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National Elk Refuge Stops Feeding For The Year

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Mar 25, 2007 6:16 pm US/Mountain

National Elk Refuge Stops Feeding For The Year

JACKSON, Wyo. (AP) ― Recent warm temperatures have prompted an early end to the supplemental feeding of wild elk at the National Elk Refuge in northwest Wyoming.

Eighty percent of radio-collared elk left the feed lines between March 15 and March 18.

Refuge spokeswoman Lori Iverson said feeding of alfalfa pellets was stopped a few days short of when biologists would normally decide to stop feeding.

Supplemental feeding at the refuge near Jackson lasted 68 days this winter, compared to a 73-day average.

Elk have started munching on native plants that are sprouting up on south facing slopes and elsewhere.

Some elk have already started to move north into their traditional summer ranges.

Bison also shunned supplemental feeding starting about March 16 and have started foraging on native range in the north part of the refuge.

(© 2007 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)

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