Strategies to keep wildlife where you want them - Do they work

The Dry Beaver-Ladd Canyon Elk Enhancement project is a multi-year, multi-phase project designed to influence elk movement patterns from private land winter range to public land summer range. A combination of road closures, prescribed burning, fertilizing and salting was used to attract elk onto summer range. Thirty adult cow elk were radio-collared to determine if treatments were effective in attracting elk onto public land during summer. Preliminary results indicate elk movement patterns are being influenced by project treatments.