Sunday, August 12, 2007
Cataloochee Valley
We visited the Cataloochee Valley section of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park primarily to find out if we could see any elk. The Cataloochee section is in the eastern part of the park quite distance from the "beaten path". You need to go from the intersection of I-40 and US-276 over the mountain on a winding, sometimes gravel road into the valley beyond. Yes, we saw elk!
We think that some of them are pets. Notice that they all have radio collars. I believe that the NPS is more interested in studying elk close-up than establishing a very large herd of wild elk roaming the Smoky Mountains that future generations could hunt like our ancestors did.
We think that some of them are pets. Notice that they all have radio collars. I believe that the NPS is more interested in studying elk close-up than establishing a very large herd of wild elk roaming the Smoky Mountains that future generations could hunt like our ancestors did.
# posted by Bob @ 8/12/2007 05:20:00 PM 
