N.D. Fish And Game Makes Suggestions For Thinning Elk In Teddy Roosevelt National Park

As the debate continues over the best ways to thin out a ballooned elk population in Theodore Roosevelt National Park, the state Fish and Game Department is making some suggestions.

Game and Fish director Terry Steinwand says the National Park Service should allow volunteer hunters a chance to go after the elk. He says they`ll need to have taken a hunter safety course and get special training for the elk hunt. They`ll need a hunting license. The licenses would be distributed by a lottery system, and the hunting season would run from November to February.

Now it’s beginning to make some sense. Let’s hope the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Parks Service begin to see things in this light as well.

Tom Remington