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Fitkin

Deer weathering Methow’s snowy winter

February 11, 2016 by Methow Valley News

The Methow Valley’s resident mule deer herd is enduring a winter with lots of snow and reduced winter range as a result of wildfires that destroyed vegetation on thousands of acres during the past two summers.

Despite those stressors, the deer appear to be making it through the season as well as can be expected, said biologist Scott Fitkin of the Washington Department of Fish …

Filed Under: NEWS Tagged With: Deer, Fitkin, Washington Department of Fish & WIldlife

After fires, one pup survives in Lookout Pack

November 20, 2014 by Methow Valley News

By Ann McCreary

Last summer’s wildfire appears to have taken a toll on Lookout Pack gray wolves, leaving only one surviving pup from this year’s litter. “The fire burned over what we thought was the original den or …

Filed Under: NEWS Tagged With: Fitkin, Lookout Pack, Washington Department of Fish & WIldlife, Wolves

Collared gray wolf will help statewide study

June 12, 2014 by Methow Valley News

By Ann McCreary

A female gray wolf in the Lookout Pack has been captured and fitted with a radio collar, enabling biologists and researchers …

Filed Under: NEWS Tagged With: Fitkin, Lookout Pack, Methow Valley, Washington Department of Fish & WIldlife, Wolves

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