Water supplied for bighorn sheep on Antelope Island in Utah
8/3/2021 5:20:17 PM
CATEGORIES:
Plants & Wildlife
Water Supply & Quality
AFFECTED AREAS:
Davis County, UT
Start Date: 7/28/2021
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As the water level of Great Salt Lake falls, the springs on Antelope Island were slowing and one spring went dry. To make sure bighorn sheep on the island have enough water, wildlife biologists will fly in water for the sheep. The island’s other inhabitants, bison and pronghorn antelope, saw their drinking water and forage reduced too.
Drought reduced the survival of antelope fawn this year.
Daily Herald (Provo, Utah), July 28, 2021
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