Wyoming Project
Mapping and conserving big game migration corridors in Wyoming and other western states
September 2018 - December 2028
Personnel
- Matthew Kauffman, Principal Investigator
- Holly Copeland, Non-PI Collaborator
- Julien Fattebert, Non-PI Collaborator
- Tristan Nunez, Non-PI Collaborator
- Jodi Berg, Non-PI Collaborator
- Blake Lowrey, Non-PI Collaborator
- Emily Gelzer, Non-PI Collaborator
- Robert Ritson, Staff
- Ian Freeman, Staff
- Jenny McKee, Staff
- Patrick Rodgers, Staff
- Andrew Jakes, Staff
Participating Agencies
- Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation
- U.S. Geological Survey
- US Fish and Wildlife Service
- Idaho Department of Fish and Game
- WY Community Foundation
In 2018, USGS assembled a Corridor Mapping Team to work with individual State wildlife agencies and DOI partners to facilitate mapping of migration corridors and develop a mapping report. The Team has been in place since the beginning of 2019. It is based out of the Wyoming CRU and includes key biologists in participating State agencies. The Corridor Mapping Team is providing expertise, statistical code, troubleshooting, metadata, and map templates as well as overall direction for this west-wide mapping effort. This collaborative effort includes the state wildlife agencies of all 11 public lands states in the West, and is closely integrated with the corridor mapping goals of the Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies. Through this effort, the collaborative team is developing numerous products to address science and management needs related to understanding big-game use of corridor habitat, winter ranges and stopover areas. A primary goal of this effort is to create a standardized inventory of big game migration corridors in the western US that can be used to guide conservation and management.
Presentations | Presentation Date |
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Nuñez, T. and M. Kauffman. 2024. Can we predict mule deer migration routes? 31st Annual Conference of The Wildlife Society. Baltimore, MD, Oct. 19 – 23, 2024 | October 2024 |