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  • A wild, newborn rocky mountain elk (Cervus elaphus nelsoni) calf less than 24 hours old. Newborn calves like this one will lay still and do their best to hide when a threat is perceived. Sled Springs Elk Study Area, Northeast Oregon.
    newborn_elk_calf_ElkCalf3.jpg
  • A wild, newborn rocky mountain elk (Cervus elaphus nelsoni) calf less than 24 hours old. Newborn calves like this one will lay still and do their best to hide when a threat is perceived. Sled Springs Elk Study Area, Northeast Oregon.
    newborn_elk_calf_ElkCalf2.jpg
  • A wild, male newborn rocky mountain elk (Cervus elaphus nelsoni) calf less than 24 hours old. Newborn calves like this one will lay still and do their best to hide when a threat is perceived. Sled Springs Elk Study Area, Northeast Oregon.
    newborn_elk_calf_ElkCalf8.jpg
  • A wild, male newborn rocky mountain elk (Cervus elaphus nelsoni) calf less than 24 hours old. Newborn calves like this one will lay still and do their best to hide when a threat is perceived. Sled Springs Elk Study Area, Northeast Oregon.
    newborn_elk_calf_ElkCalf7.jpg
  • A wild, newborn rocky mountain elk (Cervus elaphus nelsoni) calf less than 24 hours old. Newborn calves like this one will lay still and do their best to hide when a threat is perceived. Sled Springs Elk Study Area, Northeast Oregon.
    newborn_elk_calf_ElkCalf6.jpg
  • A wild, newborn rocky mountain elk (Cervus elaphus nelsoni) calf less than 24 hours old. Newborn calves like this one will lay still and do their best to hide when a threat is perceived. Sled Springs Elk Study Area, Northeast Oregon.
    newborn_elk_calf_ElkCalf5.jpg
  • A wild, newborn rocky mountain elk (Cervus elaphus nelsoni) calf less than 24 hours old. Newborn calves like this one will lay still and do their best to hide when a threat is perceived. Sled Springs Elk Study Area, Northeast Oregon.
    newborn_elk_calf_ElkCalf24.jpg
  • A wild, newborn rocky mountain elk (Cervus elaphus nelsoni) calf less than 24 hours old. Newborn calves like this one will lay still and do their best to hide when a threat is perceived. Sled Springs Elk Study Area, Northeast Oregon.
    newborn_elk_calf_ElkCalf23.jpg
  • A wild, male newborn rocky mountain elk (Cervus elaphus nelsoni) calf less than 24 hours old. Newborn calves like this one will lay still and do their best to hide when a threat is perceived. Sled Springs Elk Study Area, Northeast Oregon.
    newborn_elk_calf_ElkCalf1.jpg
  • On a wet and miserable night, a spike bull roosevelt elk (Cervus canadensis roosevelti) traverses a muddy elk trail near the Oregon Coast. This was photographed on a natural land preserve managed by the North Coast Land Conservancy.
    bull_elk_at_night_121608CNCe-112.jpg
  • Water on the camera lens makes a spike bull roosevelt elk (Cervus canadensis roosevelti) appear as a shadowy phantom as it traverses a muddy elk trail at night near the Oregon Coast. This was photographed on a natural land preserve managed by the North Coast Land Conservancy.
    bull_elk_at_night_121608CNCe-114.jpg
  • On a wet and miserable night, a spike bull roosevelt elk (Cervus canadensis roosevelti) traverses a muddy elk trail near the Oregon Coast. This was photographed on a natural land preserve managed by the North Coast Land Conservancy.
    bull_elk_at_night_121608CMs-113.jpg
  • An elk bull, cow and calf (Cervus elephus nelsoni) running on The Nature Conservancy's Zumwalt Prairie Preserve in NE Oregon.
    elk_running_winterMDurham560_49.jpg
  • A juvenile elk (Cervus elaphus) in Big Hole National Battlefield, Montana. Photographed with a trail camera via a premit issued by the National Park Service.
    winter_elk-120614bh-134.jpg
  • A juvenile elk (Cervus elaphus) in Big Hole National Battlefield, Montana. Photographed with a trail camera via a premit issued by the National Park Service.
    winter_elk-120614bh-133.jpg
  • A juvenile elk (Cervus elaphus) in Big Hole National Battlefield, Montana. Photographed with a trail camera via a premit issued by the National Park Service.
    winter_elk-120614bh-133-2.jpg
  • A bull rocky mountain elk (Cervus canadensis nelsoni) with velvet on its antlers, emerges from a forest thicket. Yellowstone National Park, Montana.
