[MuscleWhitefish]

How are the deer fairing in southwest Wyoming?

Not well. I expect similar numbers to 2016-2017 in terms of winter kill.

Snow is not done either. Now is the a rough time of year, because we get rain and wet snow. Then freezing temps at night.

I imagine we will lose at least 70% of fawns.

Antelope will probably see a sharp reduction, because they are worse off with the deep snow.

Might be a year to put in for points.

I hear an El Nino is on a horizon, which with the growth due to moisture this winter may lead to fires this late summer and early fall with warm temps.

What are El Nino and La Nina?

El El Nino and La Nina are complex weather patterns resulting from variations in ocean temperatures in the Equatorial Pacific.

oceanservice.noaa.gov

 

[MuscleWhitefish]

Not well. I expect similar numbers to 2016-2017 in terms of winter kill.

Snow is not done either. Now is the a rough time of year, because we get rain and wet snow. Then freezing temps at night.

I imagine we will lose at least 70% of fawns.

Antelope will probably see a sharp reduction, because they are worse off with the deep snow.

Might be a year to put in for points.

I hear an El Nino is on a horizon, which with the growth due to moisture this winter may lead to fires this late summer and early fall with warm temps.

What are El Nino and La Nina?

El El Nino and La Nina are complex weather patterns resulting from variations in ocean temperatures in the Equatorial Pacific.

oceanservice.noaa.gov

US forecaster says El Nino could arrive by summer 2023

La Niña has ended and ENSO-neutral conditions are expected to continue through the Northern Hemisphere spring and early summer 2023, a U.S. government weather forecaster said on Thursday, with El Niño possibly forming during summer 2023 and persisting through the fall.

www.reuters.com