From the peaks of the Lost Creek Wilderness, more than 2,000 elk migrate annually down to South Park near the towns of Fairplay and Jefferson for the winter. These herds have been traveling these ...
MOUNT ST. HELENS - More than 25 years after its eruption turned this river valley into moonscape, elk living in the shadow of Mount St. Helens are starving to death at a rate that has alarmed many ...
JACKSON - Officials at the National Elk Refuge near Jackson say elk and bison hunting at the refuge largely has kept the animals off of winter forage areas so far this year. The Wyoming Game and Fish ...
At Eagle Rock Ranch in Jefferson, Colorado, the elk start to gather at dusk. “I’ll be driving up the road, and the herd will be on the side, almost like they’re waiting to come and spend the night ...
After one of the most prolonged winters with extremely heavy snow — and record-breaking amounts — the Roaring Fork Valley is finally digging out. And so are the elk. How did the epic winter impact the ...
The National Park Service has agreed to delay further work to dismantle a tule elk enclosure fence in the Point Reyes National Seashore following a lawsuit by the California Cattlemen’s Association.
When the 125 square miles scorched during last summer's Colockum Tarps fire was prime winter-range elk habitat in eastern Kittitas County and the southern tip of Chelan County, hunters and wildlife ...
Roosevelt elk are the largest elk in North America, found in the coastal forests of the Northwest. Because winters on the coast are mild and forage is abundant, Roosevelt elk don’t migrate the way ...
Farmers dealing with crop loss caused by Oregon’s elk population could receive compensation under a $600,000 pilot program being considered by state lawmakers. They’d also be eligible for funds ...
“When we first started talking to Dave, one of the things that concerned him is every year the elk would migrate through his ranch,” Brammer said. “They would eat the forage — the hay that he had ...