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It is home to an average of 7,500 elk each winter. The refuge is managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, an agency of the U.S. Department of the Interior. The refuge's elk migrate from as far away as southern Yellowstone National Park. Historically, they migrated to the present location of the refuge and further south into southwestern ...
Yellowstone National Park is a national park of the United States located in the northwest corner of Wyoming and extending into Montana and Idaho.It was established by the 42nd U.S. Congress through the Yellowstone National Park Protection Act and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant on March 1, 1872.
Elk do not appear to benefit from thermal cover. [44] The Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem elk herds comprise as many as 40,000 individuals. [45] During the spring and fall, they take part in the longest elk migration in the continental U.S., traveling as much as 168 mi (270 km) between summer and winter ranges.
Idaho is wintering habitat for one of the largest elk herds in the contiguous United States. “That herd absolutely depends on its ability to migrate back and forth in the Greater Yellowstone ...
And while it’s common to see live elk and other prey animals roaming through town and school grounds — it’s far less common to see predators venturing outside the park to hunt, a Yellowstone ...
Yellowstone National Park elk forage around a Mammoth, Wyoming home in the Park in this October, 1994 file photo. Elk can be aggressive toward people in the fall mating season when bulls are ...
The Fishes of the Yellowstone National Park—With Description of Park Waters and Notes on Fishing (PDF). Washington D.C.: Department of Commerce, Bureau of Fisheries. Brodrick, Harold J. (1952). Birds of Yellowstone National Park: A Descriptive Check List of the Birds of Yellowstone with Helpful Illustrations. Yellowstone National Park.
Dec. 17—A conservation agreement between one northern New Mexico landowner and the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation means that elk and mule deer will be guaranteed 3,537 acres of winter range in ...