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November 18, 2002
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Media Contact: Steve Wagner at 800-CALL ELK or swagner@rmef.org
New book has everything you ever wanted to know about elk
MISSOULA, Mont. – Need a gift for an elk enthusiast? "North American Elk: Ecology and Management," a book just released by the Wildlife Management Institute (WMI), is now available. More than a thousand pages, it includes everything that avid elk hunters or conservationists ever wanted to know about wapiti, and then some.
Chapters include Elk and Indians, Distribution: Past and Present, Elk Habitat Selection and Adaptation, Elk and Land Management, Regulating the Hunt and The Future of Elk and Elk Management. This book isn’t light reading, but a serious study of elk and elk habitat.
The book is dedicated “to the members of the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation—past and present—who cared enough about elk and elk hunting to put their time, money and influence on the line,” and to Robert Munson, co-founder and first CEO of the Elk Foundation, “who dared to believe that impossible dreams can become reality if one just cares enough and works hard enough.”
The origins of the book date back to 1951, when WMI published Olaus J. Murie’s monumental "The Elk of North America." In 1982, WMI followed Murie’s classic study with "Elk of North America: Ecology and Management" edited by Jack Ward Thomas and Dale Toweill. Now Toweill and Thomas have teamed up again to produce the newest version, an up-to-date and even more thoroughly researched work.
The Elk Foundation helped fund some of the cited research and contributed $25,000 toward production of the publication. Seven present or former employees and board members are among the 39 authors: Dwight Bunnell, Alan Christensen, Dan Crockett, James Peek, David Stalling, Jack Ward Thomas and Gary Wolfe.
The text is enhanced with over 500 historical and modern photographs and artwork. Original pencil drawings by renowned artist Daniel Metz grace the opening of each chapter.
For those who care deeply about elk, who want to learn all they can about this magnificent species, "North American Elk: Ecology and Management" is well worth reading, studying and enjoying, one part at a time.
The book retails for $85 plus shipping and handling. It is currently available through Smithsonian Institution Press, www.sipress.si.edu or 800-782-4612. It also will be available for purchase through the Trading Post section of the January/February 2003 issue of "Bugle," the Elk Foundation’s visitor center, and commercial book retailers.
Now in its 18th year, the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation already has conserved or enhanced more than 3.8 million acres – an area 70 percent larger than Yellowstone National Park – of habitat for elk and other wildlife. The organization boasts a record 138,000 members, 115,000 supporters and 10,000 volunteers. Working together in an ambitious 5-year campaign called “Pass It On,” these impassioned conservationists are on track to conserve an additional 2 million acres by 2005, restore elk to long-empty native ranges, and ensure an elk country legacy for future generations. To learn more, visit http://www.elkfoundation.org or call 1-800-CALL ELK.
November 18, 2002
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Media Contact: Steve Wagner at 800-CALL ELK or swagner@rmef.org
New book has everything you ever wanted to know about elk
MISSOULA, Mont. – Need a gift for an elk enthusiast? "North American Elk: Ecology and Management," a book just released by the Wildlife Management Institute (WMI), is now available. More than a thousand pages, it includes everything that avid elk hunters or conservationists ever wanted to know about wapiti, and then some.
Chapters include Elk and Indians, Distribution: Past and Present, Elk Habitat Selection and Adaptation, Elk and Land Management, Regulating the Hunt and The Future of Elk and Elk Management. This book isn’t light reading, but a serious study of elk and elk habitat.
The book is dedicated “to the members of the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation—past and present—who cared enough about elk and elk hunting to put their time, money and influence on the line,” and to Robert Munson, co-founder and first CEO of the Elk Foundation, “who dared to believe that impossible dreams can become reality if one just cares enough and works hard enough.”
The origins of the book date back to 1951, when WMI published Olaus J. Murie’s monumental "The Elk of North America." In 1982, WMI followed Murie’s classic study with "Elk of North America: Ecology and Management" edited by Jack Ward Thomas and Dale Toweill. Now Toweill and Thomas have teamed up again to produce the newest version, an up-to-date and even more thoroughly researched work.
The Elk Foundation helped fund some of the cited research and contributed $25,000 toward production of the publication. Seven present or former employees and board members are among the 39 authors: Dwight Bunnell, Alan Christensen, Dan Crockett, James Peek, David Stalling, Jack Ward Thomas and Gary Wolfe.
The text is enhanced with over 500 historical and modern photographs and artwork. Original pencil drawings by renowned artist Daniel Metz grace the opening of each chapter.
For those who care deeply about elk, who want to learn all they can about this magnificent species, "North American Elk: Ecology and Management" is well worth reading, studying and enjoying, one part at a time.
The book retails for $85 plus shipping and handling. It is currently available through Smithsonian Institution Press, www.sipress.si.edu or 800-782-4612. It also will be available for purchase through the Trading Post section of the January/February 2003 issue of "Bugle," the Elk Foundation’s visitor center, and commercial book retailers.
Now in its 18th year, the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation already has conserved or enhanced more than 3.8 million acres – an area 70 percent larger than Yellowstone National Park – of habitat for elk and other wildlife. The organization boasts a record 138,000 members, 115,000 supporters and 10,000 volunteers. Working together in an ambitious 5-year campaign called “Pass It On,” these impassioned conservationists are on track to conserve an additional 2 million acres by 2005, restore elk to long-empty native ranges, and ensure an elk country legacy for future generations. To learn more, visit http://www.elkfoundation.org or call 1-800-CALL ELK.
