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Bill RuddCofounder Wyoming Migration Initiative
Wyoming Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research UnitZoology and Physiology Department
University of Wyomingwww.migrationinitiative.org
Ungulate Migration Science and Outreach
Moose
Mule Deer
Wyoming’s unique migrations
Why is migration important?
Most big game migrate in WyomingMigrations are a way to gain nutritional advantageWithout migrations populations would decline
A growing interest in Wyoming’s corridors!
THE NATURE CONSERVANCY: “...this now-conserved land provides crucial and rapidly disappearing big game migration corridors...”
JONAH INTERAGENCY OFFICE: “Maintain migration corridors sufficient to allow unimpeded seasonal movements of migratory wildlife”
WGA INITIATIVE ON WILDLIFE CORRIDORS: “...to assist states in identifying and conserving crucial wildlife habitat and corridors across the region.”
J. Riis
To advance the understanding, appreciation, and conservation of Wyoming's migratory
ungulates by conducting innovative research and sharing scientific information through
public outreach
WMI Staff
Wyoming Migration Initiative
• Migration Assessments
• Database & Online Viewer for Wyoming’s Ungulate Migrations
• Atlas of Wildlife Migration (Wyoming’s Ungulates)
The Red Desert to Hoback
Hall Sawyer and Joe Riis
MULE DEERMIGRATION
Research
Management &Conservation
Scientific Journal
ScientificCommunity
TARGET AUDIENCE
MigrationStakeholders
Traditional
Alternative
How to better convey science to decision makers?
A new model for migration science
migrationinitiative.org
Multiple owners and
jurisdictional boundaries
Top 10 Areas of Concerns
Social media has been an important part of our outreach
Background
5/24/16
Once studies are completed thedata sits on a shelf or resides on a computer
GPS Radio Collars
Data Management
Making information more accessible
Current Data
• Currently, 47 known GPS collar studies
• 8 Bighorn Sheep
• 18 Elk
• 4 Moose
• 10 Mule Deer
• 5 Pronghorn
• 1 Whitetail
• 1 Rocky Mountain Goat
Future and past datasets will be stored!
I. Distribution and Life History
II. Ecology
III. Migrations Past and Present
IV. Threats
V. Conservation
www.uwyo.edu/biodiversity
Wyoming Biodiversity Book Series
Road Mortality
From points to corridors…......
From points to corridors…......
Prepared by University of Oregon Infographics lab
From Atlas of Wildlife Migration: Wyoming’s Ungulates (In prep)
Building Seasonal ranges at population level
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Science
Partners
Action
• Identify potential opportunities
• Work together to implement
Acknowledgments
Questions?