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Arizona Elk South of Interstate 40 Corridors

South of Interstate 40 elk reside primarily in Arizona’s Game Management Unit (GMU) 8. Upon completing population surveys in 2021, approximately 4,000 elk were estimated to inhabit GMU 8. Their summer range is primarily characterized by high-elevation ponderosa pine forests and grasslands. The elk radiate out from various origin points within their summer range to their winter range, comprised of rims of canyons in the area, including Sycamore Canyon, Tule Canyon, and Government Canyon. This series of canyons creates an impermeable southern boundary for this herd. Their winter range along the rim country is primarily characterized by pinyon-juniper, manzanita, and scrub oak. Interstate 40 is the primary threat to this herd’s migration corridor, limiting habitat connectivity and highway permeability between the South and North of Interstate 40 elk herds. Successful elk crossings of Interstate 40 are rare, and more than 65 elk-vehicle collisions occur along this stretch per year. To help mitigate this issue, an overpass is currently in the design phase, which will connect these two herds across Interstate 40. These mapping layers show the location of the migration corridors for elk (Cervus canadensis) in the South of Interstate 40 population in Arizona. They were developed from 71 migration sequences collected from a sample size of 25 animals comprising GPS locations collected every 2 hours.

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Author(s) Matthew J Kauffman orcid, Blake H Lowrey orcid, Chloe Beaupre orcid, Scott Bergen, Stefanie Bergh, Kevin Blecha orcid, Samantha Bundick, Hunter Burkett, James W Cain orcid, Peyton Carl, David Casady orcid, Corey Class, Alyson B. Courtemanch orcid, Michelle Cowardin, Jennifer Diamond, Catherine Dugger, Orrin Duvuvuei, Joanna Ennis, Julien Fattebert orcid, Michelle Flenner, Jessica Fort, Gary Fralick, Ian Freeman, Jeff Gagnon, David Garcelon, Kyle Garrison, Emily Gelzer, Evan Greenspan orcid, Valerie Hinojoza-Rood, Pat Hnilicka, Andy Holland, Brian Hudgens, Bart Kroger, Art Lawson, Cody McKee, Jennifer A McKee, Jerod Merkle orcid, Tony W Mong, Haley Nelson orcid, Brendan Oates, Marie-Pier Poulin orcid, Craig Reddell, Robert Ritson, Hall Sawyer orcid, Cody Schroeder, Jessie Shapiro, Scott Sprague, Alethea Steingisser, Erik Steiner orcid, Sam Stephens, Patrick R Swazo-Hinds, Blair Stringham, Nicole Tatman, Benjamin Turnock, Cody F Wallace orcid, Don Whittaker, Benjamin Wise, Heiko U Wittmer orcid, Katerina D Wood
Publication Date 2024-04-10
Beginning Date of Data 2009
Ending Date of Data 2022
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DOI https://doi.org/10.5066/P9SS9GD9
Citation Kauffman, M.J., Lowrey, B.H., Beaupre, C., Bergen, S., Bergh, S., Blecha, K., Bundick, S., Burkett, H., Cain, J.W., Carl, P., Casady, D., Class, C., Courtemanch, A.B., Cowardin, M., Diamond, J., Dugger, C., Duvuvuei, O., Ennis, J., Fattebert, J., Flenner, M., Fort, J., Fralick, G., Freeman, I., Gagnon, J., Garcelon, D., Garrison, K., Gelzer, E., Greenspan, E., Hinojoza-Rood, V., Hnilicka, P., Holland, A., Hudgens, B., Kroger, B., Lawson, A., McKee, C., McKee, J.A., Merkle, J., Mong, T.W., Nelson, H., Oates, B., Poulin, M., Reddell, C., Ritson, R., Sawyer, H., Schroeder, C., Shapiro, J., Sprague, S., Steingisser, A., Steiner, E., Stephens, S., Swazo-Hinds, P.R., Stringham, B., Tatman, N., Turnock, B., Wallace, C.F., Whittaker, D., Wise, B., Wittmer, H.U., and Wood, K.D., 2024, Arizona Elk South of Interstate 40 Corridors: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9SS9GD9.
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