Multi-faceted study helps researchers better understand Wisconsin’s southern elk herd
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Typically born away from the herd in the remote, even isolated, reaches of the 68,000- acre Black River State Forest, these four-legged animals are far from alone.
Elk calves, after all, are a high-interest species that are GPS-tracked a few days after hitting the landscape. A Wisconsin DNR team, headed by biologist Christina Kizweski and stocked with volunteers, has been locating elk calves during the May and June birthing season, then fitting the 42-pound (average) critters with expandable GPS collars.
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