Idaho

USDA Signs Memo on Conserving Mule Deer Migration routes!

The Mule Deer Foundation applauds the signing of this Secretarial Memo to ensure that the full suite of USDA programs and resources are coordinated to sustain mule deer and other big game populations that migrate

“Cheatgrass, What is it? Why is it bad for Mule Deer, and Why is MDF spending your donations removing it”?

First Published by MEATEATER here: https://www.themeateater.com/conservation/wildlife-management/what-is-cheatgrass-and-why-is-it-so-bad-for-mule-deer At the Mule Deer Foundation we are blessed to…

Mule Deer Foundation Volunteer Highlight.

In the MDF Volunteer Spotlight segment the Mule Deer Foundation would like to call attention to a specific MDF volunteer, and bring their efforts to the forefront of our messaging. These volunteers are pivotal to the Mule Deer Foundation accomplishing our mission and it’s important that we recognize them as often as we can.

“Archery Deer on the Great Plains”

The plains appear tame as a saddled horse and wild as a mustang in the same instant. Looking out over rolling hills and grazing deer everything seems possible and notching your tag appears a certainty. Hours later on your tenth blown stalk of the day, out of water, and running from a rattling sound under a rock, you are suddenly surrounded by the wild land Hugh Glass crawled across after being mauled by a grizzly 200 years ago.

An Idaho and Utah Deer Entanglement

In June 2024, the Mule Deer Foundations conservation staff began a multi-partner and multi-state project to address fence entanglement concerns for mule deer migrating between Idaho and Utah.

Setting Back the Cheatgrass Line

How Removing Cheatgrass Will Grow More Deer on the Hillside In 2020, the Mule Deer…

Mule Deer biologist holds up tree plantings.
Mule Deer Foundation Leads Idaho Migration Projects

Exploring the Idaho migration projects and the inspiration of a conservation leader. My name is…

Post-Fire Habitat Restoration Completion in Idaho

Mule Deer Foundation Completes Fourth Year of Post-Fire Habitat Restoration in Idaho Mule Deer Winter…