Point Reyes National Seashore announced that it has finalized a new management plan for the Tomales Point area that calls for removal of a tule elk enclosure fence. “The benefit of removing this ...

Just like the Roosevelt elk, the mating season for the tule elk happens around August ... Every year, about 20,000 sandhill cranes and 60,000 snow geese can be found at the refuge, along with ...

After years of debate, nearly two miles of fencing that prevented Point Reyes National Seashore tule elk from accessing water and competing for food with nearby cattle will be removed, the ...

Last year, the park’s annual count tallied 702 tule elk in the seashore, including 315 in Tomales Point (a 20.2% increase from the year before), 188 around Drakes Beach and 199 around Limantour ...

Four years ago, 152 tule elk died in Tomales Point simply because a fence prevented them from finding sufficient food and water. Years of drought and a changing climate reduced the availability of ...

But when Freed walked away, the elk got startled and ran into a gully full of snow. “I could tell (the elk) was struggling to get through the snow,” said Freed. “But I thought, ‘They’re elk, they deal ...

The whisper of wind through snow-dusted pines, the hush before dawn on a frosty ridge, and the sudden thundering of elk hooves—these are the heartbeats of Colorado’s wild places. Yet, ...

It snowed that night, and light snow was still falling at daylight. We put away a good breakfast and then headed into the timber. A few miles out we separated. Danny moved up along a ridge, hoping to ...

Van Hoose said that elk typically come down to lower elevations during the wintertime because the food they would normally eat in the more wild areas is covered in snow. By coming down in ...