Loss of habitat and drought to blame, according to article-
NV deer herds down; other species doing well. By Sandra Chereb. Associated Press Writer
Ralph Maughan
Dr. Ralph Maughan is professor emeritus of political science at Idaho State University. He was a Western Watersheds Project Board Member off and on for many years, and was also its President for several years. For a long time he produced Ralph Maughan's Wolf Report. He was a founder of the Greater Yellowstone Coalition. He and Jackie Johnson Maughan wrote three editions of "Hiking Idaho." He also wrote "Beyond the Tetons" and "Backpacking Wyoming's Teton and Washakie Wilderness." He created and is the administrator of The Wildlife News.
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Nevada is a place where the Ranchers have run Rough shod over the Elk populations. Tag amounts that are 30% of the total elk populations are directly to do with the fact the NDOW keeps elk numbers artifically low to appease ranchers.