Elk

  • Want more elk? Then take back the public grass that cattle eat

    Ralph Maughan

    Elk numbers depend not just on birth minus mortality, but on square miles of area where they can find something to eat- There are many places in the West where elk could live and thrive if they had something to eat, but they don’t. Livestock is the reason. Aside from those areas of continuous forest…

  • Tase me bro

    Brian Ertz

    Deputy, trooper stun elk to free it from fence – AP

  • Cause of spread of "mad elk", "mad deer" disease found

    Ralph Maughan

    It’s in their droppings, and the infectious prions never go away! Really, really bad news about chronic wasting disease.  Study Spells Out Spread of Brain Illness in Animals. By Sandra Blakeslee. New York Times. “Dr. Aiken said prions tended to bind to clay in soil and to persist indefinitely. When deer graze on infected dirt,…

  • Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation views the upcoming elk hunt

    Ralph Maughan

    Elk outlook is great reading, especially when compared to views that wolves have killed most of the elk in Idaho, WY, and MT- Elk hunters and all wildlife enthusiasts will find this fascinating reading for all the states and provinces. 2009 Elk Hunting Forecast.By Jack Ballard. Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation. For the 3 western states…

  • WDOT to build 5-lane highway in winter elk range south of Jackson, WY

    Ralph Maughan

    Teton County Commission wanted smaller improvements on the 7-mile stretch- WYDOT: 5 lanes in elk range. Agency rejects commissioners’ plea for smaller highway upgrade from South Park Loop to Horse Creek. By Cara Froedge, Jackson Hole News and Guide.

  • Montana FWP study finds multiple factors in wolf-elk relations

    Ralph Maughan

    Multiyear Montana study shows the relationships between elk and wolves are not simple- FWP study finds multiple factors in wolf-elk relations. By Rob Chaney. Missoulian Nowhere are data adequate to ‘scientifically’ assign cause(s) for any declines that may occur,” author-biologists Kenneth Hamlin and Julie Cunningham wrote in their conclusion.” However, this conclusion certainly does not…

  • ID Fish and Game/outfitter ad campaign to drive hunters from Idaho yields success

    Ralph Maughan

    Survey of non-resident hunters shows perception of wolf impact biggest factor in not buying elk tags- As early as nine years ago, Idaho elk outfitters begin to tell the world that wolves had killed almost all the elk in the state. For the last two years Idaho Fish and Game Department honchos have joined in.…

  • Hungry elk have landowners critical of N.M. management

    Ralph Maughan

    People love to argue about “depredations” by predators. What what “depredations” by plant eaters? Hungry elk have landowners critical of N.M. management. New Mexico weighs how to limit damage or offer compensation. By Susan Montoya Bryan. The Associated Press in the Denver Post

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‎”At some point we must draw a line across the ground of our home and our being, drive a spear into the land and say to the bulldozers, earthmovers, government and corporations, “thus far and no further.” If we do not, we shall later feel, instead of pride, the regret of Thoreau, that good but overly-bookish man, who wrote, near the end of his life, “If I repent of anything it is likely to be my good behaviour.”

Edward Abbey

“The continued existence of wildlife and wilderness is important to the quality of life of humans.”

Jim Fowler

“Our forests offer much more than just beautiful landscapes and wildlife. Each one has a different story to tell.”

Raveena Tandon

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