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In this March 26, 2015 photo provided by the National Park Service, female Sierra Nevada bighorn sheep are released into the backcountry of Yosemite National Park, Calif. A total of 12 bighorn sheep were released into the Cathedral Range in Yosemite's backcountry during a multiagency operation, which included California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Yosemite National Park, Sequoia National Park, and Inyo National Forest. bighorn sheep are released in Yosemite National Park, Calif. For the first time in a century, bighorn sheep occupy the full range of California's Sierra Nevada mountains, which wildlife officials said Monday, March 30, 2015, puts the endangered animal that neared extinction on a path to recovery. (Photo by Steve Bumgardner Yosemite Conservancy/AP Photo/National Park Service)
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