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Minnesota DNR proposes GPS-collar study of deer movement and predator impacts in prairie transition zones
Summary
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources presented a study proposal to collar deer, coyotes and wolves to identify wintering grounds, causes of mortality, and movement along the Red River/Western border after new CWD detections and to update survival inputs used for harvest regulations.
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources presented a proposal on June 26 to study deer survival, movement and predator impacts in northern prairie and agricultural transition zones, including areas along Minnesota's western border where new CWD detections have appeared.
DNR deer and elk research scientist Tyler Ormiller described plans to use GPS collars on white-tailed deer of all age classes and on coyotes and wolves to identify wintering areas, movement corridors (including along the Red River valley), cause-specific mortality and survival…
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