Thursday, June 24, 2010
Kentucky Elk Are Wandering
KENTUCKY...
The first of five public meetings on an elk management plan for southwest Virginia will be held in Lebanon, Virginia. The Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries will outline the draft plan at that time. Virginia is attempting to manage 50 to 100 elk that have wandered across the state line from Kentucky, where about 10,000 of the big animals now roam. The state has developed several potential plans, ranging from a status-quo approach to bringing in more elk to several southwest Virginia counties. The other public meetings are scheduled in Wise, Dickenson, Buchanan and Lee counties. A decision on a plan will likely be made in August.
# posted by Homer Owens @ 5:57 AM 
