Appendix A. Tables showing annual counts of five ungulate populations in the Rocky Mountains region,
TABLE A1. Annual counts (N) of elk in the National Elk Refuge, Wyoming,
Year |
N |
Year |
N |
1912 |
7250 |
1950 |
9700 |
1913 |
4000 |
1951 |
9500 |
1914 |
6150 |
1952 |
8547 |
1915 |
NA |
1953 |
9200 |
1916 |
8000 |
1954 |
9530 |
1917 |
6000 |
1955 |
8000 |
1918 |
10000 |
1956 |
11612 |
1919 |
3000 |
1957 |
8000 |
1920 |
8000 |
1958 |
7000 |
1921 |
3500 |
1959 |
6543 |
1922 |
4300 |
1960 |
5776 |
1923 |
3400 |
1961 |
6705 |
1924 |
4800 |
1962 |
8222 |
1925 |
5500 |
1963 |
5827 |
1926 |
NA |
1964 |
7916 |
1927 |
6605 |
1965 |
7946 |
1928 |
7500 |
1966 |
6556 |
1929 |
6000 |
1967 |
7665 |
1930 |
7000 |
1968 |
6809 |
1931 |
3110 |
1969 |
9205 |
1932 |
8400 |
1970 |
9196 |
1933 |
7460 |
1971 |
8877 |
1934 |
NA |
1972 |
8450 |
1935 |
9500 |
1973 |
7480 |
1936 |
4200 |
1974 |
8556 |
1937 |
4000 |
1975 |
7450 |
1938 |
6655 |
1976 |
8373 |
1939 |
7637 |
1977 |
5732 |
1940 |
9500 |
1978 |
8891 |
1941 |
11000 |
1979 |
8552 |
1942 |
11185 |
1980 |
7980 |
1943 |
11700 |
1981 |
6300 |
1944 |
NA |
1982 |
7235 |
1945 |
6443 |
1983 |
6269 |
1946 |
8000 |
1984 |
5366 |
1947 |
NA |
1985 |
6266 |
1948 |
NA |
1986 |
6726 |
1949 |
9423 |
TABLE A2. Annual counts (N) of elk in the Rocky Mountain National Park (RMNP), Colorado, Yellowstone National Park (YNP), Wyoming, the Gravelly Mountains (Gravelly), Montana, USA, and bison in Yellowstone National Park. Missing data are marked with “NA.”
Year |
RMNP elk (N) |
YNP elk (N) |
Gravelly Elk (N) |
YNP bison (N) |
1965 |
510 |
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1966 |
521 |
442 |
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1967 |
502 |
229 |
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1968 |
382 |
401 |
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1969 |
677 |
4309 |
1891 |
418 |
1970 |
502 |
5593 |
2519 |
484 |
1971 |
591 |
7282 |
3118 |
718 |
1972 |
688 |
8215 |
2929 |
729 |
1973 |
467 |
9981 |
2923 |
785 |
1974 |
608 |
10529 |
2391 |
922 |
1975 |
538 |
12607 |
2044 |
1071 |
1976 |
988 |
12014 |
2396 |
1178 |
1977 |
580 |
8980 |
2506 |
1353 |
1978 |
932 |
12680 |
2749 |
1579 |
1979 |
826 |
10838 |
NA |
1783 |
1980 |
852 |
NA |
3457 |
2088 |
1981 |
918 |
NA |
3136 |
2397 |
1982 |
797 |
16019 |
3627 |
2245 |
1983 |
1562 |
NA |
3339 |
2157 |
1984 |
929 |
NA |
4252 |
2259 |
1985 |
1149 |
NA |
5256 |
2553 |
1986 |
864 |
16286 |
5015 |
2833 |
1987 |
896 |
17007 |
5055 |
2983 |
1988 |
978 |
18913 |
4015 |
3294 |
1989 |
812 |
10991 |
4890 |
3285 |
1990 |
868 |
14829 |
4892 |
3113 |
1991 |
1162 |
9451 |
5226 |
3440 |
1992 |
905 |
12859 |
5979 |
3628 |
1993 |
753 |
17585 |
5306 |
3408 |
1994 |
600 |
19045 |
7286 |
4119 |
1995 |
1221 |
16791 |
6917 |
4352 |
1996 |
788 |
NA |
5768 |
4010 |
1997 |
988 |
11692 |
7720 |
4076 |
1998 |
1184 |
11742 |
6396 |
2116 |
1999 |
1036 |
14538 |
8098 |
2333 |
2000 |
13400 |