(Photo by ROGER PHILLIPS/IDFG)
A group of cow elk stand at alert at the edge of an Idaho meadow in spring.
July 2, 2017
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Area's elk mortality rate spiked in 2017
Poor flying conditions and a lack of available pilots kept the Panhandle’s Idaho Department of Fish and Game biologists grounded late last winter when field scientists are usually in the air counting elk.