POINT REYES, Calif.— Three conservation groups today filed a federal lawsuit challenging the National Park Service’s controversial management plan for expanding private agriculture at California’s Point Reyes National Seashore, one of a handful of national parks that permits cattle grazing. The Park Service plan paves the way for 20-year leases for beef and dairy ranchers […]
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Endangered Elk Starve While the National Park Service Stands By
This summer, as California is experiencing some of the hottest conditions on record, around 293 endangered tule elk isolated on the Point Reyes National Seashore are in a fight for their lives—with no help from the National Park Service, the organization tasked with their protection. Confined behind an eight-foot fence erected by the Park Service […]
POLL: Elk were hunted to extinction during the late 1800’s. Should elk hunting be banned?
Conservation officials have announced the five Missourians who were drawn for the 2021 elk hunting season slated for this fall and winter. Of the 9,714 permit applications, including one drawn from 84 resident landowners, the five people who will receive a permit to harvest one antlered elk in Missouri include: Michael Duncan, of Lesterville, who […]
Six cited after hunters fire into elk herd in Meagher County
Six people were cited after a group of roughly 100 hunters fired into a herd of elk Sunday in Meagher County, Montana wildlife officials said. Four of the hunters were cited for shooting from the road, one was cited for failure to validate a license and one was cited for using a license from another […]
Bow hunter is gored to death by an enraged ELK which charged at him the morning AFTER he shot it with an arrow in Oregon
An archery hunter has been gored to death by an enraged elk in Oregon. Mark David, 66, shot at and wounded the elk with a bow and arrow the night before in Trask Road area, Tillamook County. David, from Hillsboro, had been hunting on private property when he fired at the bull elk but failed […]
8-year-old girl is youngest on record in Michigan to kill elk
Sunfield Township (WXMI) — An 8-year-old girl is the youngest person on record in the state of Michigan to successfully hunt an elk. On Dec. 14, Braeleigh Miller was out hunting with her dad when she shot and killed a nearly 400-pound elk. “They were all still in the field when it got daylight, and […]
An elk’s-eye view of migrating through Yellowstone
That elk migrate in and out of Yellowstone every year in vast herds is more than a triumph of movement. Every spring, tens of thousands of elk divided among nine different herds traverse perilously rocky terrain, swim across fast-moving rivers, and scale precipitous mountain slopes. They do what researchers refer to as “surfing the green […]
Yellowstone Elk – Cervus elaphus
The Elk in Yellowstone National Park are a wonderful sight to see and photograph. They can be extremely close on or off in the distance. They coexist with humans in Yellowstone and some people forget that they are wild animals. For more pictures and information, please see my blog at http://photobee1.blogspot.com/2012/09/yellowstone-elk.html