Young Bull Elk
by Jemmy Archer
Title
Young Bull Elk
Artist
Jemmy Archer
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
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Young Bull Elk
A young bull elk (Cervus Canadensis) in the golden light of dawn in the Cataloochee Valley area of Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
Elk once roamed the southern Appalachian mountains and elsewhere in the eastern United States. They were eliminated from the region by over-hunting and loss of habitat. The last elk in North Carolina was believed to have been killed in the late 1700s. In Tennessee, the last elk was killed in the mid-1800s. By 1900, the population of elk in North America dropped to the point that hunting groups and other conservation organizations became concerned the species was headed for extinction.
Reintroduction of elk into Great Smoky Mountains National Park began in 2001 when 25 elk were brought from the Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area along the Tennessee-Kentucky border.
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July 22nd, 2016
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