    Bull_elk_in_velvet_32808SF_ek3.jpg
  • Elk (Cervus elephus nelsoni) running on The Nature Conservancy's Zumwalt Prairie Preserve in NE Oregon.
    elk_running_winterMDurham561_49.jpg
  • An elk cow (Cervus elaphus) in Big Hole National Battlefield, Montana. Photographed with a trail camera via a premit issued by the National Park Service.
    winter_elk-120614bh-147.jpg
  • A juvenile elk (Cervus elaphus) at dawn in Big Hole National Battlefield, Montana. Photographed with a trail camera via a premit issued by the National Park Service.
    winter_elk-120614bh2-117.jpg
  • A juvenile elk (Cervus elaphus) at dawn in Big Hole National Battlefield, Montana. Photographed with a trail camera via a premit issued by the National Park Service.
    winter_elk-120614bh2-116.jpg
  • A juvenile elk (Cervus elaphus) at dawn in Big Hole National Battlefield, Montana. Photographed with a trail camera via a premit issued by the National Park Service.
    winter_elk-120614bh2-115.jpg
  • A bull rocky mountain elk (Cervus canadensis nelsoni) browses on grass in a forest clearing. Yellowstone Narional Park, Montana.
    grazing_elk_32808SF_ek2.jpg
  • A small group of rocky mountain elk (Cervus elaphus elaphus) in NE Oregon.
    rocky_mountain_elk_RMelk1.jpg
  • Still warm, a yearling rocky mountain elk calf (Cervus elaphus elaphus) lays were it was killed by a cougar. The cougar jumped on the animals back and then broke its neck. Wenaha cougar study area, Eastern Oregon.
    cougar_killed_elk_ElkKill7-6.jpg
  • Oregon Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) biologist Scott Findholdt checks a still warm, yearling rocky mountain elk calf (Cervus elaphus elaphus) where it was killed by a cougar. The cougar jumped on the animals back and then broke its neck. Wenaha cougar study area, Eastern Oregon.
    cougar_killed_elk_ElkKill7-4.jpg
  • Oregon Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) biologist Scott Findholdt checks a still warm, yearling rocky mountain elk calf (Cervus elaphus elaphus) where it was killed by a cougar. The cougar jumped on the animals back and then broke its neck. Wenaha cougar study area, Eastern Oregon.
    cougar_killed_elk_ElkKill7-2.jpg
  • A wild cougar (Puma concolor) eats an elk calf (Cervus elephus nelsoni) calf that it killed and covered with debris earlier. Biologists from The Oregon Division Of Fish and Wildlife placed a radio collar and ear tags on this mountain lion to track its movements. Wallowa County, Oregon.<br />
<br />
This image was taken during the Oregon Division Of Fish And Wildlife's controversial Cougar Management Plan.<br />
<br />
Cougars will often cache prey after the kill, and then return to feed later. A motion-sensing camera photographed this cat returning for a meal.
    cougar_elk_kill_6806CGK1_V1.jpg
  • A wild cougar (Puma concolor) uncovers a elk calf (Cervus elephus nelsoni) calf that it killed and covered with debris earlier. Biologists from The Oregon Division Of Fish and Wildlife placed a radio collar and ear tags on this mountain lion to track its movements. Wallowa County, Oregon.<br />
<br />
This image was taken during the Oregon Division Of Fish And Wildlife's controversial Cougar Management Plan.<br />
<br />
Cougars will often cache prey after the kill, and then return to feed later. A motion-sensing camera photographed this cat returning for a meal.
