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The story of the Oak Creek Wildlife Area elk has more twists and turns than an old western novel; full of grand aspirations, harrowing journeys and even an elk war.
It's almost Christmas and the deer are taking to the skies. Utahns looking skyward may have seen an odd sight earlier this month when the state's Department of Wildlife Resources airlifted deer to a staging site.
The organization has recently proposed a new five-year strategic plan for managing Chronic Wasting Disease, a highly contagious and fatal disease that affects cervid animals like deer and elk.