Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE: The National Elk Refuge in Jackson, Wyo., is the winter home for 6,000 to 8,000 elk. During the spring, nearly all of these ...

Each year, elk migrate from higher-elevation ranges to lower-elevation ranges for the winter, where they are more likely to find food to forage and the conditions are more favorable (e.g., less snow).

Hoofbeats across the sagebrush flats are a sure sign of spring in northwestern Wyoming. As the days lengthen, snow melts and temperatures rise, the thousands of elk that spend winters on the National ...