Tehama deer herd
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40°10′08″N 121°33′36″W / 40.169°N 121.560°W
Tehama deer herd | |
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Wildlife population | |
 Interactive map of Tehama deer herd | |
| Coordinates: 40°10′08″N 121°33′36″W / 40.169°N 121.560°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| County | Tehama |
| Population (2001) | |
• Total | 22,100 |
The Tehama deer herd is a herd of deer in eastern Tehama County, California.[1] During the 1950s and 1960s, the deer herd was California's largest, with more than 100,000 deer. In the early 1990s, the herd had dwindled to about 30,000 members,[2] and as of 2001, it had reduced to 22,100 deer.[3] The herd winters in the Tehama Wildlife Area, migrating from places as distant as Lassen Volcanic National Park, up to 100 miles (160 km) eastward.[2]