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Elk and Their Ilk
Elk populations getting out of control in some national parks |
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12 Feb 2008 |
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| Posted at 1:46 PM on 12 Feb 2008 Forget hungry, hungry hippos -- here come the hungry, hungry elk. Three national parks in Colorado and the Dakotas are awash in antlered gluttons, at some places more than twice what's considered a preferable population. "Willow and aspen stands are declining [and] that deprives other species of habitat they need," says a spokesperson for Colorado's Rocky Mountain National ... |
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| Topics: Colorado, habitat protection, national parks, news, North Dakota, South Dakota, wildlife (all these topics) |
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