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EL PASO, Texas– A herd of bighorn sheep went on a big airborne adventure to get to a new home in Texas' Franklin Mountains State Park this week. In the videos documented by Texas Parks ...
The Wyler Aerial Tramway is an aerial tramway operated by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department and is located in the Franklin Mountains State Park. The tram is closed to public as of Sept. 2018. The tramway complex covers 196 acres (0.79 km 2) on the east side of the Franklin Mountains.
"Today we are taking [the] surplus of animals off of Elephant Mountain and translocating them to the Franklin Mountains State Park to hopefully start another healthy, viable population there ...
On December 4, 2024, 77 desert bighorn sheep were successfully transported from the Elephant Mountain WMA and released at Franklin Mountains State Park, including many pregnant ewes. Prior to release, all animals were fitted with GPS collars, tagged, and tested negative for the Mycoplasma ovipneumonia bacteria. [24]
Much of the range is part of the Franklin Mountains State Park. The mountains are composed primarily of sedimentary rock with some igneous intrusions. Geologists refer to them as tilted-block fault mountains and in them can be found 1.25 billion-year-old Precambrian rocks, [3] the oldest in Texas. [2] [4]
"Bob the Goat," a goat frequently spotted in the Franklin Mountains, died after the animal was captured to be relocated to a local farm on Aug. 13.
All hiking trails including the Ron Coleman Trail begin at the end of McKelligon Canyon and are open year-round. McKelligon Canyon is part of the Franklin Mountains State Park and is subject to fees and restrictions from the Texas parks and Wildlife Department. [2]
Advocacy for the protection of the mountains has been ongoing for several decades. In 1979 the Texas legislature passed a law allowing Texas Parks and Wildlife Department to accept the land to be incorporated into the newly created Franklin Mountains State Park, but the live munitions at the site prevented its transfer; later efforts to do so were continued to be stymied by remaining ...