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The western slopes of the Portneuf Mountain Range have long provided winter habitat for mule deer. In 1970, the Idaho Department of Fish and Game used Pittman-Robertson funds to purchase over 2,800 acres of this winter range, creating Portneuf Wildlife Management Area (WMA). Later land acquisitions enlarged the WMA to over 3,100 acres.
The first land for the WMA was purchased in 1943, and the mission of the WMA is to conserve mule deer and elk wintering habitat. Lower elevations of the WMA support sagebrush steppe, while higher elevations have Ponderosa pine and Douglas fir. [3] During the winter there are typically 7,000 mule deer and 500 elk in the WMA. [4]
Mule deer readily adapt to agricultural products and landscape plantings. [36] [37] In the Sierra Nevada range, mule deer depend on the lichen Bryoria fremontii as a winter food source. [38] The most common plant species consumed by mule deer are the following:
[65] [66] These studies showed that in the spring and fall, the animals travel about 100 miles (160 km) one-way along the southern edges of the mountains to reach their summer and winter ranges. [67] In the winter, they join the largest wintering herd in Idaho on the Big Desert/Idaho National Laboratory range. [65]
The Little Jacks Creek Wilderness lies within the Owyhee Desert, part of the northern Basin and Range ecoregion, although hydrologically the wilderness area is within the Snake River – Columbia River drainage. [1] [10] The area is home to mountain quail, mule deer, Columbia River redband trout, and sage grouse. [1]
The administration forwarded a central Idaho wilderness proposal to Congress later that year [10] and Carter signed the final act on July 23, 1980. [11] In January 1984, Congress honored Senator Church, who had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, by renaming the area The Frank Church—River of No Return Wilderness.
This past winter was an El Niño winter, so you can likely expect different conditions for winter 2024-25. The latest La Niña forecast is in. It could mean an even colder, snowier winter for Idaho
This is a list of Idaho wildlife management areas. The U.S. state of Idaho current has 32 wildlife management areas, all managed by the Idaho Department of Fish and Game . Wildlife management areas (WMA) are established to protect habitat for wildlife and provide opportunities for hunting, fishing, and other public enjoyment of wildlife.