seeth07
Well-known member
One thing I've often wondered is if there was a way to calculate land habitats and get an "elk calving unit" or "elk unit" at a very scientific level in the same way that AU and cow calf units are done on landscapes.I'm not sure what the historic population of elk were pre-settlement, do you have that number? How does that number fit with the loss of bison on the landscape and use of livestock?
I wonder this because a person could compare the two and then assign a value based on the cattle market to what the elk are really worth on the landscape. A lot of a good management and government programs regarding wildlife could be made if this existed. Maybe it does and I just haven't run across it before.