Shaggy mule deer (IMAGE)

University of Wyoming

Shaggy mule deer

Caption

Mule deer in Wyoming have a shaggy appearance as they seek to recover from the long winter months on Seedskadee National Wildlife Refuge. A 14-year study in Wyoming’s Atlantic Rim region quantified how energy development in migration corridors causes a 38.65 percent reduction in mule deer ability to track the best springtime forage -- a clear mechanism for reducing the benefit of migration -- which can result in population declines.

Credit

Tom Koerner/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

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