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Apr 1, 2007 8:23 pm US/Mountain

Park May Not Need To Cull As Many Elk As Thought

ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK, Colo. (AP) ― Rocky Mountain Park officials said a harsh winter may have reduced the size of the elk herd enough to avoid culling or lower the numbers killed.

Vaughn Baker, the park's superintendent, told Boulder County commissioners that because of severe blizzards and sustained snow cover, fewer elk chose to winter in the popular national park and around the town of Estes Park.

Based on an April 2006 draft report of the park's Elk and Vegetation Management Plan, a final version of which is due in June, the size of the elk herd in the Estes Valley had been pegged at 22-hundred to three-thousand animals.

Baker said his staff thinks the population may be closer to 2,100 to 2,200 elk in and around the park.

Wildlife experts believe the park can sustain up to 2,100 elk.

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 This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)

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