After Rocky Mountain National Park was established in 1915, the elk population grew rapidly as hunting became illegal in the park and more predators, including wolves, were eliminated. By the mid ...

DENVER (AP) - Rocky Mountain National Park has proposed killing hundreds of elk and perhaps letting wolves loose to reduce what biologists say has become an unmanageable population.

From 1997 to 2002, the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources translocated 1,541 elk to southeastern Kentucky from seven western states. From then on out, the herd continued to grow.

FORT COLLINS, Colo. – More than a decade after Rocky Mountain National Park used marksmen to kill elk to protect the park from an overpopulation of the iconic animal, another national park in ...

Two other areas of Rocky Mountain National Park that are recommended for elk watching are Upper Beaver Meadows and Horseshoe Park, where entry reservations are required from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

North Powder - The 15th season of the T&T Wildlife Tours starts Saturday when Susan Triplett and Alice Trindle hitch up horses to a wagon to offer wagon rides through ...

NACHES - One hundred years. That's how long the Yakima elk herd has been here - at least in its current incarnation, the one that grew from fewer than four dozen Rocky Mountain elk that arrived ...

Video shows the elk running toward people Thursday near the visitor center in Estes Park near Rocky Mountain National Park. The attack came during the community’s annual Elk Fest.

This unusual two-year-old elk harvested 16 months ago in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains is FWP's "Elk Zero." "It wasn’t just an elk," remarked Dave Holland, game warden captain for Montana ...

The Rocky Mountain species was brought in many years ago, and through careful stewardship, their herd now numbers around 1,500. The weekend, the annual Elk Expo will be held in Benezette.

DENVER (AP) - Rocky Mountain National Park has proposed shooting hundreds of elk and perhaps using wolves to reduce what biologists say has become an unmanageable population.