Until the first settlers arrived in Jackson Hole in the late 1800s, this wide Wyoming valley was home to thousands of free-ranging elk. In fact, wildlife experts believe there may have been as many as 25,000 elk that wintered here.
But once the town of Jackson was settled, and homesteads built in a large portion of the winter range, livestock began competing for winter food and hungry elk raided haystacks. Ranchers weren’t happy with the
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