    cougar_killed_elk_61006CGK2_V1.jpg
  • A wild cougar (Puma concolor) uncovers a  young elk (Cervus elephus nelsoni) calf that it killed and covered with debris earlier. <br />
<br />
This image was taken during the Oregon Division Of Fish And Wildlife's controversial Cougar Management Plan.<br />
<br />
Cougars will often cache prey after the kill, and then return to feed later. A motion-sensing camera photographed this cat returning for a meal.<br />
<br />
Please note: This image has been digitally altered. Ear tags and a radio collar placed on the cat by biologists were digitally removed from this image. Original file available upon request.
    cougar_killed_elk_61006CGK2_.jpg
  • A wild cougar (Puma concolor) uncovers a  young elk (Cervus elephus nelsoni) calf that it killed and covered with debris earlier. <br />
<br />
This image was taken during the Oregon Division Of Fish And Wildlife's controversial Cougar Management Plan.<br />
<br />
Cougars will often cache prey after the kill, and then return to feed later. A motion-sensing camera photographed this cat returning for a meal.<br />
<br />
Please note: This image has been digitally altered. Ear tags and a radio collar placed on the cat by biologists were digitally removed from this image. Original file available upon request.
    cougar_killed_elk_61006CGK1_V2.jpg
  • A bachelor herd of young bull elk (Cervus canadensis nelsoni) on the Nature Conservancy's Zumwalt Prairie Preserve. Oregon.
    bachelor_elk_herd_32808SF_4V2.jpg
  • Oregon Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) biologist Scott Findholdt checks a still warm, yearling rocky mountain elk calf (Cervus elaphus elaphus) where it was killed by a cougar. The cougar jumped on the animals back and then broke its neck. Wenaha cougar study area, Eastern Oregon.
    cougar_killed_elk_ElkKill7-5.jpg
  • Oregon Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) biologist Scott Findholdt checks a still warm, yearling rocky mountain elk calf (Cervus elaphus elaphus) where it was killed by a cougar. The cougar jumped on the animals back and then broke its neck. Wenaha cougar study area, Eastern Oregon.
    cougar_killed_elk_ElkKill7-3.jpg
  • Still warm, a yearling rocky mountain elk calf (Cervus elaphus elaphus) lays were it was killed by a cougar. The cougar jumped on the animals back and then broke its neck. Wenaha cougar study area, Eastern Oregon.
    cougar_killed_elk_ElkKill7-1.jpg
  • Still warm, a yearling rocky mountain elk calf (Cervus elaphus elaphus) lays were it was killed by a cougar. The cougar jumped on the animals back and then broke its neck. Wenaha cougar study area, Eastern Oregon.
    cougar_killed_elk_ElkKill7.jpg
  • A wild cougar (Puma concolor) uncovers a elk calf (Cervus elephus nelsoni) calf that it killed and covered with debris earlier. Biologists from The Oregon Division Of Fish and Wildlife placed a radio collar and ear tags on this mountain lion to track its movements. Wallowa County, Oregon.<br />
<br />
This image was taken during the Oregon Division Of Fish And Wildlife's controversial Cougar Management Plan.<br />
<br />
Cougars will often cache prey after the kill, and then return to feed later. A motion-sensing camera photographed this cat returning for a meal.
    cougar_killed_elk_61006CGK1_V1.jpg
  • A wild cougar (Puma concolor) feeds on a young elk (Cervus elephus nelsoni) calf that it killed earlier. Wallowa County, Oregon.<br />
<br />
This image was taken during the Oregon Division Of Fish And Wildlife's controversial Cougar Management Plan.<br />
<br />
Cougars will often cache prey after the kill, and then return to feed later. A motion-sensing camera photographed this cat returning for a meal.<br />
<br />
Please note: This image has been digitally altered. Ear tags and a radio collar placed on the cat by biologists were digitally removed from this image. Original file available upon request.
    cougar_elk_kill_6806CGK_V2D.jpg
  • An elk (Cervus elaphus) on a snowy trail in Big Hole National Battlefield, Montana. Photographed with a trail camera via a premit issued by the National Park Service.
    winter_elk-120614bh-136.jpg
  • A bleached elk bone sits on the ground in the Coconino National Forest, Arizona.
    elk_bone_71707GD-14sf.jpg
  • Male and female rocky mountain elk (Cervus elaphus elaphus) in NE Oregon.
    rocky_mountain_elk_RMelk2.jpg
  • A ten day old elk calf freshly released after being caught by ODFW biologists in the Sled Springs Elk Research Area. The calf is outfitted with a radio collar to allow biologists to track its movements and monitor its health as part of an elk predation study.
    radio_collar-ElkCalf20.jpg
  • A wild, newborn rocky mountain elk (Cervus elaphus nelsoni) calf less than 24 hours old. Newborn calves like this one will lay still and do their best to hide when a threat is perceived. Sled Springs Elk Study Area, Northeast Oregon.
