Elk reduction plan culls herd
The National Park Service reports that 462 elk were killed in what was the second year of a herd reduction plan that began last fall. The Bismarck Tribune reported that the kills were attributed to 138 volunteers who had been selected to harvest elk in Theodore Roosevelt National Park between Oct. 18 and Dec. 22.
BISMARCK (AP) — The National Park Service reports that 462 elk were killed in what was the second year of a herd reduction plan that began last fall.
The Bismarck Tribune reported that the kills were attributed to 138 volunteers who had been selected to harvest elk in Theodore Roosevelt National Park between Oct. 18 and Dec. 22.
Last year, 406 elk were removed in a 12-week period. This year, the reduction started two weeks earlier and ended a month earlier.
Park Superintendent Valerie Naylor told the Bismarck Tribune that 200 volunteers had been chosen, but more than 60 failed to complete the five-week assignment. She said 20,000 pounds of elk meat was donated to the Sportsmen Against Hunter program, and North Dakota American Indian tribes also received 25,000 pounds of meat.
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