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The Abundance, Migration And Management Of Mule Deer In Dinosaur National Monument, Robert W. Franzen
The Abundance, Migration And Management Of Mule Deer In Dinosaur National Monument, Robert W. Franzen
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
Dinosaur National Monument, in northwestern Colorado and northeastern Utah, is comprised of 206,409 acres and contains several deer winter ranges. A need for deer studies developed because of winter deer mortality and deteriorating range conditions on some parts of the Monument.
Approximately 500 deer winter on the Yampa Bench and approximately 300 deer winter on the Island Park winter range. These are the two main winter ranges within the Monument.
Deer on the Yampa Bench migrated an average of 7.3 air miles to the south and summered on the Blue Mountain Plateau during the summer of 1966. This Plateau is …