Show INCREASE OF ELK PRESENTS PROBLEM osden ogden altan laurn aeb 25 alic her rapid P it increase of falk elk r several revend places on the national forests m utah here they have bace been planted has brought about competition for forage between the them and the cattle using thee ranged eg states district forester rul rui ledge several plantings of elk made do f aiom 10 to 12 ec ears ago go imn ha dr creased ed from 15 to 20 tauri the ong original 1 I at present the herds are not subject to winter inter losses and are free from serious damage b predatory ty time animals nih 10 that the their bersi bell about double iyer thin three years yeara where there is no intensive e graz grazing 1 g the elk tend to scatter and no ser serious us aba conflict occurs there are kertu sections s h hec hobeler ec I 1 in which the winter tinges ranges ruo are restricted and the ell do not or scatter maller where competition be berginc roin intense such an example I 1 is on the cache national forest where be be head of elk occupy C pv kaiue tried u aed I 1 in spring by head of cattle owned by 47 per permit mittens tees unless the elk in aie scattered or reduto in ill number all these cattle must be removed to prevent the range being damaged there c is oc room on im the national forests of altah ll th for consi derall numbers of elk rod and in order to crue caie for C the certain desi ican to in the grazing of dm domestic estic stock are necess arl ar and justifiable IN di ault forester states that where the lands occupied b by Y the elk are intensively grazed b by d dain me esric r re stock t ck a so t that her is large ig m hiim G her er of families are dependent on the grazing I 1 fr a livelihood the forest service mern measures should col be taken to restrict the elk such action lo in be done by the state gam game VJ war der den under tinder authority granted him by the legislature |