Evaluating Elk Distribution and Conflict Under Proposed Management Alternatives at the National Elk Refuge in Jackson, Wyoming

This software release contains the code necessary to produce the elk habitat selection models used to support the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service feeding decisions for the National Elk Refuge. The models project elk space use under five management alternatives: continued feeding, no feeding, reduced ration, halt feeding after CWD threshold is met, and halt feeding after five years of increased harvest. Elk abundance estimates were derived from concurrent population and disease modeling efforts. Spatial metrics relating to elk use of private property, brucellosis transmission risk, and effects on sensitive habitats are calculated.