    ElkCalf22.jpg
  • A wild, newborn rocky mountain elk (Cervus elaphus nelsoni) calf less than 24 hours old. Newborn calves like this one will lay still and do their best to hide when a threat is perceived. Sled Springs Elk Study Area, Northeast Oregon.
    ElkCalf21.jpg
  • A wild ten day old rocky mountain elk calf (Cervus elaphus nelsoni) hiding in tall grass in the Sled Springs Elk Research Area
    hiding-ElkCalf18.jpg
  • A three day old elk calf stuck in a wire range fence in the Sled Springs Elk Study Area. The calf will die unless disentangled from the wire. (It was later set free by a ODFW biologist).
    trapped-ElkCalf10.jpg
  • A bull rocky mountain elk (Cervus canadensis nelsoni) in a forest thicket. Yellowstone National Park, Montana.
    Bull_elk_in_velvet_32808SF_ek1.jpg
  • A small group of elk (Cervus elaphus) pass through Big Hole National Battlefield, Montana at 4:30AM. Photographed with a permit using a trail camera.
    winter_elk-120614bh2-113.jpg
  • A small group of elk (Cervus elaphus) pass through Big Hole National Battlefield, Montana at 4:30AM. Photographed with a permit using a trail camera.
    winter_elk-120614bh2-114.jpg
  • Oregon Division Of Fish And Wildlife biologist Pat Matthews collects data on a newborn elk calf in the Sled Springs Elk Study Area. The calf will be radio collared so that its movements and health may be studied.
    wildlife_biologist-ElkCalfS3.jpg
  • Oregon Division Of Fish And Wildlife biologist Pat Matthews collects data on a newborn elk calf in the Sled Springs Elk Study Area. The calf will be radio collared so that its movements and health may be studied.
    wildlife_biologist-ElkCalfS1.jpg
  • A panicked three day old elk calf stuck in a wire range fence in the Sled Springs Elk Study Area. The calf will die unless disentangled from the wire. (It was later set free by a ODFW biologist).
    trapped-ElkCalf11.jpg
  • Oregon Division Of Fish And Wildlife biologist Pat Matthews places a radio collar on a newborn elk calf in the Sled Springs Elk Study Area. The collar will allow biologists to track its movements and monitor its health.
    wildlife_biologist-ElkCalfS8.jpg
  • Oregon Division Of Fish And Wildlife biologist Pat Matthews prepares to collect blood from a newborn elk calf in the Sled Springs Elk Study Area. The calf will be radio collared so that its movements and health may be studied.
    wildlife_biologist-ElkCalfS7.jpg
  • Oregon Department Of Fish And Wildlife biologist Pat Matthews disentangles a panicked, three day old rocky mountain elk calf (Cervus elaphus nelsoni) from a cattle fence in the Sled Springs Elk Research Area, Oregon.
    trapped-ElkCalf12.jpg
  • Oregon Division Of Fish And Wildlife biologist Pat Matthews collects data on a newborn elk calf in the Sled Springs Elk Study Area. The calf will be radio collared so that its movements and health may be studied.
    wildlife_biologist-ElkCalfS5.jpg
  • Oregon Division Of Fish And Wildlife biologist Pat Matthews collects data on a three day old elk calf in the Sled Springs Elk Study Area. The calf will be radio collared so that its movements and health may be studied. It is blind folded to help it feel less stress during the process.
    trapped-ElkCalf15.jpg
  • Oregon Department Of Fish And Wildlife biologist Pat Matthews disentangles a panicked, three day old rocky mountain elk calf (Cervus elaphus nelsoni) from a cattle fence in the Sled Springs Elk Research Area, Oregon.
