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Third elk group released in reintroduction of species.
Associated Press
2/17/02
La FOLLETTE, Tenn. — Tennessee officials released approximately 50 elk last week, the third release in a four-year program to revive the species in a state in which they had been missing for more than 135 years.
The state Wildlife Resources Agency released the animals at the Royal Blue Wildlife Management Area near La Follette on Thursday morning.
The first 50 elk were released in December 2000. Three dozen more were released last February, and electronic tracking shows several elk in the vicinity of the release site. All the animals came from Elk Island National Park in Canada.
Project coordinator Steve Bennett said all the elk have been DNA ''fingerprinted'' to allow officials to identify any animals, including offspring, that might be poached in the future.
Two other elk release programs are under way in the Appalachian region. One is in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, the other in eastern Kentucky.
Associated Press
2/17/02
La FOLLETTE, Tenn. — Tennessee officials released approximately 50 elk last week, the third release in a four-year program to revive the species in a state in which they had been missing for more than 135 years.
The state Wildlife Resources Agency released the animals at the Royal Blue Wildlife Management Area near La Follette on Thursday morning.
The first 50 elk were released in December 2000. Three dozen more were released last February, and electronic tracking shows several elk in the vicinity of the release site. All the animals came from Elk Island National Park in Canada.
Project coordinator Steve Bennett said all the elk have been DNA ''fingerprinted'' to allow officials to identify any animals, including offspring, that might be poached in the future.
Two other elk release programs are under way in the Appalachian region. One is in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, the other in eastern Kentucky.
