What are the seasonal movements of the elk herd that ranges across Helena’s South Hills, the Elkhorns, and the Boulder Mountains? Where do they tend to winter and might they need help crossing the interstate?
These are among the questions Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks’ officials hope to answer after collaring 60 elk cows this coming winter and tracking their movements for two years from the Elkhorn Mountains (Hunting District 380) to the Boulder Mountains (HDs 318 and 335) and further west toward the Continental Divide and Deer Lodge (HD 215).
This will mark the first large-scale FWP study of this herd’s movements in the Boulder Mountains area stretching from Basin to Unionville, and the first ever to examine its Interstate 15 crossing habits.
