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Recovery Act Intern Tracks Sheep at San Andres National Wildlife Refuge

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Ryan Platte (Recovery Act Intern):
I monitor and track the radio-collared Desert
Bighorn Sheep and Desert Mule Deer.

Kevin Cobble (Refuge Manager):
He comes in the morning, usually just loads up his gear
and goes out to the refuge which is about a half-hour

drive and basically some days he’ll just go back and
forth and just kind of check to see if he can get all

of the radio signals from the animals. Once he does that
and confirms that he has them and that there’s no

mortality signals, then he’ll go in or depending on which
group he hasn’t viewed in a while, he’ll try to go in

on that animal and just get a visual on it. So then it’s
a matter of hiking anywhere for probably… on a good

day he can hike for a couple of hours and see the animals
on a really long day he’s hiking 8-10 hours and not

seeing anything.

Ryan Platte:
The (New Mexico) Game and Fish spent a lot of money
transplanting these new bighorn sheep to try to get

this population back together, and we need to know
if the population is growing and how the population

is doing health-wise, and you can’t do that unless you
have someone on the ground actually viewing the animals

and getting a feel for how they’re doing out there.

Kelly Mensah (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service):
What’s the best thing about the job?

Ryan Platte:
It’s outdoors, it’s doing what I love to do, it’s
an amazing job, I couldn’t ask for anything more!

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Title: Recovery Act Intern Tracks Sheep at San Andres National Wildlife Refuge

Description:

Ryan Platte was hired as a Recovery Act intern to monitor and track bighorn sheep at the San Andres National Wildlife Refuge. This video follows Ryan Platte on a typical day at work as he answers questions about his unique job.

Related project: Southwest Region, Employ 20 Temporary Hires, FFS #R2NF

Location: Las Cruces, NM, USA

Date Taken: 6/14/2010

Length: 2:44

Video Producer: Kelly Mensah , U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

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Source:
For project information visit: http://recovery.doi.gov/press/bureaus/us-fish-and-wildlife-service/san-andres-national-wildlife-refuge-recovery-act-intern-tracks-bighorn-sheep/

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