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Very seldom, if ever, does park staff need to deal with bears and bison on school grounds.” The school serves 60 students from kindergarten through high school, with a staff of about 20, The ...
The Rocky Mountain elk was reintroduced in 1913 to Colorado from Wyoming after the near extinction of the regional herds. While overhunting is a significant contributing factor, the elk's near extinction is mainly attributed to human encroachment and destruction of their natural habitats and migratory corridors.
A cow/calf winter herd is a herd that consists only of female elk and their young. In a normal winter, defined as one where there is a decent amount of snow fall, one study found that when the groups of cows and calves were safe from predation by wolves, about 75.6-83.0% of their diet was made up of graze whereas when wolves were present this number dropped to 61.6-69.4%. [3]
It is located within the northern Rocky Mountains, in areas of northwestern Wyoming, southwestern Montana, and eastern Idaho, and is about 22 million acres (89,000 km 2). [2] Yellowstone National Park and the Yellowstone Caldera 'hotspot' are within it. [1] The area is a flagship site among conservation groups that promote ecosystem management.
Video shows the intense moment a pack of wolves chases down a herd of more than 300 elk in Yellowstone National Park. The video follows the elk herd as it races away from wolves trailing behind it.
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Antler Peak, el. 10,063 feet (3,067 m) is a prominent mountain peak in the Gallatin Range in Yellowstone National Park.The peak was originally named Bell's Peak in honor of an Assistant Secretary of the Interior by either Philetus Norris, the second park superintendent or W.H.Holmes, a U.S. Geological Survey geologist in 1878.
Hellroaring Mountain is the largest outcropping of granite in the park, and the 2.7-billion years old rock is some of the oldest exposed rock in the world. [8] The mountain is located at the bend of Hellroaring Creek and was so named by prospectors in 1867. [3] The mountain's toponym was officially adopted as Hell Roaring Mountain in 1930 by ...