The elk transport, which brings West Virginia’s elk population to 140–150, is the final of two transports the DNR had planned this year. All elk released this year have been transported from ...

The new group of elk will mark the third time West Virginia has received elk from the U.S. Forest Service facility. The original reintroduction included 24 animals from L-B-L in 2016.

West Virginia’s elk population disappeared in the late 1800s, but the West Virginia Legislature voted to reintroduce some elk to the southern part of the state in 2015. Since the program was ...

West Virginia's native species of elk is long extinct due to over-hunting and habitat loss. But thanks to conservation efforts, elk are back in West Virginia and anyone can go visit them. The ...

Guided tours of elk have returned to southern West Virginia. The West Virginia State Parks system says the viewing tours will be held on weekends starting on Sept. 11 and ending on Oct. 24. There ...

West Virginia’s elk population was 22 when Gov. Justice took office. Since 2018, the WVDNR has introduced 57 elk (15 from Kentucky and 42 from Arizona) to the Tomblin Wildlife Management Area in ...

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 ...