{"id":624633,"date":"2026-09-14T19:00:14","date_gmt":"2026-09-14T19:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/624633\/"},"modified":"2026-09-14T19:00:14","modified_gmt":"2026-09-14T19:00:14","slug":"nevada-drivers-urged-to-stay-alert-as-animal-movement-increases-in-fall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/624633\/","title":{"rendered":"Nevada drivers urged to stay alert as animal movement increases in fall"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LAS VEGAS (KSNV)  \u2014 Wildlife officials are urging Nevada drivers to stay alert as animal movements increase this time of year.<\/p>\n<p>The Nevada Department of Wildlife (NDOW) says that as fall approaches, animals like deer and elk will move between seasonal habitats.<\/p>\n<p>They are especially active around dawn and dusk, and shorter daylight hours mean more drivers will be on the roads during those periods.<\/p>\n<p>Mule deer are common in the Spring Mountains of Southern Nevada and can be found year-round at various elevations. They have also been spotted in parts of Red Rock Canyon.<\/p>\n<p>NDOW recommends slowing down, especially around dawn or dusk; scanning the road for movement and eye shine; and braking safely instead of swerving.<\/p>\n<p>If you see one deer or elk, you should also watch for others nearby, as they often travel in groups.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LAS VEGAS (KSNV) \u2014 Wildlife officials are urging Nevada drivers to stay alert as animal movements increase this&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":624634,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[61,60,82,263],"class_list":["post-624633","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-science","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/624633","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=624633"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/624633\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/624634"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=624633"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=624633"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=624633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}