tule elk
noun
plural tule elk also tule elks
: a relatively small North American elk (Cervus canadensis nannodes synonym C. elaphus nannodes) native to California
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The suit also challenges the legality of the National Park Service decision to remove fencing that restricts tule elk from some areas of the park being used for agriculture.
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Richard Halstead, The Mercury News, 4 Mar. 2025
It was established by then-president Barack Obama in 2015 to protect the region’s biodiversity including tule elk, relic prairies and riparian habitat.
—Ari Plachta, Sacramento Bee, 28 Feb. 2025
Elsewhere on public lands, the longstanding conflict between cattle and native tule elk at Northern California’s Point Reyes National Seashore is (mostly) coming to an end.
—Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2025
In other wildlife news, the National Park Service has chosen the health of Point Reyes’ tule elk over the interests of nearby cattle ranchers.
—Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 10 Dec. 2024
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Richard Halstead, The Mercury News, 4 Mar. 2025
It was established by then-president Barack Obama in 2015 to protect the region’s biodiversity including tule elk, relic prairies and riparian habitat.
—Ari Plachta, Sacramento Bee, 28 Feb. 2025
Elsewhere on public lands, the longstanding conflict between cattle and native tule elk at Northern California’s Point Reyes National Seashore is (mostly) coming to an end.
—Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2025
In other wildlife news, the National Park Service has chosen the health of Point Reyes’ tule elk over the interests of nearby cattle ranchers.
—Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 10 Dec. 2024
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“Tule elk.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tule%20elk. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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