CHARLESTON, W.Va.. — West Virginia’s elk herd stands at around 100 to 110 animals in the coalfields of southern West Virginia. The approximate figure was offered up to an interim committee of ...

A long time ago, in what is now southwestern West Virginia and Logan County, there were herds of wapiti (WAH-PA-TEE). We are told that is what the Shawnee Indians called them; we call them elk.

LOGAN, W.Va. — West Virginia’s welcome mat for the official return of elk to the Mountain State is laid out. The only thing left to do it would appear is to find some elk. The DNR recently ...

Once upon a time, elk called West Virginia and the eastern United States their home. In nearby Kentucky, though, a healthy elk population is thriving today after being reintroduced in the 1990's.

West Virginia’s native elk have finally come home. The last recorded sighting of a wild elk in the Mountain State was in 1875. By Larry Case/ Outdoor Life. Updated Mar 26, 2021 5:36 PM EDT.

Mar. 21—By GREG JORDAN Bluefield Daily Telegraph The West Virginia Division of Natural Resources has welcomed another 23 elk to the Tomblin Wildlife Management Area in Logan County where they ...

West Virginia Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin and officials from the state Division of Natural Resources introduced the 24 healthy elk in the Tomblin Wildlife Management Area in Logan. UPDATE 12/19/16 @ 6 p.m.

The West Virginia Division of Natural Resources welcomed an additional 23 elk to the Tomblin Wildlife Management Area in Logan County, where the elk will be evaluated and held for ...

HOLDEN, W.Va. – On land where coal was once mined, officials have trumpeted the return of an elk herd to West Virginia for the first time in 141 years. Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin and officials from ...

Dozens of Arizona elk are now roaming on West Virginia soil for the first time in more than 150 years as part of a restoration effort between the two states.

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“Elk don’t know how many feet a horse have.” — Bear Claw Crislap in the movie “Jeremiah Johnson” For many of us in the hunting and fishing outdoor world, the elk has always been a ...