CPWMA

In the late 1990s Turnbull NWR and WDFW biologists declared the duck/goose refuge to be over its carrying capacity (200) for elk, thus damaging aspen ecosystems. From a volunteer couple, CPWMA was formed in 2011. After being over populated with elk for approx. eighteen years, Turnbull (a FWS refuge) has now been below elk carrying capacity for the last three years (WDFW helicopter surveys). It took only three years of concentrated WDFW, Turnbull and CPWMA effort to reach carrying capacity from a high of 450 elk in 2010. The 2019 WDFW survey showed 204 elk in Turnbull. All elk have not been killed. Three large herds have now been "encouraged" to stay away from Turnbull year round. (Idaho border, Tyler, and Rock Lake)... Columbia Plateau Wildlife Management Association is organized exclusively as a charitable non-profit land management association offering free controlled hunting access to youth, disabled, and other hunters with limited or no access to hunting property, while providing..

Also known as: Columbia Plateau Wildlife Management, Columbia Plateau Wildlife Management Association

Primary location: Cheney United States