Elk

But the threat of litigation by the Earthjustice environmental group has forced the agency to act.

Five others were charged with accessory to taking a big game animal without a license in the case.

They are at the height of their calving season, which can start in mid-May and extend into late June.

Calving season is generally late-May to early-June.

Animals on the refuge seemed to weather the historically snowy and colder-than-usual midwinter just fine.

That's 23 percent lower than the year before but higher than the 10-year average of 5,399 elk.

Cosby reportedly lied to investigators about the area in which he took the elk.

Game and Fish is seeking applications to a CWD Working Group to help craft recommendations to revise the CWD Management Plan.

Game and Fish biologist Aly Courtemanch says elk were scattered around Jackson Hole.

The refuge is north of Jackson.