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Are you curious about how this winter has affected wildlife? Wyoming Game and Fish Department Pinedale Wildlife Biologist Dean Clause is seeking volunteers to help collect winter mortality data during a survey on May 13. This is important information that helps guide management. Meet at 9:00 AM, Saturday, May 13, at the Pinedale Game and Fish office. For more information you may contact Dean Clause, at 307-367-4353 or 1-800-367-4532. Full press release and contact info below:
JOIN GAME & FISH ON A DEER MORTALITY SURVEY
[WGFD PRESS RELEASE] PINEDALE— It is no secret that western Wyoming experienced one of the harder winters it has seen in recent history and wildlife managers with the Wyoming Game and Fish Department are expecting fairly significant winter mortality in area mule deer and pronghorn herds. Each year, Game and Fish biologists try to get a picture of such mortality and wildlife managers in Pinedale are asking members of the public to help them survey local deer winter ranges this spring, either on foot or horseback. Those interested in participating in the survey should plan to meet at 9:00 AM, Saturday, May 13, at the Pinedale Game and Fish office.
“Assessing the impacts of winter on a wildlife population is never an exact science,” says Dean Clause, Pinedale Wildlife Biologist for the Wyoming Game and Fish Department. “But the winter mortality surveys are an important part of the puzzle, and therefore an important part of managing the herds.” The sample of winter mortality provides an indication of overall loss and what age classes were impacted the most. Preliminary indications suggest at least 80 percent of last year’s mule deer fawns have been lost and an above-average portion of adult
JOIN GAME & FISH ON A DEER MORTALITY SURVEY
[WGFD PRESS RELEASE] PINEDALE— It is no secret that western Wyoming experienced one of the harder winters it has seen in recent history and wildlife managers with the Wyoming Game and Fish Department are expecting fairly significant winter mortality in area mule deer and pronghorn herds. Each year, Game and Fish biologists try to get a picture of such mortality and wildlife managers in Pinedale are asking members of the public to help them survey local deer winter ranges this spring, either on foot or horseback. Those interested in participating in the survey should plan to meet at 9:00 AM, Saturday, May 13, at the Pinedale Game and Fish office.
“Assessing the impacts of winter on a wildlife population is never an exact science,” says Dean Clause, Pinedale Wildlife Biologist for the Wyoming Game and Fish Department. “But the winter mortality surveys are an important part of the puzzle, and therefore an important part of managing the herds.” The sample of winter mortality provides an indication of overall loss and what age classes were impacted the most. Preliminary indications suggest at least 80 percent of last year’s mule deer fawns have been lost and an above-average portion of adult
