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WORLD RECORD DEER MIGRATION VISUALIZED IN 3D FOR THE FIRST TIME
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- čas přidán 19. 08. 2019
- Our cartography team at the University of Oregon InfoGraphics Lab has created a 3D visualization to show the challenges of that Deer 255 faces in her migration, and how people have acted to conserve the Red Desert to Hoback migration corridor.
Here’s the backstory: In 2016, our team of University of Wyoming biologists discovered a record-breaking mule deer in Wyoming. A collared doe migrated from southwest Wyoming to eastern Idaho, 242 miles, one-way.
We lost track of her in fall 2016 due to a GPS collar malfunction, but then by chance we found her again in winter 2018. She completed two migrations last year, and this spring made the same journey again.
This route is used by about 1,000 mule deer, but most of them stop after 150 miles. Deer 255 is the only deer we know of that goes so far. She's slightly larger than average, but what makes her amazing is her knowledge of such a vast migration route, from the deserts of Wyoming, to the forests of Idaho.
In all likelihood, she learned this route from her mother, who inherited it from past generations of deer that optimized their migrations to exploit the resources of the landscape - and survived because of it.
To have such a migration still exist today is a testament to the conservation of the Wyoming Game and Fish Department, and many land managers including private property owners and ranchers, the Bureau of Land Management - Wyoming, U.S. Forest Service-Bridger-Teton National Forest, U.S. Forest Service - Caribou-Targhee National Forest, Grand Teton National Park and Yellowstone National Park.
Deer 255 continues to surprise us. Watch to the end to see what she did this year, a move that defies the norm for mule deer behavior.
If you like this film, please share to spread the word about Wyoming’s amazing migrations.
You can read about 255's journey here: www.hcn.org/is...
CARTOGRAPHY BY:
Department of Geography, University of Oregon InfoGraphics Lab
Thanks to all our partners and funders:
Wyoming Game and Fish Department
Safari Club International Foundation
Muley Fanatic Foundation
10 Country Chapter of The Muley Fanatic Foundation
Muley Fanatic Foundation, Southwest Wyoming Chapter
Muley Fanatic Foundation, Upper Green Chapter
USGS Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Units
Teton Conservation District
The Pew Charitable Trusts
National Science Foundation (NSF)
University of Wyoming Zoology & Physiology Department
Knobloch Family Foundation
George B. Storer Foundation
Wyoming Landscape Conservation Initiative
Wyoming Governors Big Game License Coalition
Wyoming Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
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Three cheers for the cartography team!
We all need to put in our time to help or donate to some of these conservation efforts. I love hunting but also love these wild animals. Gotta keep them going!! I wonder how many big bucks she has had !!
This migration and tracking method is fascinating. I enjoyed each mile she traversed and each fench she and her herd crawled under or jumped over. All the participants and Bureaus, Foundations, Initiatives and landowners who are assisting the wildlife by keeping the migration routes accessible and unimpeded are to be commended. Keep up the funding and hard work.
Thanks for that video. It is good to know how our world works. I'm a reformed hunter. I stopped over twenty years ago. I still go to the places I once hunted. Every year I come home with trophies that I could never have gotten by killing. My herd in the mountains of northern Nevada is very healthy and has never been larger large snow fall 2 out of the last 4 year's have brought the desert to life and have made the Mule deer population stronger than I've ever seen it in the past. Our local 4-H and conservation groups have been working to find ways to keep the population strong even during lean years. These Muleys don't migrate like those in the video. They tend to only make it as far as the local alpha fields, and the lower surrounding hills that allow access to the fields. This doesn't make the ranchers very happy, but most factor in the loss. Others are not so forgiving. The herd does continue to grow however, and they now provide me with video and still shots that are staggering.
A reformed hunter? Like being a steward of the land and animals is somthing to be reformed from? The money that is spent improving these lands comes partly from hunters licensing,tags ,ammo fees. Most hunters I know spend more time and money improving habitat and population numbers than any animal lover ever will! Its fine you chose to stop hunting! But hunting is 1 tool used to manage these beautiful animals!
