Clearwater Region Elk

Clearwater Elk Harvest

Clearwater Region Elk Harvest by Zone, 2008

2009 CLEARWATER REGION ELK STATUS RELATIVE TO PLAN OBJECTIVES ZONECOWSBULLSADULT BULLS PALOUSE ABOVE HELLS CANYON ABOVE ELK CITY MEETS DWORSHAK MEETSBELOW BELOW SELWAY BELOW LOLO BELOW

Palouse Zone Population (Units 8, 8A, 11A) Cow Objective Bull Objective

Hells Canyon Zone Population (Units 11, 13, 18)

Elk City Zone Population (Units 14, 15, 16)

Dworshak Zone Population (Unit 10A)

Selway Zone Population (Units 16A, 17, 19, 20)

Lolo Zone Population (Units 10, 12) Cow Objective Bull Objective

Lolo Zone Harvest

Palouse Zone—Units 8, 8A, 11A Add 3 days of cow elk hunting on private land to the B-tag hunt, Oct 15 – Oct 17 Add Unit 11A to the January 8X controlled cow hunt & modify its boundary to mirror “greenfield” hunt area Dworshak Zone—Unit 10A Add a controlled hunt for cow elk in Hunt Area 10A-1, Aug 1 – Sept 15 Elk City Zone—Unit 16 Add a controlled hunt for cow elk in Unit 16, Dec 10 – Dec 31 Lolo Zone—Units 10, 12 Establish an A-tag quota of 404 (-7%) Reduce the B-tag Quota to 1,088 (-14%) Elk Season Changes for 2010

Ungulate Ecology Study

Lolo Zone Elk Population

Lolo Zone Cow Elk Survival

Expected Adult Survival

Accidents/ Malnutrition Causes of Cow Elk Deaths

Dec–Jun Calf Elk Survival

Expected Dec-Jun Survival

Accidents/ Malnutrition Causes of Calf Elk Deaths

Cow Survival = 75% - 79% Dec-June Calf Survival = 73% (9%) Calf Recruitment < 15 Calves:100 Cows Cow Population Growth = - 13% to -15%/year Lolo Zone Elk Population

Elk Mgmt Zone (Units) Annual Survival Rates (%) % of Mortalities by Cause Sex/ Age Class Legal Hunting Harvest Wolf Predation Cougar Predation Unknown Predation 1 Other Causes 2 Lolo (10, 12) Adult Cows mo Calves 73 nd Lolo Elk Management Zone,

Wolf Status

Palouse- Hells Canyon Dworshak- Elk CitySelwayLolo Region Total # Packs # Breeding Pairs 17UNKNOWN412 # Depredations Min # Wolves Min # Pups 326UNKNOWN1544 Clearwater Region 2009 Wolf Population Summary

Wolf ZoneHarvest Limit Number Harvested Limit Remaining StatusSeason Dates Palouse-Hells Canyon 550 CLOSED 18 Dec 09 Oct 1 – Mar 31 Dworshak-Elk City 18 0 CLOSED 16 Nov 09 Oct 1 – Mar 31 Selway Open Sept 15 – Mar 31 Lolo Open Sept 1 – Mar 31 TOTALS Clearwater Region Wolf Zones and Current Harvest