In the middle of winter — starting in 2018 and stretching into 2021 — contracted helicopter capture crews managed to subdue ...

The number of elk will be reduced to decrease the possibility of CWD in the southwestern herd, one of three herds in the park. The reduction is part of the 2009 park elk management plan.

A WVU graduate student examined a lot of elk DNA to help map the genetics of the West Virginia elk hard, which continues a ...

The elk were here first." Bell said this year the elk started showing up at the course in late October and early November. He said the herd swells throughout the winter.

The number of elk will be reduced to decrease the possibility of CWD in the southwestern herd, one of three herds in the park. The reduction is part of the 2009 park elk management plan.

In 1978, when a small herd of endangered tule elk were relocated to Tomales Point, the two-mile fence was erected to separate them from neighboring dairy and cattle ranches.

For comparison, Michigan’s wild herds total over 1,100 animals in the Lower Peninsula’s “elk country.” Elk largely disappeared from Michigan, too, during the late 1800s due to over hunting.

The elk reintroduction project was initially a study run by UW-Stevens Point researchers. Deemed a success, the DNR assumed management of the species in 1999. To further increase the herd size and ...

An elk herd gathers by the I-80 and I-215 interchange near Parleys Canyon in Salt Lake City on Monday. Elk herds have returned to the valleys with heavy snowfall in the mountains over the past few ...

DNR pilots will fly surveys during daylight hours at an altitude of approximately 200 to 300 feet. While the DNR had to cancel the survey last winter, the department in 2023 counted 75 elk in the ...