What has happened to Northwest Montana's dwindling elk herd
Two bull elk roam the Bison Range in the Mission Valley. (Scott Shindledecker/The Western News FILE)
A flick of an ear, the flash of a dark wet eye. A tawny hide, quivering with an impulse for movement.
Researchers searched the dense underbrush for any sign of the newborn elk calf. It was important they find the young animal in the next 72 hours, before it gained full use of its gangly legs and the window for safe capture closed.
A helicopter beat overhead, but even with the advantage of a bird’s eye view, the task was akin to finding a needle in a haystack — or in this case an elk in the dense forest.
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