Desert Bighorns - From The Archives (1986)

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Channel: Texas Parks and Wildlife · 2015 · Science & Technology

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As part of recognizing 30 years of broadcasting the Texas Parks & Wildlife television show, we’re digging through the video archives. In 1986 we went deep into the West Texas mountains where the desert bighorn population once numbered into the thousands. Three decades ago there were no native bighorns left in Texas. Explore the causes behind its demise and what was being done to repopulate this species.

Explore more memories from our archives:
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7ZG8MkruQh0JDlcbXyFSPjRVVl_aDaTe&si=QoNMbNKpsgD8ncfm

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