Yosemite
The Embattled Wilderness
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IV. Wildlife Management and Ecology
elk
37. Exotic animals, in biologists' opinion, also had no place in national parks. Yosemite Valley's exotic elk herd, above, was relocated to the Owens Valley in 1933. Note visitors petting, and probably feeding, one of the animals beside the enclosure to the right. Courtesy of the Yosemite National Park Re search Library.

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Map of Yosemite National Park. (click on image for an enlargement in a new window)


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