The Wyoming Game and Fish Department are hosting a Platte Valley Mule Deer Initiative meeting today (Dec. 9th) at 6 p.m. The meeting will be hosted at the Platte Valley Community Center, 210 W. Elm St. in Saratoga, Wyoming.
Attendees of the meeting will hear several talking points about the Platte Valley Herd. Firstly, the meeting will discuss current mule deer collaring projects. Likewise, habitat monitoring projects will be discussed.
The meeting will also look at proactive actions to preserve migration corridors and future projects. There will also be updates on the Mule Deer Herd management plan and ongoing chronic wasting disease surveillance efforts.
The original Platte Valley Mule Deer Initiative was set back in 2011. The main goal was to increase public involvement in the management direction of the Platte Valley mule deer herd. This plan was put into motion to help create a management plan that would focus specifically on the challenges that the herd faces.
Anyone with an interest in the Herd is encouraged to attend the meeting. The more people who attend, the more the Wyoming Game and Fish can edit the plan to be more complete.
You can also read more about the Platte Valley herd by checking out the job completion report. You can do that by clicking here.
If you’d like to read more hunting news happening in Wyoming, below we will list a few of the most current news articles.
CWD was found recently in Elk Unit 113. Unfortunately, a cow elk test positive for the disease. You can read this article by clicking here. Likewise, the Wyoming Game and Fish granted $500,000 to a wildlife crossing on I-25. You can read more about this by clicking here.
