Gold Bluffs Beach: Continue on Davison Rd for another 6 miles and you will arrive at Gold Bluffs Beach. A short way further down Davison Road are restrooms, picnic facilities and the Trillium Falls trail. Elk are frequently to be seen on the prairie, and there are many excellent viewing stations along the Parkway and within the campsite.Įlk Meadow, just off Highway 101 on Davison Road, has good parking and visibility for elk viewing. Two areas in Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park have been designed to provide excellent and safe viewing of the Roosevelt elk:Įlk Prairie, on the Newton Drury Scenic Parkway, is the central park location with a visitor center, camping and many trail heads. Now the elk number in the thousands and they are being reintroduced to many areas of their original range.
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There was also a reduction in daily movement of elk (P = 0.0001), and there was a negative correlation between daily movements and percent association of elk home ranges with RMA.
We found a reduction in core area size (P = 0.002) and home range size (P = 0.077) during limited vehicle access. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) instituted a limited-vehicle access program on 35% of the study area in 1992. We studied movements and survival of female Roosevelt elk before Road Management Areas (RMA) were designated, and during limited vehicular access from 1991 to 1995. Road closures frequently are used to manage for Rocky Mountain elk (Cervus elaphus nelsoni), but no studies have evaluated the effects of limited vehicle access on movements and survival of Roosevelt elk (C.