goat status and management in Wyoming
D. McWhirter

Mountain goat status and management in Idaho
D. Toweill

NWSGC Position Statement on helicopter-supported recreation and mountain goats
K. Hurley

Measuring movement responses of wintering mountain goats from aerial telemetry occurrences
J. Keim and C. Jerde

Mountain goat habitat supply modeling as a paradigm for effective forest stewardship planning
P. Hengeveld and S. McNay

Ospika mountain goat adaptive management trial
M. Wood, F. Corbould, and G. Blackburn

Parasite fauna of mountain goats (Oreamnos americanus) in the Northwest Territories, British Columbia, and Idaho
E. Jenkins, E. Hoberg, A. Veitch, H. Schwantje, M. Wood, D. Toweill, S. Kutz, and L. Polley

Does biological knowledge make any difference in wild sheep management?
W.E. Heimer and K.M. Gordon

Habitat selection, movement and range fidelity of Stone’s sheep
A. Walker and K. Parker

The northern Richardson Mountains Dall’s sheep ecology study
D. Auriat

Top-down and bottom-up regulation of bighorn sheep populations in New Mexico, USA
E. M. Rominger

Protecting bighorn sheep habitat – A worthy cause?
G. Erickson

Brucellosis in captive Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis) caused by natural exposure to Brucella abortus biovar 4
T. Kreeger, W.E. Cook, W.H. Edwards, and T. Cornish

Evolutionary genetics of Pasteurella isolated from wild and domestic sheep and domestic goats
S.T. Kelley, E.F. Cassirer, G.C. Weiser, and A.C.S. Ward

Bighorn sheep, horizontal visibility, and GIS
N.J. DeCesare and D.H. Pletscher

A sightability model for helicopter surveys of bighorn sheep in Hells Canyon
E.F. Cassirer and P. Zager

Evaluation of winter tick infestation and associated hair loss on low-elevation wintering Stone’s sheep in northern British Columbia
M.D. Wood and H.M. Schwantje

Inferred negative effect of “Trophy Hunting” in Alberta: the great Ram Mountain/NATURE controversy
W. E. Heimer

Wild Sheep Capture Guidelines
C. Foster