The Texas Parks & Wildlife Department reintroduced a herd of desert bighorn sheep to the Franklin Mountains decades after the species disappeared.

At long last, the desert bighorn sheep return home to the Franklin Mountains – a site that may be critical to the animal’s future survival. Beginning Wednesday, the Texas Parks and Wildlife ...

The release of those bighorn sheep into the foothills was really a return to what had been previously present in the Franklin Mountains.

In December, officials released 77 big horn sheep into the franklin mountains as part of restoration efforts. Officials say that over 80% of those sheep were pregnant upon release. The department ...

Texas Parks and Wildlife moved 77 desert bighorn sheep to Franklin Mountains State Park to reintroduce the species to their native habitat.

Desert bighorn sheep once roamed the Trans-Pecos mountains in healthy numbers in the late 1800s.

A herd of 80 desert bighorn sheep was captured, blindfolded, flown by helicopter and released at Franklin Mountains State Park in Texas.

According to the Texas Park and Wildlife Foundation (TPWF), a herd of 80 bighorn sheep will be moved from Elephant Mountain in south Texas to the Franklin Mountains on Wednesday to save the sheep ...

The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department is working to restore populations of the native desert bighorn sheep and will release some in Franklin Mountains this fall.

Officials said they were going to begin the process of reintroducing desert bighorn sheep into the Franklin Mountains this October.

Nov. 26—AUSTIN — The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) invites the greater El Paso community to come celebrate the reintroduction of desert bighorn sheep into their once-native range ...