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. 2019 Jul 9;9(15):8829–8839. doi: 10.1002/ece3.5435

Table 1.

Summary information for the study populations, Montana, Wyoming, Idaho, and Colorado, USA, 2008−2017

State Population units Translocation history
Name N Management unitsa Population estimateb Population type Year Number Sourcec Migratory behavior of source population
MT Perma‐Paradise 14 HD‐124 352 Restored 1979 14 WHI Resident
  2011 22 WHI Resident
MT Petty Creek 14 HD‐203 160 Restored 1968 16 MT‐422 Migratory
1985 4 NBR Resident
MT Lost Creek 10 HD‐213 100 Restored 1967 25 MT‐422 Migratory
1985 2 MT‐121 Migratory
MT Hilgard 15 HD‐302 280 Augmented 1988 19 MT‐121 Migratory
1989 5 MT‐121 Migratory
1989 19 MT‐213 Migratory
1993 26 WHI Resident
MT Sun River 12 HD‐422, 424 150 Augmented 1960 8 MT‐422 Migratory
MT Stillwater 13 HD‐501, 502 75 Augmented 1968 2 MT‐422 Migratory
1970 2 MT‐422 Migratory
1984 3 NBR Resident
MT Upper Yellowstone 10 HD‐305, northwest YNP 320 Native
WY Clark's Fork 19 HD‐1, northeast YNP 600 Native
WY Trout Peak 11 HD‐2 700 Native
WY Wapiti Ridge 7 HD‐3 850 Native
WY Franc's Peak 17 HD‐5, 22 840 Native
WY Grand Teton NPd 14 GTNP 100 Native
WY Jackson 16 HD‐7 450 Native
WY Temple Peakd 8 50–75 Augmented 1960 1 WY‐Whiskey Partial
1964 20 WY‐Whiskey Partial
1965 20 WY‐Whiskey Partial
1966 18 WY‐Whiskey Partial
1971 13 WY‐Whiskey Partial
1972 39 WY‐Whiskey Partial
1987 54 WY‐Whiskey Partial
ID North Lemhi 9 37A, 29 129 Restored 1986 18 OR‐Lostine Migratory
1988 13 ID‐36A Migratory
1989 23 ID‐36B Partial
ID South Lemhi 6 51, 58 40 Restored 1983 19 WY‐Whiskey Partial
1984 22 WY‐Whiskey Partial
CO Zirkel 7 S73 120‐130 Restored 2004 26 CO‐S65 Unk
2005 14 CO‐S65 Unk
CO Basalt 7 S44 70 Restored 1972 18 CO‐S10 Unk
a

The aggregation of management units within each population unit is further described in Appendix S1.

b

Estimates were provided by agency management biologists and determined from local knowledge, minimum counts, and recent trends.

c

WHI: Wild Horse Island; NBR: National Bison Range; MT, WY, OR, ID, CO: state abbreviations; numbers reference state hunting districts.

d

Temple Peak is a nonhunted population without a management unit.