GAME COMMISSION ELK SURVIVAL STUDY BEGINS WRAP-UP YEAR
As outlined in the agency's elk management plan, Pennsylvania Game Commission officials continue to track and monitor the state's elk herd in order to guide management of the elk population and to maintain annual elk hunting and viewing opportunities.
One of the ways Game Commission biologists currently are accomplishing these goals are through a multi-year elk calf study, which is providing more details and insight into elk calf movements, dispersal, habitat usage and survival. The study's findings are expected to improve the management and understanding of Pennsylvania's elk herd, which is America's oldest reintroduced, free-ranging elk population east of the Mississippi River.
For more information, please visit the Pennsylvania Game Commission - State Wildlife Management Agency website:
http://www.pgc.state.pa.us/pgc/cwp/view.asp?a=11&Q=172084
