There are wild ranging elk in Arkansas. Probably in Missouri, too, but I'm not sure.
The nearest place to this part of the country where there are wild ranging bison would be Oklahoma, I think. There are bison in Land Between the Lakes in Kentucky, but I don't know if they're free roaming. The elk in the Smokies are free roaming, but all save the smallest newborn are collared. I've never seen an adult Smoky Mountain elk that wasn't sporting a radio collar. One reason I'll go back to Cataloochee is to see the elk (and try not to think of all the grand old hemlocks). Ed: Yeah, I'll have to try the metacrawler! Thanks for the rec. On Dec 14, 2:05 pm, James Parton <[email protected]> wrote: > Beth, > > Here in WNC we have two places with elk. Cataloochee Valley & > Cherokee. To the best of my knowledge both populations are wild and > unpinned, though many have gotten used to spectators. > > JP > > On Dec 14, 11:32 am, Beth Koebel <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Mark, > > > > They are not truely "wild" as they are in one big huge pen. One part of > > the park is for the bison and the other part is for the elk. I don't know > > what keeps the elk from jumping over the fence or the bison from running > > through the fence, but there are grates that you drive over at the gates so > > I assume that is what stops them from walking on out. > > > > Beth > > > "He plants trees to benefit another generation." --Caecilius Statius > > > --- On Sat, 12/13/08, Mark <[email protected]> wrote: > > > From: Mark <[email protected]> > > Subject: [ENTS] Re: Lone Elk State Park-Section 4 (Antire Hills) of Henry > > Shaw Ozark Corridor > > To: "ENTSTrees" <[email protected]> > > Date: Saturday, December 13, 2008, 6:02 PM > > > Wow! I honestly had no idea that there were any wild elk or bison in > > Missouri. Do you know if they've been reintroduced, or are part of a > > continuous local population? > > > --mark --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Eastern Native Tree Society http://www.nativetreesociety.org You are subscribed to the Google Groups "ENTSTrees" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
