Winter feeding of elk During my 22 years working at the National Elk Refuge (NER) in Wyoming, I and others dreaded the day that chronic wasting disease (CWD ) would reach the NER where 7,000 to 8,000 elk congregate each winter. The herd is supplementally fed alfalfa hay to support this number of elk which exceeds the habitat's carrrying capacity (available natural food resources). The crowding of elk at feedsites facilitates the transmission and maintenance of several

This Washington Post article brings some national attention to one of the foremost problems of congregating and feeding wild elk (and...

I haven’t posted about CWD for some time. This article in the Montana Free Press prompted me to write a brief update. In my home state of...