Elk management in Rocky Mountain National Park
National Park Service. 1976. Elk management in Rocky Mountain National Park
It is the policy of the National Park Service to perpetuate native animal life of the parks for their essential role in the natural ecosystems. Management strives to maintain the natural abundance, behavior, diversity, and ecological integrity of native animals as part of the ecosystem. In so doing, it will as far as possible, eliminate or minimize the impact of modern man on the environment. Where complete ecosystems are still intact they will be allowed to function as they evolved, maintained by natural ecological processes. Since most of the smaller ecosystems in the park are still intact they require no active management in order to perpetuate themselves.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- National Park Service
- Date of Issue
- 1976
- Units
- ROMO
- Keywords
- Animal Behavior, Animal Studies, Animals, Biodiversity, Elk (Cervus elaphus), Management