elk00.jpg##The first elk calf of the year in Jackson County was found on May 25th, 2017. elkrel38.jpg##Infrared image of elk right outside a trap. elkrel41.jpg##Crew members overcame major challenges during a great trapping effort in 2016. elkrel36.jpg##Elk being transported in Kentucky. elkrel31.jpg##DNR Staff ear tagging an elk. elkrel32.jpg##Staff ear tagging another elk. elkrel35.jpg##A processed cow added to the herd. elkrel40.jpg##A very photogenic elk in the Kentucky quarantine pen. elkrel37.jpg##Elk reintroduction takes a lot of moving parts! elkrel58.jpg##DNR Staff looking over the elk as they arrive in Jackson County. elkrel33.jpg##New arrivals shortly after being released in Jackson County quarantine pen. elkrel34.jpg##New Wisconsin elk shortly after arrival. elkrel43.jpg##New arrivals relaxing in the quarantine pen. elkrel46.jpg##DNR Staff taking measurements and fitting a calf with a radio collar. elkrel44.jpg##The first calf of 2016 after measurements and collaring. elkrel54.jpg##DNR Staff affix a tracking collar on a calf prior to release. elkrel45.jpg##A cow and calf trying to outrun the deer flies! elkrel47.jpg##2016 saw many calves being born, evident in this photo. elkrel50.jpg##DNR Staff affixing a GPS collar to an elk and conducting final health tests. elkrel51.jpg##A recently collared young bull returning to the herd in the pen. elkrel52.jpg##The health testing and collaring crew after a successful days work. elkrel53.jpg##The elk are back! elkrel55.jpg##Elk leaving the pen at the conclusion of the required 120 day quarantine. elkrel56.jpg##Bull gets his first look outside the quarantine pen. elkrel49.jpg##Trail camera photo of the first known wild born calf in the Black River Elk Range in over 100 years. elkrel57.jpg##One of the bulls released in 2015 on the Jackson County landscape. elkrel42.jpg##Members of the 2015 cohort out and about. elkrel54_640x480.jpg##Cow group in Jackson County, captured on a Snapshot Wisconsin camera. (2017) elkrel53_640x480.jpg##Elk calf. (2017) elkrel56_640x480.jpg##Elk being driven to the processing facility during final health testing. (2017) elkrel30_640x480.jpg##A series of sliding gates help move animals through the processing facility one at a time. (2017) elkrel73_640x480.jpg##Elk in the processing facility waiting for final health check and fitting of GPS tracking collar. (2017) elkrel75_640x480.jpg##Waiting for final health checks. (2017) elkrel55_640x480.jpg##Making final adjustments to a GPS tracking collar. (2017) elkrel80_640x480.jpg##Two bull elk in Jackson County elkrel81_640x480.jpg##A bull elk near Clam lake" elkrel82_640x480.jpg##A bull elk elkrel83_640x480.jpg##A fall sighting of a bull elk in Sawyer County elkrel84_640x480.jpg##A bull elk taking a “selfie” near Clam Lake elkrel85_640x480.jpg##A cow elk elkrel86_640x480.jpg##An elk running through the woods near Clam Lake elkrel87_640x480.jpg##A mom and her baby feeding elkrel88_640x480.jpg##An elk making his way through the snow in Sawyer County elkrel89_640x480.jpg##A bull elk near Clam Lake elkrel90_640x480.jpg##A cow elk in Jackson County RMEFAward_640x480.jpg##DNR receives the 2018 RMEF Conservationist of the Year Award for its efforts in bringing wild elk back to Wisconsin