Welcome to the Screening of Deer 139

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About Deer 139

Samantha (Sam) Dwinnell knows the Wyoming Range mule deer herd as well as anyone. She has spent the last five years on the ground capturing and collaring mule deer to track where individuals go, how they connect with the landscape, and how that relationship affects their survival and reproduction. Sam’s work shows wintering mule deer are utterly dependent on their ability to access distant, productive, high-elevation summer ranges via migration.

Her findings have significant implications for conservation. This film moves these concepts and discoveries from the academic literature into the public consciousness.

Sam—along with an all-women team of fellow adventurers and naturalists—walked deer 139’s migration trail for 85 miles from her winter range in the sagebrush steppe outside LaBarge, Wyoming, up into and over the Wyoming Range, across the Greys River, to an alpine cirque in the Salt River Range, to see first-hand this long, complex, and, until now, largely invisible journey. The team carried skis, pack rafts, food, and camera equipment, to film the expedition and bring viewers along for the adventure.

Widespread conservation of wildlife and habitats is contingent on public support. Read more about Deer 139 here.

Learn more about the work the Blue Mountain Land Trust does outside of Natural Resource Education. I invite you to explore the work we do through Conservation and Blues Crew. If this work inspires you and moves you, please, consider becoming a member so that we can continue serving our community and the land we all cherish.