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By allowing a few more bighorn rams to be hunted, state legislators hope to raise at least $800,000 to help the species grow stronger.<\/p>\n

The House of Representatives tonight voted 66-1 to increase from two to four the number of bighorn permits that will be auctioned or raffled to moneyed hunters.<\/p>\n

State senators approved the bill last week. It now goes to Gov. Susana Martinez for her consideration.<\/p>\n

The stakes are high. A hunting permit for one bighorn once brought $190,000 at auction, according to the state Department of Game and Fish.<\/p>\n

Sen. William Sharer, R-Farmington, sponsored the bill to expand the program to four permits.<\/p>\n

In addition to the money raised in New Mexico, a matching contribution from federal taxpayers should add a few hundred thousand dollars to the program, Sharer said.<\/p>\n

All the money will go toward state conservation efforts to increase bighorn sheep populations in New Mexico.<\/p>\n

Desert bighorns have been a success story in New Mexico, going from the brink of extinction to stability in 31 years.<\/p>\n

They numbered about 70 when the state added them to the list of threatened and endangered species in 1980. Sharer said the desert bighorns now have a population of more than 700.<\/p>\n

The desert bighorn\u2019s recovery marked the first time that conservation efforts succeeded well enough to remove a species from the state\u2019s endangered list.<\/p>\n

Rocky Mountain bighorns also live in New Mexico.<\/p>\n

Hunting of desert bighorns will not be limited to the auction approved by legislators.<\/p>\n

The Department of Game and Fish this year will issue 16 licenses for public hunts of desert bighorns. That is an increase from one public license last year.<\/p>\n

Drawings will determine which hunters get the licenses.<\/p>\n

Hunting licenses for 24 Rocky Mountain bighorns also will be issued this year, a department spokesman said. That is a decline of one license from last year.<\/p>\n

Sharer\u2019s measure to increase the number of special permits is Senate Bill 33.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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