National Elk Refuge

Conservationists Challenge Weak Government Response To Urgent Wildlife Disease Threat At National Elk Refuge

A conservation coalition today filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) to challenge the agency’s weak new plan to phase down elk feeding on the Jackson Hole National Elk Refuge, citing the plan’s inadequate response to the urgent threat of a chronic wasting disease outbreak among the Refuge elk population.