This was shortly after one of the cows began to stray from the herd, not far from where the fence-jumping elk was sitting, and the herd elk quickly made sure she turned around.

The fate of the 2-mile fence that separates the seashore’s largest elk herd from leased farms and ranches is the focal point of the latest legal fight with the National Park Service.

The National Park Service has agreed to delay further work to dismantle a tule elk enclosure fence in the Point Reyes National Seashore following a lawsuit by the California Cattlemen’s ...

The National Park Service has agreed to delay further work to dismantle a tule elk enclosure fence in the Point Reyes National Seashore following a lawsuit by the California Cattlemen’s ...

Elk fence to be removed in Point Reyes National Seashore, freeing park’s largest herd to roam The National Park Service landed on fence removal as its preferred way to manage the growing Tomales ...

Fencing that prevented tule elk in Point Reyes National Seashore from competing for food with nearby cattle will be removed, the National Park Service says.

Elk-watching is entertaining in Estes Park every year during rutting season, but people watching can be infuriating as many visitors get too close to the wildlife.

Folks in Estes Park have a word for visitors who get too close to the elk, or stop their cars in traffic: “tourons,” as in tourist morons.