29 years before President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed legislation to create Olympic National Park in 1938, President Teddy Roosevelt designated a part of the Olympic Forest Reserve as Mount Olympus National Monument. This was primarily to protect a large herd of forest elk for whom the Olympic Mountains served as a breeding ground. In fact, this is where Roosevelt Elk get their name.
Have you spotted any Roosevelt Elk while hiking in ONP?
Keisha the Virtual Intern
NPS Photo
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