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Winter Ranges of Mule Deer in the Doyle Herd in California

Metadata Updated: November 11, 2025

The Doyle mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) herd migrates from a winter range in Honey Lake Valley and Upper Long Valley near Doyle, California along US Highway 395 in Lassen County, California and eastward into Plumas County and Plumas National Forest in the Sierra Nevada Mountains for the summer. Winter range also exists on the Nevada side of the border in Washoe County. Much of the winter range habitat is now deteriorated, lacking vegetation that historically provided forage. Highway 395 is a major barrier to migration, with hundreds of deer being killed annually trying to cross it. Population estimates were ~15,600 in 2019. These data provide the location of winter ranges for mule deer in the Doyle population in California. They were developed from 25 migration sequences collected from a sample size of 14 animals comprising GPS locations collected every 3-13 hours.

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Metadata Created Date September 12, 2025
Metadata Updated Date November 11, 2025

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Harvested from DOI USGS DCAT-US

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Resource Type Dataset
Metadata Created Date September 12, 2025
Metadata Updated Date November 11, 2025
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
Maintainer
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Data Last Modified 2022-04-07T00:00:00Z
Category geospatial
Public Access Level public
Bureau Code 010:12
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