HELENA, Mont. — Elk captured in the Crazy Mountains, northwest of Big Timber as part of a targeted elk brucellosis surveillance project have tested negative to the exposure of brucellosis.

In late January, Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks staff captured 52 elk in the Crazy Mountains northwest of Big Timber, none of which tested positive for exposure to brucellosis.

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Partly because of a lack of public access, that area of the Crazy Mountains has a population of about 2,000 elk, 200 percent more than the state’s population objectives for that hunting district.

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