Volunteers Needed

Wildlife managers with the Wyoming Game and Fish Department are asking members of the public to join them for their 19th annual mortality surveys conducted to assess the impacts this past winter has dealt in the Wyoming Range and Uinta mule deer herds of According to wildlife biologists and survey coordinators Gary Fralick and Jeff Short the annual surveys are conducted on mule deer winter ranges to assess overall mortality for the herds, but also to evaluate which age classes have been impacted the most. The Cokeville area surveys will run Saturday, May 5. Volunteers will meet at 9 AM at the Stateline gravel pit, three miles southwest of Sage Junction on U.S. Highway 30/89. The Leroy Surveys for the Uinta mule deer herd (east of Evanston, WY) will take place Saturday, May 12. Volunteers will meet at the Leroy exit (exit 24) off Interstate 80 at 9:00 a.m. Participants should bring a lunch, water, and dress appropriately for weather conditions. Surveys are conducted on foot or horseback. The public is welcomed to bring their own horses or mules if they choose to conduct their work from horseback. New volunteers will be required to fill out a volunteer form upon their arrival in order to participate in the mortality surveys. To receive more information on the Cokeville surveys contact Thayne wildlife biologist Gary Fralick at 1-307-883-2998. For more information on the Leroy surveys contact Mountain View wildlife biologist Jeff Short at 1-307-782-6810.