On Dec 19, 2012, at 2:56 PM, Vincent Lucas wrote:

> Who can tell me what the significance of the yellow and blue radio-telemtry(?) bands/collars are on these Roosevelt Elk? Who is monitoring them and why?

They've been wearing them since April 2000

http://wdfw.wa.gov/news/may2500a/

> OLYMPIA ? If you're approaching Sequim on Highway 101 and you see a flashing road sign marked "ELK X-ING," you'd be well advised to slow down.
>
> A herd of Roosevelt elk may be crossing the highway just ahead.
>
> The flashing signs, the first of which was activated last month, are triggered by radio collars attached to eight elk in the 81-member herd, lighting up whenever they are within a quarter mile of the highway.
>
> In the next few months, a total of six radio-activated warning signs are expected to be up and running along a three-mile stretch of Highway 101 where the resident Dungeness elk herd regularly crosses to reach the northern end of its range

Tagged for your (and their) protection.

Or this Tim Egan article from 2001

http://www.nytimes.com/2001/01/02/us/sequim-journal-elk-that-call-ahead-to-cross-the-highway.html

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