A huge herd of elk took over a neighborhood road in a snowy Colorado mountain town ... “All I see is snow, no grass.” The elks’ calls to each other are audible throughout the video.

The whisper of wind through snow-dusted pines ... of both wildlife and human communities. The future of Colorado’s elk herds and ski resorts is not a simple story of winners and losers.

Falgoust / NPS “Colorado has a robust elk herd, more than any other state — the most recent ... They also saw variability: Wolf predation of elk increased during high-snow years and decreased during ...