Top 5 Signs Your Elk Hunting Area Needs Habitat Help
By RMEF
MISSOULA, Mont. — When Elk season ends, you’ll have another autumn’s worth of memories. When it’s fresh in your mind, the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation asks you to think about the country you hunted, how it’s changed through the years and how it’s likely to change in the future.
Here are RMEF’s Top 5 signs that your elk hunting area may need more intensive habitat stewardship:
- Habitat Fragmentation: Poorly planned subdivisions and ranchettes are eliminating or cutting off key habitat, particularly winter range and migration corridors.
- Weeds Amok:...