Zusammenfassung der Ressource
HUMAN/ELK CONFLICT
- Humans
- Recreation
- Walking
- Hiking
- Running
- Wildlife Viewing
- Hunting
- Can be dangerous
when people get too
close
- (Johnson, 2013)
- Gardening
- Driving
- Elk Vehicle Collisions
- Elk
- Eat flowers and plants in people's
gardens
- Some may try to fence elk out and keep away
- Others try to attract elk to their yards
- Habituation to People
- Possible evolutionary
advantage to living near people
(Thompson & Henderson, 1998)
- Recreation
- Evergreen, Colorado
- Evergreen Lake
- Jogger with dog got too close on 6/15/15 (CBS Denver, 2015)
- Elk chased man and dog
- Aggression during rut or calving season