Rocky Mountain Elk Study
View Related Episode: Elk Babies, Quagga Mussels, Paulina Lake Lodge
A 17-year study to determine why the death rate of Rocky Mountain Elk calves is so high in north Central Oregon, nears completion. The data show predators claim many of the elk babies. Otherwise, the young are healthy. We follow Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife biologists as they track the animals during final stages of the study, and nail down the facts which will help forest managers solve the problem of elk baby mortality.
First Broadcast: 2007
Producer: Jim Newman
Appeared in episode: Elk Babies, Quagga Mussels, Paulina Lake Lodge
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- Wolves return to Oregon in packs
- by Ed Jahn | 11/20/2009
- It seems like just yesterday I went to eastern ORegon to report on the “potential” for wolves to return to Oregon. That was in 2006 (episode 1607). Well, there have been reports all throughout the last year of wolves showing up, with a few videos offered as proof, followed by a wolf attack on livestock [...]
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