White-tailed Deer Monitoring For The Heartland Inventory And Monitoring Network: 2005-2023 - Data Package

This dataset consists of occurrence observations for white-tailed deer in the National Park Service Heartland Inventory and Monitoring Network Parks. Because of their impacts on vegetation, disease transmission, visitor health, and vehicle-deer collisions, park managers at Arkansas Post National Memorial, Pea Ridge National Military Park, and Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield identified white-tailed deer as a vital sign for monitoring. Monitoring white-tailed deer populations better positions park management to take action to mitigate concerns involving deer. The overall goals of HTLN white-tailed deer monitoring are to 1) document annual changes in the number of white-tailed deer, as changes could signal presence of illegal deer harvest, disease, or other acute factors of concern for park management; 2) document long-term trends in the number of white-tailed deer to help park management determine if measures need to be taken to maintain herd health, minimize vegetation damage within a park, or alleviate visitor health concerns; and 3) annually map locations of white-tailed deer observed to assist park management in assessing the influences of management actions on deer usage of an area, habitat type, etc.
Organization: Department of the Interior
Organization URL: https://catalog.data.gov/organization/doi
Last updated: 2024-09-04T00:00:00Z
Tags: ARPO, Arkansas Post National Memorial, Deer, HTLN, Heartland Network, Long-term monitoring, Mammal, Monitoring, NPS, National Park Service, Odocoileus virginianus, PERI, Pea Ridge National Military Park, WICR, White-tailed deer, Wildlife, Wilson's Creek National Battlefield