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    Tag:  elk

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    Increased logging will benefit our national forests

    Posted on June 12, 2022June 9, 2022 by Xpress Contributor

    “Amid constant change, our forests desperately need intentional manipulations and disturbances. Sure, left alone, Mother Nature will reset these lands for us: But it will be done through ice storms, wildfires and catastrophic, random events.”

    4.8 K views9CommentaryOpinion
    Elk at Cataloochee Valley

    From CPP: Elk and other large species in NC mountains constraine­d by changing habitats, human activity

    Posted on May 26, 2022May 25, 2022 by Xpress Contributor

    Climate change and extreme weather events disrupt habitat areas and food sources in NC mountain forests, while human infrastructure blocks natural migration paths and creates dangers near roadways for large animal species.

    4.5 K views+AnimalsEnvironmentNewsNonprofitsOutdoorsSustainability

    Q&A with Justin McVey, regional wildlife biologist with NC Wildlife Resources Commission

    Posted on July 10, 2021July 5, 2021 by Jessica Wakeman

    Justin McVey of Horse Shoe looks at the world differently than do most people. A bird feeder and a trash can are a potential buffet for urban black bears scavenging residential properties in search of food. A dead deer on the side of the road might be roadkill — or an indication that disease is […]

    5.0 K views1LivingOutdoors

    All An Elk Trick

    Posted on January 5, 2020December 30, 2019 by Brent Brown

    ASHEVILLE, N.C.

    3.8 K views+AnimalsEnvironmentHumorOutdoorsTourism
    Bear crossing road

    Collaborat­ive works to reduce I-40 animal deaths

    Posted on May 5, 2019May 1, 2019 by Daniel Walton

    At least 35 bears have been struck and killed since May 2018 in the 28-mile stretch of I-40 between the Maggie Valley exit and the Foothills Parkway in Tennessee. The Pigeon River Gorge Wildlife Connectivity Project, a joint effort of at least 19 governmental and nonprofit groups, is working to bring that death rate down.

    5.6 K views+AnimalsEnvironmentLivingNonprofitsOutdoors

    Asheville Archives: Buffalo return to WNC

    Posted on April 24, 2018April 12, 2018 by Thomas Calder

    In 1916, plans were underway to bring herds of elk and buffalo to Pisgah Forest. Difficulties and delays would plague the project.

    13.9 K views6HistoryNews
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