From the report: Between 2007 and 2013, Colorado’s estimated statewide deer population declined from roughly 600,000 deer to approximately 390,000 deer; The product of this public process was the 2014 West Slope Mule Deer Strategy (WSMDS). The WSMDS identifies seven management priorities to address mule deer declines on the West Slope of Colorado
.• Landscape-scale habitat management to improve habitat quality
• Predator management where predation may be limiting deer survival
• Protection of habitat and mitigation of development impacts
• Reducing the impacts of highways on mule deer survival, movements and migration
• Reducing the impacts of human recreation on mule deer
• Regulation of doe harvest and providing youth hunting opportunity
• Maintaining a strong big game population and disease monitoring program and conducting applied research to improve management of deer populations.
"Predator management where predation may be limiting deer survival".
Colorado has between 3,000-7,000 lions. Mountain lions generally eat just under one ungulate a week, preying on an average of 38 deer each year according to a study from 2010..
So, with Common Core math, that would equal about 266,000 deer per year killed by lions in Colorado.
That's a lot of deer!
.• Landscape-scale habitat management to improve habitat quality
• Predator management where predation may be limiting deer survival
• Protection of habitat and mitigation of development impacts
• Reducing the impacts of highways on mule deer survival, movements and migration
• Reducing the impacts of human recreation on mule deer
• Regulation of doe harvest and providing youth hunting opportunity
• Maintaining a strong big game population and disease monitoring program and conducting applied research to improve management of deer populations.
"Predator management where predation may be limiting deer survival".
Colorado has between 3,000-7,000 lions. Mountain lions generally eat just under one ungulate a week, preying on an average of 38 deer each year according to a study from 2010..
So, with Common Core math, that would equal about 266,000 deer per year killed by lions in Colorado.
That's a lot of deer!