dryflyelk
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first time in several years. Took the wife and boys and did both loops.
Besides the obvious beauty of the scenery, one thing jumped out at me: where are all the animals? I saw three cow elk near madison. That's IT for elk, deer or moose. No more elk. No more deer. No moose. That's for about 8 hours in a car touring some of the best habitat in the world.
I did, however, go to the grizzly and wolf discovery center in west yellowstone. The workers there were quick to tell me how beneficial the wolves have been for the park and how much healthier everything was because of them. They even have a display of elk jaws showing that the pre-wolf elk were getting tooth decay and eating the wrong kinds of plants, as opposed to the now stressed out elk who are eating what they are supposed to, so they have great teeth.
Horrible. I had a pit in my stomach realizing what is coming for our utah elk herds.
Besides the obvious beauty of the scenery, one thing jumped out at me: where are all the animals? I saw three cow elk near madison. That's IT for elk, deer or moose. No more elk. No more deer. No moose. That's for about 8 hours in a car touring some of the best habitat in the world.
I did, however, go to the grizzly and wolf discovery center in west yellowstone. The workers there were quick to tell me how beneficial the wolves have been for the park and how much healthier everything was because of them. They even have a display of elk jaws showing that the pre-wolf elk were getting tooth decay and eating the wrong kinds of plants, as opposed to the now stressed out elk who are eating what they are supposed to, so they have great teeth.
Horrible. I had a pit in my stomach realizing what is coming for our utah elk herds.