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Photos by DON BARTLING A herd of elk last week at the Kootenai National Wildlife Refuge. Speed is high on a list of survival needs for an elk. Out-running danger is an elk’s best defense against predators.

Photos by DON BARTLING A herd of elk last week at the Kootenai National Wildlife Refuge. Speed is high on a list of survival needs for an elk. Out-running danger is an elk’s best defense against predators.

December 27, 2018

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Snow brings elk to the lowlands
December 27, 2018 midnight

Snow brings elk to the lowlands

Last week, during my travels in Boundary County, I observed approximately 76 cow and calf elk and three bulls in one large herd in the Kootenai National Wildlife Refuge, where they had been grazing most of the week.