Bighorn Desert Bighorn Sheep Circle Ranch has growing numbers of these native animals in combination with elk, pronghorn, mule deer and on occasion 1000 cattle which we use as a substitute for bison.
Chris Gill's Response to the Mule Deer Working Group Chris Gill to Authors And Sponsors of Habitat Guidelines for Mule Deer In September 2009, I was in Department headquarters in Austin, when I ran into one of the Authors of Habitat Guidelines for Mule Deer.
doing what works Doing What Works: Range Magazine Here is the summary of two years of correspondence with the Mule Deer Working Group, my futile attempt to get them to change the sloppy-science-based range advice which so harms desert habitats and wildlife.
Grazing Habitat Guidelines for Mule Deer This document was amended in 2009. It is dated 2006, but contains, for example, references to the Briske, et al. paper published in 2008.
Grazing Steve Nelle to Mule Deer Working Group June 2009 Steve Nelle is one of the leading NRCS scientists practicing today.
Dr. David Briske Chris Gill to Dr. David Briske I had already read the Briske paper and realized that it tested Short Duration Grazing systems and not planned grazing.
Chris Gill's Response to the Mule Deer Working Group Chris Gill's Response to the Mule Deer Working Group Regarding Habitat Guidelines for Mule Deer Advice Against Planned Grazing Rather than send a long, separate response, I decided to try an interlined response, dealing with these points one at a time.
Grazing Of Mule Deer and Paradigms I wrote this for Holistic Management International’s semi-monthly publication In Practice, discussing the Mule Deer Working Group’s unwillingness to amend its conclusions which misstated the scientific basis for their advice against planned grazing.
Grazing Mule Deer Working Group Response to Chris Gill This is the response I received from Dr. Heffelfinger on behalf of the Authors and Sponsors of Habitat Guidelines for Mule Deer.