@@davelambardo6464 I'm quite sure that there are a myriad of groups to whom your money would be more than welcome, and have far less overhead. I don't remember saying that I thought all people should follow my lead as the only one I'm in control of is me. You did get stirred over my comment however. So I'm hoping you don't hunt jackass as hunting yourslef would be even easier than the docile grazing most hunt down now. I have the feeling that your needs are not the feeding of your family. How many heads do you have hanging on the wall. If you haven't got quite a few that means your not very good at hunting creatures that don't hunt back. That would be sadder.
@@jssomewhere6740 name calling? You got me!
@@davelambardo6464 I guess that just makes me a lucky guy. Put me in the record book
Will show this in my environmental science class (community college level) to demonstrate the challenges that migratory species face. This film helps cultivate hope that people can make a positive difference for wildlife. Exciting film!
That’s just amazing
It's amazing how far these deer travel. Just think, they've been migrating this route for centuries and centuries and her young, when they are breeding, will make the same trip.
Nice video and research thanks for sharing the information you have learned WY.
Great work you guys do. Thank you.
Very good
That is really cool. Always wondered how far some deer travel.
I'm from Red Desert, not far from where this doe starts her migration. We've hunted mule deer in the Red Desert and it's fascinating to learn how far they migrate each year. Thank you for sharing these videos.
Please support wildlife overpasses and underpasses in wildlife corridors.
I believe she is about 12yrs old now. Very interesting life she has lived.
While out fishing in Montana, I witnessed an elk migration. They just kept coming and coming. Breath taking experience for sure. Montana sucks by the way, never come here.
Amazing...
And to think we all thought they just migrated high country to low for winter.
at 2:26 why not remove these fences completely? These fences doesnt seem friendly , I cant imagine a buck crawling under or some larger animal with antlers or without.
Fences make good neighbors...
Thanks for watching this. Apologies for the lengthy answer. Deer on the Red Desert to Hoback migration corridor cross more than 100 fences during their 150+ mile journey. Adult mule deer (and those with antlers) usually jump over wire fences all the time, and the fawns can scoot under pretty easily. The larger ungulates like elk and moose always jump over. Pronghorn are smaller and prefer not to jump, so they usually scoot under. Woven wire "sheep fence" is generally not considered to be wildlife friendly (especially for pronghorn), and so sometimes NGOs or other agencies will work with private land owners to retrofit those fences and make them wildlife friendly.
Along the Red Desert to Hoback corridor and the Path of the Pronghorn, hundreds of miles of fence have been made wildlife-friendly through
local efforts. One great example is the Wyoming Department of Transportation making a large section of Highway 352 fencing wildlife-friendly, in cooperation with adjacent private landowners.
In most of Wyoming, ranching and livestock grazing are a very active land use on public and private lands. The fences at 2:27 are mostly on private working lands where ranchers have pastures for their livestock. Fencing is used to keep livestock from mingling with neighbors, getting hit on roads, saving hay fields from getting trampled during irrigation season, etc.
There is a growing awareness and interest in improving fences for wildlife. Fences and big game migration are generally compatible, if the fences are designed correctly. This is a good guide to best practices: www.nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/nrcs142p2_026389.pdf
On public lands like National Forests, there are many fences for grazing allotments. Sometimes if a grazing permit in a certain area gets retired and the fence is no longer needed, volunteers do fence removal projects. The Jackson Hole Wildlife Foundation has removed a huge amount of fencing in Grand Teton National Park and the surrounding National Forests in recent years.
@@WyomingMigrationInitiative thank you for providing so detailed insight into how it all works. It puts my concerns to rest, somewhat =)) thank you for taking the time to reply.
@@WyomingMigrationInitiative Thank you for the explanation, I think about this a lot. We own 28 acres in western Washington and often I find myself thinking about the sprawl of humanity and all the obstacles animals face. I do have sheep, but I keep my gates open, when not being used and even opened a fence line so deer and fawns can pass through safely. This year I started a perennial food plot (not for hunting) with hard and soft mast as well. Great work, awesome video!
How old is deer 255?
All that way to be eaten by a pack of a wolves
It is funny when you know how stupid mule deer are that they can still do this