Table 1.
State | Population units | Translocation history | |||||||
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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 |
The aggregation of management units within each population unit is further described in Appendix S1.
Estimates were provided by agency management biologists and determined from local knowledge, minimum counts, and recent trends.
WHI: Wild Horse Island; NBR: National Bison Range; MT, WY, OR, ID, CO: state abbreviations; numbers reference state hunting districts.
Temple Peak is a nonhunted population without a management unit.