What is believed to be the state’s first cases of a debilitating hoof disease has been detected in two Roosevelt elk in Del Norte County, according to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. “Treponeme-associated hoof disease (TAHD) – commonly referred to as “elk hoof disease” – can cause deformed, overgrown and otherwise damaged hooves. […]
Roosevelt Elk
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Reward Offered in Poaching of Roosevelt Elk
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife announced this week a reward of up to $2,500 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of anyone responsible for the December shooting deaths of four Roosevelt elk, including a pregnant cow. In a release, CDFW states the investigation is continuing, “including processing evidence left at the […]
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Top 10 Dick Moves of 2018
Listen, it has been a year. You’d think the dick moves on the national stage would overshadow us but not so. Looking back on 2018, we saw a bevy of folks making classic dick moves — selfishly and flagrantly doing wrong because, well, they could — running the gamut from racism to bad manners with […]
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Death of 4 Roosevelt Elk, Including a Pregnant Cow, Under Investigation
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife is asking for the public’s help in an elk poaching case that was discovered in the Maple Creek region Dec. 9. According to a release, wildlife officers responded to the scene southeast of Blue Lake to find four dead Roosevelt cow elk, one of which was pregnant. All […]
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Elk in the Surf
One morning this past July, Louisa and I were sipping coffee in our camper van. We were parked on the remote Usal Beach in the Sinkyone Wilderness when they emerged from the early morning fog like ghostly apparitions — a stately parade of five bull elk on their way to the beach for a morning […]