 Deer Management News This Week 2nd deer suspected of testing positive for CWD in Libby June 15, 2019 Montana, KPAX-TV ... The sample was collected from a white-tailed buck that appeared symptomatic and was removed inside city limits near the site of the first detection... Killing Coyotes Is Not As Effective As Once Thought, Researchers Say June 14, 2019 Wyoming, NPR ... Mule deer populations around the West are down — 31 percent since 1991 ... some studies show that if you kill off a lot of coyotes, they breed even more. "Oftentimes, coyote control programs have been implemented, and in some, or many, instances the effects were negligible," ...Deer chronic wasting disease spread making biologists and lawmakers wary June 14, 2019 North Carolina, northcarolinahealthnews.org ... has not yet been detected in North Carolina ... According to the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission, modeling shows big declines, or even localized extinction of affected animals, over a period of 50 to 200 years following the arrival of the disease... Idaho proposes changes to hunting rules June 14, 2019 Lewiston Morning Tribune ...The rule would give the commission authority to limit the number of nonresident deer and elk tags issued in general season hunts to no less than 10 percent of the number of resident tags without necessarily limiting tags available to resident hunters... The West's worst fires aren't burning in forests June 13, 2019 Nevada, High Country News ... Historically, sagebrush habitat burned about once every century or less, but now it happens around every five to 10 years ... If sagebrush decline continues, the approximately 350 species that depend on it are in serious trouble... The fires also harm watersheds, cause erosion and destroy wildlife corridors used by pronghorn antelope, mule deer and elk... WV's environmental bounceback has been great for fish and wildlife June 12, 2019 West Virginia, Charleston Gazette-Mail ... in 1968, the statewide overall deer harvest was 10,547,” Johansen said. “Last year, it was 108,856. We were able to expand the deer population from that low number by cutting back on the harvest of antlerless deer... “Our bear population back in the mid-to-late 1970s was about 500,” he continued. “Now we estimate it's between 12,000 and 14,000.”.., A Spatially and Temporally Concurrent Comparison of Popular Abundance Estimators for White-tailed Deer JM Haus, TB Eyler, JL Bowman - Northeastern Naturalist, 2019 ... FLIR surveys had greater detection probabilities relative to spotlight surveys and required less effort to achieve sufficient precision. Jacobson camera surveys appeared to overestimate Deer density and provided no measures of precision. The N-mixture model camera surveys provided sufficient precision and generated point estimate and detection probabilities similar to FLIR surveys. Camera surveys were costlier and more labor intensive relative to road-based surveys. We recommend road-based distance sampling using FLIR technology ... City looks to resume deer vasectomies by winter as it searches for $2.5M-program contractor June 12, 2019 New York, SILive.com ... A detailed cost breakdown of the three-year program obtained by the Advance showed that just 7.6 percent of the $4.1 million program went toward supplies to sterilize the borough’s bucks and bait to lure them. The rest of the $3.7 million in funding for the program was used to pay senior scientists, wildlife biologists and technicians ... city’s search for a new deer vasectomy contractor ... Fish and Game releases winter survival rates for elk, deer June 11, 2019 Idaho, KTVB ... just 42 percent of radio-collared mule deer fawns made it through the winter, well below the average survival rate of 58 percent. Fish and Game officers say February's significant snowstorms, followed by a cool and wet spring, contributed to the number of deaths... Wisconsin's wolf population remains healthy, stable June 11, 2019 DNR News ... Data collected during track surveys this past winter reveal an overwinter minimum wolf count of 914-978 wolves, similar to the 905-944 wolves detected during the 2017-2018 count.., CWD panel won't consider closing elk feedgrounds June 11, 2019 Wyoming, WyoFile ... Instead, Game and Fish is considering forming a separate, more localized group that would address elk feedgrounds. That would occur “after this [statewide] process,”... The agency recognizes feedgrounds “will likely exacerbate the disease problem,” because they concentrate animals artificially to the point diseases can be transmitted more easily... Oregon bill aims to reduce wildlife collisions June 10, 2019 The News Guard ... Around 55,000 deer and elk have been hit by cars since ODOT began tracking data in 2010. House Bill 2834 requires the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife to map wildlife corridors and work with ODOT and other state agencies to protect them, for example, by incorporating wildlife crossings in new development projects... New Mexico Game And Fish: Deer, Elk And Bighorn Enhancement Raffle Tickets Now Available June 10, 2019 Los Alamos Daily Post ... All proceeds from enhancement hunts are used solely for habitat enhancement, conservation, research and management projects in New Mexico for the species raffled... Researchers achieve breakthrough in gene-targeted approach to study chronic wasting disease June 10, 2019 Colorado, Source ... led by Professor Glenn Telling, have developed a new gene-targeted approach to study chronic wasting disease in mice, allowing opportunities for research that has not previously existed... The study was published May 29 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences...People Are Helping Animals Cross Highways — And That's Great for Humans, Too June 10, 2019 NationSwell ... “there’s been an increasing recognition that elk, mule deer, pronghorn antelope and other species need to migrate in the interest of saving biodiversity.” ... the economic data indicates [the crossings] basically pay for themselves if you put them in the right places.” ... Federal agency taking comments on predator killing in Idaho June 10, 2019 Idaho, Washington Times ... A plan to kill wolves and other predators that attack livestock, deer and elk in Idaho is the subject of an environmental study that will include public comment ... How 40 acres of abandoned mine lands in Central Pennsylvania became a wildlife habitat June 9, 2019 Allentown Morning Call ... the former