Missoula's Elk Herds

The North Hills Elk Working Group has been meeting annually since 2005 to discuss the status and management of elk in Missoula’s North Hills.

Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks Elk Management in the North Hills Area (3.5-megabyte Acrobat file); by Vickie Edwards, Wildlife Biologist, Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks
Elk Habituation in the Wildland-Urban Interface: A Challenging Management , Ecological and Social Problem (3.6-megabyte Arcobat file); by Mark Hebblewhite, Assistant Professor, Wildlife Biology Program, University of Montana
Behavioral and Population Implications of Human Hunting on Elk in the Wildland-Urban Interface (3.5-megabyte Acrobat file); by Shawn Cleveland, Master’s Student Wildlife Biology Program, University of Montana

The original meetings in 2005 helped determine the priorities for management. The top priorities of persons attending were to:

Each year’s meetings have been held during late May at the Grant Creek Inn. To receive announcements of future meetings or other information about the North Hills elk send an e-mail message to: blindler@montana.com.