    trapped-ElkCalf13.jpg
  • A 2 day old rocky mountain elk calf (Cervus elaphus nelsoni) has blood drawn by biologist Scott Findholdt with the Oregon Department Of Fish And Wildlife. Sled Springs Study Area in NE Oregon
    wildlife_biologist-ElkCalfR4.jpg
  • A 2 day old rocky mountain elk calf is outfitted with a radio collar by biologist Scott Findholdt with the Oregon Department Of Fish And Wildlife. Sled Springs Study Area in NE Oregon
    wildlife_biologist-ElkCalfR1.jpg
  • Bull elk (Cervus elpahus) seen near the Nez Perce encampment at Big Hole National Battlefield, Montana.
    cervus-elaphus_7114fe-128.jpg
  • Bull elk (Cervus elpahus) seen near the Nez Perce encampment at Big Hole National Battlefield, Montana.
    cervus-elaphus_7114fe-126.jpg
  • Bull elk (Cervus elpahus) seen near the Nez Perce encampment at Big Hole National Battlefield, Montana.
    cervus-elaphus_7114fe-134.jpg
  • Bull elk (Cervus elpahus) seen near the Nez Perce encampment at Big Hole National Battlefield, Montana.
    cervus-elaphus_7114fe-120.jpg
  • Oregon Division Of Fish and Wildlife biologist Scott Findholdt searches for Elk using a radio telemetry. Blue Mountains, Oregon. Sled Springs Study Area.
    wildlife_biologist-Scottf1.jpg
  • Elk river and a moss covered oregon myrtle (Umbellularia californica) tree in temperate rainforest, Oregon coastal mountains. Siskiyou national forest.
    mossy_forest_11606012.jpg
  • Elk river and a moss covered oregon myrtle (Umbellularia californica) tree in temperate rainforest, Oregon coastal mountains. Siskiyou national forest.
    mossy_forest_11606024.jpg
  • A herd of rocky mountain elk (Cervus canadensis nelsoni) on the Nature Conservancy's Zumwalt Prairie Preserve, Oregon. Elk generally find it safer in the open as mountain lions and wolves will ambush them in forest settings.
    elk_herd_32808SF_ekV5.jpg
  • Andi Mitchell, Preserve Steward for The Nature Conservancy's Zumwalt Prairie Preserve, repairs a fence line in preparation to open the grassland to cattle grazing. The old barbed wire fence is being maintained  to contain cattle while allowing wildlife, such as elk and deer, to pass. (fully released)
    Zumwalt_Prairie-OR-MRD64-035.jpg
  • Andi Mitchell, Preserve Steward for The Nature Conservancy's Zumwalt Prairie Preserve, surveys a fence line in preparation to open the grassland to cattle grazing. The old barbed wire fence is being maintained to contain cattle while allowing wildlife, such as elk and deer, to pass.
    Zumwalt_Prairie-OR-MRD64-034.jpg
  • Andi Mitchell, Preserve Steward for The Nature Conservancy's Zumwalt Prairie Preserve, repairs a fence line in preparation to open the grassland to cattle grazing. The old barbed wire fence is being maintained  to contain cattle while allowing wildlife, such as elk and deer, to pass. (Fully released)
    Zumwalt_Prairie-OR-MRD64-032.jpg
  • Aspen stands on the Nature Conservancy's Zumwalt Prairie Preserve. The aspen stands have been slowly dissappearing from the prairie, the reasons are unclear but young saplings are typically destroyed by browsing animals such as deer and elk. Zumwalt Prairie is one of the largest remaining intact patches of bunchgrass prairie left in North America.
    Aspen_stand_DurHM290.jpg
  • A fall storm moves across the prairie as seen from an quacking aspen stand on the Nature Conservancy's Zumwalt Prairie Preserve. The aspen stands have been slowly dissappearing from the prairie, the reasons are unclear but young saplings are typically destroyed by browsing animals such as deer and elk. Zumwalt Prairie is one of the largest remaining intact patches of bunchgrass prairie left in North America. Spring 2001
    Aspen_stand_DurHM287.jpg
  • A wounded mounatin lion (Puma concolor) photographed in Big Hole National Battlefield, Montana. The wound might be the result of attacking a bull elk or mule deer buck - a defensive antler wound.
