The large population of elk, and whether and how to reduce it inside Rocky Mountain National Park, continues to be a political controversy. There is pressure to use “qualified sportsmen,” but, on the other hand, a substantial number of elk migrated out of the national park last year, and of those that left quite a few were taken in the elk hunt.
Herd reduction remains hot issue. By Charlie Meyers. Denver Post Outdoors Editor
June 21, 2007 at 12:01 PM
Interesting study that is tangentially related to this post and those on state plans after delisting.
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2007-06/wcs-spn062007.php