Tracy Fiander hit one of her regular roadblocks on the way to work last week: dozens of elk stampeding across Provincial Road 340. The spot where Fiander spotted the elk was between Wawanesa and Shilo, roughly 170 kilometres southwest of Winnipeg. WATCH | Elk cross Manitoba highway one morning last week:Scores of elk cross Manitoba highway CBC News Manitoba 1:30 Tracy Fiander captured this video of a herd of elk passing in front of her vehicle in western Manitoba earlier this month. A range of factors have influenced elk habitat, the province says, including environmental change, fire disturbance, herbivory and human activity. While there were once six subspecies of elk believed to have existed in North America, only four remain, the province says: the Manitoban Elk, the Roosevelt Elk, the Tule Elk and the Rocky Mountain Elk.

Source: CBC News March 27, 2021 01:41 UTC