Declining Yellowstone elk census

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Posted by Granite Head (209.252.105.30) on 08:34:26 03/10/13

In Reply to: Northern Range Winter Elk Count posted by Kent

The article in the Bozeman Chronicle offers a few more details and ideas about the nature and reason for the decline. It also notes the caveat that elk are harder to count when they're in the trees, and lack of growth in numbers for various reasons.

Simplistic explanations do the wolves no favors.



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