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.

The Estes Park area, including Rocky Mountain National Park, is home to about 2,000 elk. About half of those elk migrate in late fall and early winter to the west side of Loveland from Masonville ...

Elk names and related terms A cow, or female elk, chews on some grass on Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024 in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colo. Elk are part of the deer, or Cervidae, family.

Boyd, chairman of the Southwest Virginia Coalfields chapter of the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, is deeply involved as a volunteer in The Virginia Elk Restoration Project, a collaborative effort ...

DENVER - Biologists trying to limit elk populations at Rocky Mountain National Park and the National Elk Refuge in Jackson, Wyo., are trying birth control.

It’s funded by the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, which promotes creation and improvement of elk habitat. About 1,000 elk live in the elk range of southern Cheboygan, Otsego and Montmorency ...

"So it's given us stronger confidence when we talk about elk," Thompson said. The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation helped sponsor the study at a cost of about $15,000 to $20,000 a year, Toman said.

The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation is offering a $5,000 reward, with an additional $500 reward from the Wisconsin Bear and Buck Club, for information leading to the successful prosecution of this ...

Grant's Getaways Wildlife artist captures the majesty of Oregon's elk Paul Hoelscher visits a wildlife refuge north of Baker City to sketch Rocky Mountain Elk for his next paintings.