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Protecting Desert Bighorn Sheep Migration Corridors in Mojave Desert: Guest Commentary

By John D. Wehausen and Clinton W. Epps

The freeways across our deserts have fragmented what was once a continuous network of interconnected bighorn sheep populations. Bechtel’s proposed Soda Mountain Solar Project along Interstate 15 would likely add another nail in the coffin of these sheep by precluding the re-establishment of a critical migration corridor across Interstate 15 that could reconnect bighorn sheep populations on either side. August 2019.