ric
New member
The great burn fires of 1910, and again in the 20s were all north of the Lochsa River, and had nothing to do with the Church. Although, the old burns of 10 and the 20s along with the hay day logging of the 50 thru the 70s created some excellent elk/big game habitat. The created habitat very much over inflated the elk population. Those burns are now mature and no longer the excellent habitat. This is the reason for the elk decline in units 10, 12, and surrounding units. Wolves have very little to do with the elk decline there. It was a very bad winter kill in 97 and the loss of habitat, along with some very bad IDFG mis management that has caused the elk decline in northern Idaho, not wolves.