Whitetailed deer spread southward into Utah

In Utah. Whitetail deer influx brings mixed reaction.

Officials worry about impact on mule deer; others excited to see new species. By Brett Prettyman. The Salt Lake Tribune.

Mule deer are more susceptible to land use changes than whitetails, putting muleys at a disadvantage.


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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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