Volunteers clear old wire on Hiawatha to help protect wildlife
A portion of the volunteer wirepullers at the Taft exit on I-90 after their first day of removing wire near the Hiawatha Trail. A bull elk's rack is in the front showing the dangers this wire imposes on wildlife and the reason the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation organizes the two-day removal around the Fourth of July annually. (Monte Turner/Mineral Independent)
The fourth annual Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation wire-pull on the Montana/Idaho border had fewer volunteers this summer, but the enthusiasm for the project hasn't changed.
“Last year, there were around 100 people pulling wire here, but that’s because there was an article in Bugle magazine about it,” explained Wayne Brood, North Idaho Regional Director of the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation...
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