Lydia,

If you read the journals of Lewis and Clark you discover that elk were,
in fact, animals of open country 200 years ago.
It was only the pressure of mankind's hand on the land that drove them
into the forests. The US army's Yakima Firing Range, the Hanford
Reservation (including the Waluke Slope and Arid Lands Ecology Reserve)
and some of the abutting lands actually contain a rapidly growing herd of
elk. In fact, if it were not for a little hunting pressure around the
edges of these areas they would have probably eaten themselves out of
house and home by now, given the lack serious sized predators in this
area.

Dennis K Rockwell
Kennewick, Washington
denniskrockwell at juno.com

On Sat, 24 Apr 99 20:24:42 -0700 lydia <lydia at wizards.net> writes:
>Hi Tweets,
>
>While checking out the caged and petrified trees at Ginko Park, we =
>spotted hoof prints. They were elk sized. We also found pellet =
>shaped spoor on the trail. It was the same size as elk "poop" I've =
>seen on the west side of the mountains, but elk don't live on that =
>side, do they?
>
>Any idea what sort of deer like beast was hiking around the park?
>
>Thanks,
>Lydia
>
>
>
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