National Park Service To Shoot Elk
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National Park Service To Shoot Elk





National parks are generally out of bounds for the shooting of game, but an escalating elk population in Colorado’s Rocky Mountain National Park has led to a plan that includes a recommendation for park employees or contractors to shoot 200-700 elk during the draft elk management plan’s first four years. After that, another 25-150 would be killed annually for 16 years. The goal is to reduce the current elk population of 3,000 down to 1,200-1,700. Biologists say the elk have overgrazed, hurting other animals -- and plants -- because of the loss of habitat. Public comment on the draft plan may be submitted in writing by July 4 or at a series of four meetings being held in Colorado this week.
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