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  2. Eastern elk - Wikipedia

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    The eastern elk (Cervus canadensis canadensis) is an extinct subspecies or distinct population of elk that inhabited the northern and eastern United States, and southern Canada. The last eastern elk was shot in Pennsylvania on September 1, 1877. [1] [2] The subspecies was declared extinct by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service in 1880. [3]

  3. Elk - Wikipedia

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    Male elk have large, blood- and nerve-filled antlers, which they routinely shed each year as weather warms-up. Males also engage in ritualized mating behaviors during the mating season , including posturing to attract females, antler-wrestling (sparring), and bugling , a loud series of throaty whistles, bellows, screams, and other vocalizations ...

  4. Elk farming - Wikipedia

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    In an area suitable for one beef cow, two to three elk may be kept comfortably. Elk may eat 2 to 3 percent of their body weight daily. On average a female elk (cow) has a live weight of 450 to 650 pounds. Male elk (bulls) are much larger, weighing from 800 to 1,000 pounds. Elk need an increase in nutrients so that they can produce better products.

  5. National Elk Refuge - Wikipedia

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    The elk have antlers which are shed each year- the Boy Scouts of America have been collecting the antlers under permit since 1968 [2] and selling them at auction, under agreement that 75% of the proceeds are returned to the refuge, where they are used for irrigation of the grasses to maintain maximum natural food supply. Ten to eleven thousand ...

  6. 5 feet and counting: Shocking snow totals in New York ...

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    In Ohio's Ashtabula County, which borders Lake Erie 50 miles northeast of Cleveland, one town was hit with almost five feet of snow. Saybrook, population 10,000, recorded more than 56 inches of snow.

  7. Roosevelt elk - Wikipedia

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    The Roosevelt elk (Cervus canadensis roosevelti), also known commonly as the Olympic elk and Roosevelt's wapiti, is the largest of the four surviving subspecies of elk (Cervus canadensis) in North America by body mass. [2] Mature bulls weigh from 700 to 1,200 lb (320 to 540 kg). with very rare large bulls weighing more. [3]

  8. Elk Grove council members could get huge salary raise under ...

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    Cities with a population of over 250,000 people max out at $3,200 per month ($38,400 annually). Elk Grove’s population has ... which calculates to approximately $30,600 per year for a part-time ...

  9. Christmas in December? No, all year! Pay a visit to Castle ...

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    Located in Medina, Ohio, Castle Noel opened in 2013 in a building that used to be a Methodist church. Now, it’s the biggest Christmas museum in the nation, according to Ohio Traveler .