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Too much of a good thing? Elk overpopulation in Rocky Mountain National Park is taking a toll on the ecosystem, and the results can't be ignored any longer.

Publication: National Parks
Publication Date: 22-SEP-06 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Too much of a good thing? Elk overpopulation in Rocky Mountain National Park is taking a toll on the ecosystem, and the results can't be ignored any longer.(ParkScope: NEWS & NOTES)

Article Excerpt
Visitors to Colorado's Rocky Mountain National Park can blindly point a camera in nearly any direction and capture a handful of elk in a picture-postcard image without the aid of a telephoto lens. The thousands of elk scattered across the mountainous terrain and the neighboring community of Estes Park certainly do their share for visitors' photo albums, but the health of individual animals is suffering, and the herd's numbers are taking a toll on native vegetation and other wildlife that simply can't compete.

The problem has been a long time coming. About 100 years ago, elk had nearly vanished from the region, but in 1913 the species was reintroduced, largely for the sake of sport hunters. Wolves and grizzlies had already been eliminated from the region, and the creation of the park two...

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