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North Routt County residents John and Nancy Johnson have seen a bull elk bedded down only 20 yards from County Road 129 for about two weeks. After 23 years of watching wildlife in the county,...
North Routt County residents John and Nancy Johnson have seen a bull elk bedded down only 20 yards from County Road 129 for about two weeks. After 23 years of watching wildlife in the county,...
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The Aspen Times A helicopter brings a pregnant elk into the landing zone for testing on Owl Creek Ranch in Snowmass on Friday, March 5. Colorado Parks and Wildlife officials are planning to capture about 40 pregnant cows in the area and put vaginal implants and collars on the elk to monitor the herd population and recruitment. Photo by Kelsey Brunner / The Aspen Times
ASPEN — Elk have been roaming the Roaring Fork Valley for centuries, and the gang that makes its way around Sky Mountain Park has given visitors a taste of mountain life and locals a reason to pause when they go by on their morning or evening commute.
A helicopter brings a pregnant elk into the landing zone for testing on Owl Creek Ranch in Snowmass on Friday, March 5, 2021. Colorado Parks and Wildlife officials are planning to capture approximately 40 pregnant cows in the area and put vaginal implants and collars on the elk to monitor the herd population and recruitment. (Kelsey Brunner/The Aspen Times) Elk have been roaming the Roaring Fork Valley for centuries, and the gang that makes its way around Sky Mountain Park has given visitors a taste of mountain life and locals a reason to pause when they go by on their morning or evening commute.
A helicopter brings a pregnant elk into the landing zone for testing on Owl Creek Ranch in Snowmass on Friday, March 5, 2021. Colorado Parks and Wildlife officials are planning to capture approximately 40 pregnant cows in the area and put vaginal implants and collars on the elk to monitor the herd population and recruitment. (Kelsey Brunner/The Aspen Times) Elk have been roaming the Roaring Fork Valley for centuries, and the gang that makes its way around Sky Mountain Park has given visitors a taste of mountain life and locals a reason to pause when they go by on their morning or evening commute.
If elk could talk, four of them near Aspen would have quite the story to tell their herdmates about what they experienced Friday morning. There, each one of them was, minding its own business, when in swooped this noisy, airborne contraption, from which a net was shot its way. Before the elk knew it, it was being hobbled, blindfolded, and wrapped in a sling, to be hauled off dangling beneath a helicopter to a location where humans awaited to sedate it and give it what amounted to a quick physical in the field. The elk was then released, still a bit dazed and confused by its experience, and began making it way back to its herd, with three of the four wearing newly placed collars on their necks.
Colorado Parks and Wildlife flies a helicopter over herds of elk to net and collar them as part of a project. (Kevin Gilman/courtesy) STEAMBOAT SPRINGS — As part of a study between Colorado Parks and Wildlife and the University of Wyoming, wildlife officials have completed their second round of collaring elk in Routt County. Wildlife officials spent Tuesday and Wednesday flying helicopters from Catamount Lake to Mad Creek and shooting 500-pound nets from the low-to-the-ground aircraft to groups of resident elk, as opposed to elk that migrate throughout the region. Once netted, researchers place collars on the elk, which have GPS trackers on them to trace their movements, and then let the elk go. The collars are programmed to drop off in two years.
Listen to this post RBC | Wildlife managers, biologists, and researchers from Colorado Parks and Wildlife are gearing up for a busy winter season. During the winter months, CPW will be using helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft to capture and classify big game species. Winter study work will include operations to capture, assess, and collar elk, deer and pronghorn in the Bears Ears, White River, Roaring Fork, Steamboat Springs and Middle Park areas. The elk studies are in the second year of a six-year study. CPW is capturing and collaring adult female elk and calves to assess the health of herds, estimate survival rates, identify major sources of mortality, and evaluate the influence of human recreation on elk herds. Mule deer studies are conducted annually to assess survival rates and monitor seasonal movements. A pronghorn movement study will begin in Middle Park this winter. CPW will capture and collar 40 female pronghorn to assess migration patterns, herd connectivity, and seasonal movement patterns to aid in conservation efforts.