SEQUIM — A “misunderstanding” between two state agencies led to the destruction of a large part of an elk forage project on Burnt Hill — work that involved hundreds of hours of volunteer time and was ...

“When we first started talking to Dave, one of the things that concerned him is every year the elk would migrate through his ranch,” Brammer said. “They would eat the forage — the hay that he had ...

MOUNT ST. HELENS - More than 25 years after its eruption turned this river valley into moonscape, elk living in the shadow of Mount St. Helens are starving to death at a rate that has alarmed many ...

MOUNT ST. HELENS WILDLIFE AREA, Wash. – More than 25 years after its eruption turned this river valley into moonscape, elk living in the shadow of Mount St. Helens are starving to death at a rate that ...

JACKSON, Wyo. (AP) - Biologists say forage conditions at the National Elk Refuge remain good enough that supplemental feeding of elk and bison isn’t required yet this winter. The refuge issued a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. What do elk eat? A lot of fresh and dried grass, like this big bull elk with a mouthful. (Sean McClutchey / Adobe Stock) Planning ...

A helicopter chases elk to radio-collar them in order to help improve management in the north Sapphire Mountains and the rest of Montana. The North Sapphire Elk Research Project collected information ...

It’s not a lack of winter range and it’s not a shortage of tree cover why elk populations are plummeting in Washington, Oregon Idaho and Montana. The big animals simply aren’t getting enough to eat.

The 700-pound tule elk’s antlers jutted upward against the backdrop of the sloping, grassy hills and brilliant blue sea along the Point Reyes National Seashore, a magnificent symbol of both ...

The Point Reyes National Seashore’s largest tule elk herd declined by about a third in the past year, an event that park officials attributed to a combination of overpopulation and malnutrition ...