CRC
Old Mossy Horns
The entire 5-year project including transporting elk, constructing the acclimation pen, buying
tracking collars the research cost approximately $1.1million. All of this cost was been provided
by donations from the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation (RMEF)($800,000 over 5 years), the
Friends of the Smokies ($200,000), and the Great Smoky Mountains Association ($100,000). No
special federal funding has directed towards the project. Funding since 2005 has come entirely
from the REMF.
http://www.nps.gov/grsm/learn/management/upload/Brief-Elk.pdf
Thats a lot of money to spend to bring elk back. I didn't realize it cost that much.