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Recreational use of the refuge has been mentioned as possibly having a negative impact on the bighorn herd. How does that use affect the population?

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Recreational use of the refuge has been mentioned as possibly having a negative impact on the bighorn herd. How does that use affect the population?

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A9 Like many species, there are parts of desert bighorn sheep habitat that are especially important to the reproductive cycle and may be disrupted by human activity during certain times of the year. With desert bighorn it is possible that human activity in the high-mountain lambing grounds during the January-April lambing season could result in lower lamb survival. Illegal OHV use may also have some affect on the population.