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Subject:Mule deer
Predator management
Wildlife management
Fact sheet
Media quick guide

Description:The Commission has approved three other predator control plans since revising its predator management policy in 2007. Approval was granted in 2011 to remove individual mountain lions preying on translocated desert bighorn sheep in the Middle Delores River, due west of Montrose near the Utah border. The Commission also approved in 2011 a two-year proposal to remove mammalian predators in the Miramonte Basin, about half way between Telluride and Utah to increase the recruitment of juvenile Gunnison sage-grouse. Finally, approval was granted in 2013 to remove mountain lions preying on Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep translocated to the area of the Hayman burn near Cheesman Reservoir, southwest of Castle Rock. [show more]

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Subject:Swift fox
<em>Vulpes velox</em>
Resource utilization function
Conservation translocation
Reintroduction

Description:Swift foxes (Vulpes velox) are endemic to the Great Plains of North America, but were extirpated from the northern portion of their range by the mid-1900s. Despite several reintroductions to the Northern Great Plains, there remains a ~350 km range gap between the swift fox population along the Montana and Canada border and that in northeastern Wyoming and northwestern South Dakota. A better understanding of what resources swift foxes use along the Montana and Canada border region will assist managers to facilitate connectivity among populations. From 2016 to 2018, we estimated the home range size and evaluated resource use within the home ranges of 22 swift foxes equipped with Global Positioning System tracking collars in northeastern Montana. Swift fox home ranges in our study were some of the largest ever recorded, averaging (± SE) 42.0 km² ± 4.7. Our results indicate that both environmental and anthropogenic factors influenced resource use. At the population level, resource use increased by 3.3% for every 5.0% increase in percent grasslands. Relative probability of use decreased by 7.9% and 7.4% for every kilometer away from unpaved roads and gas well sites, respectively, and decreased by 3.0% and 11.3% for every one-unit increase in topographic roughness and every 0.05 increase in normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI), respectively. Our study suggests that, to reestablish connectivity among swift fox populations in Montana, managers should aim to maintain large corridors of contiguous grasslands at a landscape scale, a process that likely will require having to work with multiple property owners. [show more]

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Subject:Rio Grande cutthroat trout

Description:Attached to this letter are tables summarizing 2008 range-wide activities for Rio Grande cutthroat trout (RGCT) in a report format agreed upon by the range-wide conservation team. As you know, our activities are divided into seven main categories identified in the range-wide agreement. Below is a brief summary of our activities for Rio Grande cutthroat trout in 2008. [show more]

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Subject:Rio Grande cutthroat trout

Description:Attached to this letter are tables summarizing 2009 range-wide activities for Rio Grande cutthroat trout (RGCT) in a report format agreed upon by the range-wide conservation team. Once again, our activities are divided into seven main categories identified in the range wide agreement. Below is a brief summary of our activities for Rio Grande cutthroat trout in 2009. [show more]

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Subject:Rio Grande cutthroat trout

Description:Attached to this letter are tables summarizing 2010 range-wide activities for Rio Grande cutthroat trout (RGCT) in a report format agreed upon by the range-wide conservation team. Our activities are divided into seven main categories identified in the range-wide agreement. Below is a brief summary of 2010. [show more]

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Subject:Rio Grande cutthroat trout

Description:This letter is intended to inform team members and summarize the 2011 range-wide activities for the conservation of the Rio Grande cutthroat trout (RGCT). The activities below are divided into eight main categories identified in the range-wide agreement. The following is a brief summary of those activities that occurred in 2011. [show more]

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Subject:Rio Grande cutthroat trout

Description:Attached to this letter are tables summarizing 2012 range-wide activities for Rio Grande cutthroat trout (RGCT) in a report format agreed upon by the range-wide conservation team. Our activities are divided into seven main categories identified in the range-wide agreement. Below is a brief summary of 2012. [show more]

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Subject:Rio Grande cutthroat trout

Description:This letter is intended to inform team members and summarize the 2013 range-wide activities for the conservation of the Rio Grande cutthroat trout (RGCT). The activities below are divided into eight main categories identified in the range-wide agreement. The following is a brief summary of those activities that occurred in 2013. [show more]

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Subject:Rio Grande cutthroat trout

Description:This letter is intended to inform team members and summarize the 2014 rangewide activities for the conservation of the Rio Grande cutthroat trout (RGCT). The activities below are divided into eight main categories identified in the rangewide agreement. The following is a brief summary of those activities that occurred in 2014. [show more]

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Subject:Rio Grande cutthroat trout

Description:This letter is intended to inform team members and summarize the 2015 rangewide activities for the conservation of the Rio Grande cutthroat trout (RGCT). The activities below are divided into eight main categories identified in the href="https://cpw.catalog.aspencat.info/Files/1131/ViewPDF" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">rangewide agreement. The following is a brief summary of those activities that occurred in 2015. [show more]