Topic: Elk

Associated Climate Resilience Actions:
Upper Snake River Tribes

Enhance resilience of wet meadows and riparian habitats within sagebrush shrublands by constructing restoration structures, which increase stream function and...

Ecosystems Infrastructure
Upper Snake River Tribes

Provide comprehensive technical training to biologists and managers on disease and parasite detection, identification, surveillance, monitoring, and management.

Ecosystems People
Upper Snake River Tribes

Monitor the effects of harvest levels on population demographics and abundance. Use monitoring data to set and adjust harvest rates,...

Ecosystems Food
Upper Snake River Tribes

Educate the public about potential changes in Elk populations due to climate change.

Cultural Resources Ecosystems Food
Upper Snake River Tribes

Limit roads, trails, other infrastructure, etc., to locations that avoid habitat components important to seasonal wildlife use.

Ecosystems Infrastructure
Upper Snake River Tribes

Provide additional sources of water, especially during droughts and summer months.

Food People Water
Upper Snake River Tribes

Identify locations/situations where Mule Deer and Elk competitive interactions may exist (i. e., winter range) and develop recommendations to reduce...

Cultural Resources Ecosystems Food
Upper Snake River Tribes

Develop a west-wide Elk disease and parasite monitoring plan that recommends standardized surveillance, testing, data storage and reporting procedures.

Cultural Resources Ecosystems Food
Upper Snake River Tribes

Monitor populations and consider adjusting hunting permits, as needed, to ensure a healthy population.

Cultural Resources Ecosystems Food
Upper Snake River Tribes

Improve sagebrush steppe habitat connectivity.

Cultural Resources Ecosystems
Upper Snake River Tribes

Work to maintain vegetative species diversity within the landscape.

Ecosystems
Upper Snake River Tribes

Reduce cheatgrass abundance.

Ecosystems