Idaho, other western states to study big game rangeland
BOISE, Idaho (AP) - Idaho has been awarded a grant to study how elk herds move through a northern Idaho migration corridor also used by grizzly bears and wolverines.
The grant was announced by the U.S. Department of the Interior on Friday.
It's part of $3.2 million in funding for big game rangeland studies in 11 western states. Â
Idaho's work will involve tagging 40 elk in the McArthur Lake area and using 119 trail cameras to map their movements.