Mule deer habitat is affected by several major land use 

 practices. These are livestock overgrazing, brush destruction, 

 and weed eradication. Since winter range is key habitat, emphasis 

 should be placed upon protecting these lands from the above- 

 mentioned land use practices. The majority of mule deer winter 

 range is public land managed by the BLM (largest amount of winter 

 range involved), State and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 

 (Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Range) . It should be the 

 primary responsibility of these land managers to manage these 

 lands in a manner which is beneficial to mule deer and other 

 wildlife present. Public land agencies and other wildlife man- 

 agers can determine what public lands are designated mule deer 

 winter range used under average winter conditions by consulting 

 Figure 11. A more detailed description can be obtained by con- 

 sulting previous Job Progress Reports (Constan 1976 and 1977) . 

 Land managers can determine which of their lands are used as 

 mule deer winter range during severe winter conditions by check- 

 ing Figure 11 and Constan 1978, and by examining the following 

 list of public lands that are used as mule deer winter range 

 under severe winter conditions: 



STATE - S 5,7,17,20,29, T22N, RISE; S 33,34, T23N, R16E; 



S 15,16,27,34, T22N, R16E; S 15,16,36, T21N, R16E; 

 516,19,20, T22N, R18E; S 36, T22N, R22E; S 16,36, 

 T22N, R21E; S 36, T25N, R16E; S 16, T23N, R17E. 



BLM - S 20,21,22,25,26,27,28,35, T25N, R16E; S 19,20,28, 

 29,30,31,32,33, T25N, R17E; S 1,2,11,12,13,24, 

 T24N, R16E; S 5,6,7,8,9,10,11,14,15,17,18,23,24, 

 25,26, T24N, R17E; S 4,5,7,8,9,19,20,21,29,30, 

 T24N, R18E; S 1,3,4,5,8,9,10,12,13,14,17,18,20,21, 

 23,24,25, T23N, R17E; S 4,5,6,19,20,21,22,27,28, 

 29,30,33, T23N, R18E; S 8,20,32, T22N, R15E; 

 S 5,29, T21N, R15E; S 15,21,22,28,31,32,33,34, 

 T22N, R16E; S 3,4,9,10,11,13,14,21,22,23,24,25, 

 26,27,28,29,32,33,34,35, T21N, R16E; S6 , T20N, 

 R17E; S 2,3,4,9,10,11, T20N, R16E; S 21,22,27,28, 

 29, T21N, R17E; S 19,20,22,23,26,27,29,30, T22N, 

 R17E; S 1,2,9,10,11,12,15,19,20,21,22, T22N, R18E; 

 S 26,27,34,35, T23N, R18E; S 29,31,32, T2 3N , R22E; 

 S 2,4,5,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,19,20,23,24,25,28,29,30, 

 31,32,33,35, T22N, R22E; S 2,3,5,6,7,10,11, T21N, 

 R22E; S 15,21,22,24,34,35, T22N, R2 IE . 



CMR - S 7,18,19, T22N, R2 3E . 



White-tailed Deer 



Western Segment 



Distribution 



White-tailed deer are the most limited in numbers and distri- 

 bution of the three big game species found in the study area. 



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