Elk death in the Red Rim-Daley Wildlife Habitat Management Area

In early 2004 and again in 2008, scores of elk began to die on their winter range in south-central Wyoming. The Wildlife Society investigates the die-off and how wildlife researchers finally linked it to a toxin in lichen consumed by the elk.

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Nonprofits & Activism

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• elk
• lichen
• Wyoming Fish and Game
• The Wildlife Society
• lichen related elk death