Colorado Parks & Wildlife - Species Data - White-tailed Deer Concentration Area
Creator(s):
Colorado Parks and Wildlife Biologists, District Wildlife Managers, and Researchers
Description:
WTDeerConcentrationArea is an ESRI SDE Feature Class showing concentration areas for White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) in Colorado. Concentration Areas are defined as corridors of riparian habitat along river or stream courses that support higher populations of white-tailed deer, serve as travel corridors, and are considered critical habitat for white-tailed deer. This information was derived from field personnel. A variety of data capture techniques were used including drawing on mylar overlays at 1:50,000 scale USGS county mapsheets and implementation of the SmartBoard Interactive Whiteboard using stand-up, real-time digitizing at various scales (Cowardin, M., M. Flenner. March 2003. Maximizing Mapping Resources. GeoWorld 16(3):32-35).