EarthFix Snippets
Workers move a 159-pound buck into a crate to be transported from a refuge in Wahkiakum County to one in Clark County, Wash. Biologists must move the deer because a dike could be breached at any moment.
Smile, you’re on camera! Creatures great and small caught on camera through Conservation Northwest’s Citizen Wildlife Monitoring Project.
It’s hard to resist re-blogging a beautiful photo of a beautiful baby animal.
Lummi Island by EdBob on Flickr.
Black-tailed deer roam forested areas of western Washington and Oregon, but some say their numbers are declining. Scientists suspect that’s because these deer are having trouble finding food to eat. Researchers are studying black-tailed deer’s diet. Once they know what deer like to munch on, wildlife managers can make sure those plants keep growing in the wild. More at EarthFix.
Recent NW wildlife news from EarthFix:
What’s Stressing Orcas Out? Think Portion Size
20 Sea Lions Dead, Most from Gunshots, On Northwest Coast
How Researchers Plan to Protect Deer Through Their Diets
In A Cascade Marsh, A Summer Sight: Nesting Sandhill Cranes
Plan Aims To Keep Rogue’s Salmon Run Robust
This week: hungry deer, worried fisherman and a logging lawsuit.
Reporter Courtney Flatt recently hung out with some cute deer.
