The Utah Division of Wildlife Resources is conducting several mule deer research studies to identify factors limiting population growth, including fawn mortality causes and the effect of coyote control, habitat limitations, competition with elk, survival rates of adult does and fawns, and highway mortality estimates. The DWR will spend $1.4 million over the next four years on these research projects and may spend an additional $500,000 to study fawn mortality causes and the impact of coyote control. The research aims to help the DWR understand how to increase mule deer populations in Utah.