How to Conserve Wildlife Migrations in the American West

The natural spectacle of wildlife migration has beguiled people for millennia—a sense of wonder that continues today. Aristotle and his contemporaries marveled at the sudden disappearance of birds and animals in the fall and their reappearance in spring.1 Now, in the 21st century, science is uncovering fascinating new information about the amazing treks that mule deer, elk, and pronghorn make each year across the American West.

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Opinion Protecting America's Last Great Animal Migrations - The New York Times

How to Conserve Wildlife Migrations in the American West

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