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Migration Corridors (WGFD Designated) of Mule Deer in the Platte Valley Herd in Wyoming

Creators: Wyoming Game and Fish Department
Year: 2020
Location: Gunnison Basin, Colorado
Bounding box: 40.921°N to 41.843°N, -107.423°W to -106.356°W
Publisher: USGS
Tags: environment, economy, migration (organisms), migratory species, animal behavior, migration corridors, Saratoga, United States, Wyoming, Freshwater Ecology, Vertebrate Biology, Hydrology & Watersheds, Gunnison Basin

Description

The Platte Valley Herd Corridor was designated by the Wyoming Game and Fish Department in 2018 (fig. 30). The Platte Valley herd contains approximately 11,000 mule deer. The corridor is based on two wintering populations, including a south segment from Saratoga, Wyoming, to the Colorado State line, and a north segment from Saratoga to the Dana Ridge area north of I-80. Winter ranges in the Platte Valley are more dispersed than winter ranges in other parts of the state, so deer migrate in many different directions. Many deer in the southern segment follow the Platte River south to summer ranges in Colorado. Most deer migrations in the north radiate south and east from winter ranges along I-80. The WGFD collared 45 additional mule deer [...]

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