Wet Mountain Range enhancement

To increase forage on public lands and reduce damage on farmers' nearby alfalfa fields, the Elk Foundation helped fund a project to burn 200 acres of prime habitat and thin another 789 acres of national forest lands on the east slope of the Wet Mountain Range northwest of Salida. The project should benefit a resident herd of aobut 150 elk, as well as mule deer, turkeys, and nesting song-birds. The Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management, Colorado Division of Wildlife and Quail Unlimited's Leadville Chapter also provided funding.

(July/Aug 2004) Tracking the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation Bugle 21 (4) 23.