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National Park Service Grand Teton U.S. Department of the Interior Elk Reduction in Progress Elk living in Grand Teton National Park are part of the Jackson herd, one of the largest elk herds in North America. The herd occupies parts of Grand Teton and Yellowstone national parks, and the Teton and Gros Ventre wilderness areas. Grand Teton National Park National Park Service John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Memorial Parkway U.S. Department of the Interior ... This migratory herd has a long management Elk Reduction Areas - Grand Teton National Park Y e l l o w s t o n e N a t i o n a l P a r k history. Supplemental feeding began in the early 1900s—allowing for a large elk John D. Rockefeller, Jr population with low natural mortality. Memorial µ Parkway 89 191 1:170,000 £¤287 Today, feeding occurs on the National Elk 0 1 2 4 Miles Refuge and three state-operated feedgrounds increasing the need for active management across the herd’s range. Jackson Lake Due to the herd’s unusual circumstances, Two Ocean Lake G r a n d Caribou-Targhee G r a n d T e t o n Emma Congress authorized an elk reduction National Forest Matilda Lake N a t i o n a l P a r k program as part of the 1950 legislation Moran 26 establishing Grand Teton National Park. £¤287 I Leigh Lake Elk Ranch Reservoir Teton Park Road The program occurs most years during the AREA 79 Jenny Lake fall in hunt areas east of the Snake River ~ r evieRkanS r (see map). The National Park Service in Bridger-Teton partnership with the State of Wyoming National Forest oversees and regulates the reduction program. Antelope Flats Rd Moose Craig Thomas Discovery and Vi s itor Center AREA 75 d aoRertneVsorG d Every year the park and Wyoming Game and LEGEND Fish Department collect biological data that National Elk Reduction Area 79 Elk guide decisions surrounding the reduction. 89 Elk Reduction Area 75 • 191 Refuge MooseWilson Road £¤26 • Closed to Public Entry GRTE GIS 10/14/2015 The program goal is to help support elk Saved: 10/14/2015 10:18:48 AM X:\ProjectData\Management\ElkReductionProgram\2015\ERP_2015_11x17p.mxd • management objectives while minimizing its effect on other park resources and the visiting public. The program runs mid-October through mid-December. The park’s legislation allows elk hunting only. No other hunting is permitted. Hunt areas remain open to visitors. Please wear orange or other bright colors if you plan to venture off the road in hunt areas. For more information, please call 307-739-3399. .

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