A magnificent Tule Elk. The tule elk is one of two subspecies of elk native to California. Its numbers were severely reduced in the mid-1800s, primar

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A magnificent Tule Elk. The tule elk is one of two subspecies of elk native to California. Its numbers were severely reduced in the mid-1800s, primarily due to uncontrolled market hunting and displacement by cattle. A conservation minded cattle rancher named Henry Miller had the foresight to preserve this last isolated group discovered on his ranch in 1874. Until this discovery, tule elk were thought to be extinct. All of the estimated 5,700 tule elk present in twenty-two herds across California (as of 2020) were derived from this small remnant herd, thanks to his initial are endemic to California.

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