    Wounded_cougar-120614bh-119.jpg
  • A wounded mounatin lion (Puma concolor) photographed in Big Hole National Battlefield, Montana. The wound might be the result of attacking a bull elk or mule deer buck - a defensive antler wound.
    Wounded_cougar-120614bh-118.jpg
  • Bighorn sheep and a buck (or possibly elk bull) along with other drawings are etched into a rock on the &quot;Temani Pesh-wa&quot; trail (also &quot;written on rock&quot; trail) in Columbia Hills State Park on the Washington Side of the Columbia River Gorge. This petroglyph was removed from the famous &quot;Petroglyoh Canyon&quot; along the Columbia River before it was flooded by construction of The Dalles Dam in 1957. The Army Corps Of Engineers stored the rock art until 2004 when Temani Pesh-wa trail was built.
    indian_rock_art_52908V2.jpg
  • Bighorn sheep and a buck (or possibly elk bull) along with other drawings are etched into a rock on the &quot;Temani Pesh-wa&quot; trail (also &quot;written on rock&quot; trail) in Columbia Hills State Park on the Washington Side of the Columbia River Gorge. This petroglyph was removed from the famous &quot;Petroglyoh Canyon&quot; along the Columbia River before it was flooded by construction of The Dalles Dam in 1957. The Army Corps Of Engineers stored the rock art until 2004 when Temani Pesh-wa trail was built.
    indian_rock_art_52908IA-6V2.jpg
  • Bighorn sheep and a buck (or possibly elk bull) along with other drawings are etched into a rock on the &quot;Temani Pesh-wa&quot; trail (also &quot;written on rock&quot; trail) in Columbia Hills State Park on the Washington Side of the Columbia River Gorge. This petroglyph was removed from the famous &quot;Petroglyoh Canyon&quot; along the Columbia River before it was flooded by construction of The Dalles Dam in 1957. The Army Corps Of Engineers stored the rock art until 2004 when Temani Pesh-wa trail was built.
    indian_rock_art_52908IA-4.jpg
  • An Aspen stand with hawthorne shrubs on the Nature Conservancy's Zumwalt Prairie Preserve. The aspen stands have been slowly dissappearing from the prairie, the reasons are unclear but young saplings are typically destroyed by browsing animals such as deer and elk. Zumwalt Prairie is one of the largest remaining intact patches of bunchgrass prairie left in North America.
    quaking_aspen_DurHM292.jpg
  • Aspen stands on the Nature Conservancy's Zumwalt Prairie Preserve. The aspen stands have been slowly dissappearing from the prairie, the reasons are unclear but young saplings are typically destroyed by browsing animals such as deer and elk. Zumwalt Prairie is one of the largest remaining intact patches of bunchgrass prairie left in North America. Spring 2001
    quaking_aspen_DurHM291.jpg
  • Aspen stands on the Nature Conservancy's Zumwalt Prairie Preserve. The aspen stands have been slowly dissappearing from the prairie, the reasons are unclear but young saplings are typically destroyed by browsing animals such as deer and elk. Zumwalt Prairie is one of the largest remaining intact patches of bunchgrass prairie left in North America.
    quaking_aspen_DurHM286.jpg
  • Aspen stands on the Nature Conservancy's Zumwalt Prairie Preserve. The aspen stands have been slowly dissappearing from the prairie, the reasons are unclear but young saplings are typically destroyed by browsing animals such as deer and elk. Zumwalt Prairie is one of the largest remaining intact patches of bunchgrass prairie left in North America.
    Aspen_stand_DurHM285.jpg
  • Andi Mitchell, Preserve Steward for The Nature Conservancy's Zumwalt Prairie Preserve, checks an antique range fence in preparation to open the grassland to cattle grazing. The old barbed wire fence is being maintained to contain cattle while allowing wildlife, such as elk and deer, to pass. (fully released)
    Zumwalt_Prairie-OR-MRD64-033.jpg
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