Chronic Wasting Disease Information - Aug 2024

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Wetland habitat with mountain in background
Julia Butler Hansen Refuge contains over 6,000 acres of pastures, forested tidal swamps, brushy woodlots, marshes and sloughs along the Columbia River in both Washington and Oregon. Diverse habitats that support the endangered Columbian white-tailed deer also benefit a large variety of wintering...
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Columbian white-tailed deer

White-tailed deer are generally distinguished from mule or black-tailed deer by their longer tail that is brown rather than black on the dorsal surface, a smaller metatarsal gland, and in adult males, antlers with prongs arising from a single main beam. The Columbian white-tailed deer (...

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