Utah
DWR officials warn of migrating elk entering Salt Lake City
SALT LAKE CITY — A migrating herd of roughly 60 elk is inflicting issues for residents and drivers close to the mouth of Parley’s Canyon.
In line with Utah’s Division of Wildlife Assets Fb publish, the elk herd has been migrating down from the mountains to the mouth of Parley’s Canyon and crossing Foothill Boulevard and Interstate 80.
On Thursday, they labored with totally different native businesses to push the elk again to the mountain, away from the busy site visitors, however preserve returning to the world.
Bull elks relocated after being noticed in Salt Lake Metropolis
“Nevertheless, as a result of snowy situations, the elk proceed emigrate again down into this space and cross these busy roads to flee deep snow and to seek out meals within the valleys,” reads the Fb publish. “Numerous elk are at the moment positioned west of Foothill Drive, and biologists will monitor their location till additional motion might be taken.”
DWR included some ideas for residents and commuters within the space:
- Please use warning and reduce your pace if driving on this space. Elk and different large recreation animals on roadways current a severe security hazard for motorists. These wildlife might be particularly energetic throughout low-light situations and are troublesome to see on the roadway.
- Drive alert and preserve a watch out for elk or different wildlife on or close to the roads. Huge recreation animals cross many roadways all through Utah throughout migration and in the hunt for much less snow and meals sources.
- Don’t method the elk if you happen to see them. It’s unsafe and might trigger the animals to maneuver into roads and different problematic areas.
- Don’t feed the elk or different large recreation animals, resulting from security considerations, illness considerations and the potential hurt to the animals from introducing meals not of their diets, notably throughout winter months. We have now carried out emergency feeding for deer in components of Summit and Wealthy counties and can proceed to observe the physique fats situations of massive recreation and winter situations in different components of the state, as properly.