pits are filled with toxins and are not safe for visitors to use for recreational purposes... a tributary that reroutes acid mine drainage through a limestone filter... New Hampshire 2018 Deer Harvest June 8, 2019 New Hampshire, Lowell Sun ... New Hampshire's 2018 deer season resulted in a total harvest of 14,113 deer. The adult (antlered) buck kill of 8,029 deer was the largest number documented in the state since record keeping began in 1922.., Kansas Resident Deer Hunter Fees June 7, 2019 ksoutdoors.com ... General Resident: $52.50, Landowner/Tenant: $32.50, Youth (15 or younger): $22.50, Preference point only: $11.50 New state law aims to curb car-wildlife crashes June 7, 2019 Oregon, KTVZ New state law aims to curb car-wildlife crashes June 7, 2019 Oregon, KTVZ Younger bucks might be in the cross-hairs June 7, 2019 Oregon, Mail Tribune ... proposed expansion from forked-horned to any buck with a visible antler ... “They’re kind of young and dumb, so they might be easier targets, especially for people getting into hunting and youth hunters... Hunting, fishing remain economic powerhouses in ND June 7, 2019 North Dakota, Jamestown Sun ... There were 49,000 fewer resident and nonresident firearm deer in the state in 2017-18 compared to 2011-12, for example. So hunter expenditures adjusted for inflation decreased by $52.7 million (22 percent)... Deer Baiting Debated June 7, 2016 Maine, Bangor Daily News ... Legislation to allow deer baiting drew strong opposition from the Sportsman’s Alliance of Maine, Maine Professional Guides Association, and Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, pretty much guaranteeing it will be defeated ... RI hunting preserves could spread disease and environmental destruction June 7, 2019 Rhode Island, The Providence Journal ... House bill, H5849, would allow hunting preserves of 500 acres or larger to import non-native elk, deer, or other animals into Rhode Island for hunting purposes ... the importation of deer and elk could introduce chronic wasting disease, a disease that has not yet been found in Rhode Island deer populations... Northeastern U.S. deer more susceptible to wasting disease than those to the west June 6, 2019 Pennsylvania, Science Daily ... "Deer in the Mid-Atlantic region have a higher proportion of the genotypes most susceptible to CWD than deer populations to the west that have been tested in other states," ... published today in BMC Genetics ... Park County highways among the worst for wildlife collisions June 6, 2019 Wyoming, Powell Tribune ... Every year, more than 6,000 deer, pronghorn, elk and moose are reportedly hit by vehicles on Wyoming’s roads... The best solution is over- and underpasses, Riginos said. They are more than 80 percent effective in reducing collisions,” ... more than a dozen underpasses and two overpasses already built in the state ... CWD Working Group Hopes to Find Solutions Before It's Too Late June 5, 2019 Wyoming, laramielive.com ... There are places in the state that have up to 60 percent prevalence in deer herds... CWD is predominantly here in the southeast corner of Wyoming. It’s starting to move up toward the Big Horn Basin, the Black Hills, and only a few confirmed cases in western Wyoming ... Southold considers plan to save plants, keep deer out June 5, 2019 New York, Newsday ... The proposal calls for creating three 1-plus acre deer exclosures around Southold's town preserves to keep deer away and protect some of the native plants there that are often eaten by deer... ... “Our research shows it is highly unlikely that the spread of CWD to some new areas of the state is from the natural movement of deer ... We have found some new cases of CWD more than 60 miles from any other known cases... we do know that deer rarely travel that far on their own. That leaves people as the most likely way the disease is spreading that far.” ... Ann Arbor, Michigan State University 2019 Deer Management Survey Results [PDF] ... About half (49 to 53 percent) of 3+ year residents city-wide said they considered a decline in native animal species, damage to landscape and garden plants, and transmission of diseases to humans or animals to be at least a “minor problem,” with 19 to 26 percent calling each a “serious problem.” ... Any-deer permits by district June 3, 2019 Maine, Bangor Daily News ... The winter of 2018-19 was mild to moderate in central, southern, and coastal Maine and severe to very severe in northern Maine and the western mountains. This resulted in average to above-average estimated survival rates in central, southern, and coastal Maine and below-average survival rates in northern and western Maine.., Forest restoration, wildfire, and habitat selection by female mule deer New Mexico, TM Roerick, JW Cain III, JV Gedir - Forest Ecology and Management, 2019 ... ... J Bian, JR Christiansen, JA Moreno, SJ Kane… - Proceedings of the Nationl Academy of Science, 2019 ... Because prion strain properties largely dictate host-range potential, our findings suggest that prion strains from elk and deer pose distinct risks to sympatric species or humans exposed to CWD. GtE226 and GtQ226 mice were also highly susceptible to CWD prions ... Volunteers sought to assess deer impact on vegetation June 3, 2019 Minnesota, Lillie News ... “We have surprisingly little information available statewide that determines deer impacts to vegetation,” said Matt Russell, extension forest resources specialist and university assistant professor... Newton, Carroll and Boone counties have highest number of positive CWD samples in state June 2, 2019 Arkansas, Fox16.com ... Over the past four years, 381 total samples tested positive in Newton County, 76 in Carroll and 70 in Boone... MDC seeking comments on changes to landowner permits June 2, 2019 Missouri, Lakenewsonline.com ... adjusting acreage requirements for its definition of resident landowners from 5 to 20 acres... implementation of a landowner registry ... discounted deer and turkey hunting permits for nonresident landowners with 75 acres or more ... Game Commission audit 'disgusts' hunters June 2, 2019 Pennsylvania, Altoona Mirror-10 hours ago ... the Game Commission failed to make sure that energy companies paid what they owed in royalties ... sat on a huge and growing pile of cash — $73 million in 2018 ... auditors found $6.5 million more in various escrow accounts, which the commission’s financial officer didn’t have knowledge of ... |
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