From Deseret News archives:
Hunters to deliver hay for elk in northwest Wyoming
Members of Sportsmen for Fish and Wildlife used roughly 100 trucks to deliver nearly 60 tons of hay to the refuge for last year's Hay Day. Sportsmen for Fish and Wildlife officials staged the event, in part, to protest the death of elk on the refuge during the winter of 2005-06.
The refuge used the hay last year to lure bison away from the elk feed areas on the refuge.
Bob Wharff, executive director of Sportsmen for Fish and Wildlife, said the goal is to help elk survive the harsh winter.
Over the winter of 2005-06, Wharff said, elk refuge managers failed to notice when conditions got too difficult for elk and some elk died.
Some biologists and wildlife managers say that the crowded conditions created by providing supplemental feed to elk promotes diseases like brucellosis, which can cause aborted calves.
Greater Yellowstone Coalition representative Lloyd Dorsey called delivering hay to the refuge a "misguided effort."
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