Game biologists ponder clues to wildlife decline

Cow elk in a grassy field pause to study a photographer. Biologists say the loss of prime habitat, including clear cuts and the leftovers of controlled burns, have deprived elk of the fast-growing salad bowls needed to sustain the herds. (Photos courtesy of ODFW)

NEWPORT — Roosevelt elk and blacktail deer bagged by hunters at the central Oregon coast used to fill the pages of the Bible of big game hunting – the Boone & Crockett record book.

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