Mule Deer Telemetry - Loyalton-Truckee Interstate, Region 2 - 2012-2015 - CDFW [ds2947]

As founding and active members of the Highway 89 Stewardship Team, and in collaboration with the State of Nevada Department of Wildlife (NDOW), CDFWs North Central Region wildlife biologists used GPS and satellite radio collars to better understand the movements and habits of mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus hemionus) in the Loyalton-Truckee Deer Herd (LTDH). This dataset represents GPS telemetry locations from 131 collared female mule deer between 2006 and 2018. The LTDH ranges over an area of approximately 1,240 square miles that includes five California counties (Lassen, Plumas, Sierra, Nevada, and Placer), and one Nevada county (Washoe) (DFG 1982). Two distinct sub-units were described in the 1982 DFG Deer Herd Management Plan: the Sierra Valley sub-unit (SVSU) representing the X7a premium deer zone and the Verdi sub-unit (VSU) or X7b.The Loyalton-Truckee deer herd winters west and northwest of Reno, Nevada along the California-Nevada border, extending into the Peterson Mountains, east of Highway 395 in Nevada. A portion of the herd also winters north of I-80 on Peavine Mountain in Nevada. This population represents an interstate migratory herd but also contains year-round residents in both states. Deer migrate southwest into the Sierra Nevada Mountains of California on both sides of Highway 89 from Truckee to Sierraville, (with some crossing I-80 but most staying north of it) and into the Tahoe National Forest. Significant challenges include urban development, vehicle collisions on Highways 89 and 395 and Interstate 80, and large-scale wildfires that have burned winter ranges in both states. Three wildlife crossing structures were installed by the Highway 89 Stewardship Team on Highway 89 at Kyburz Flats and two at Sagehen Summit to mitigate impacts from vehicle collisions. We assume that all animals captured in this study represent the natural variation in mule deer movements in the population.

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