National Elk Refuge

The U.S, Fish and Wildlife Service manages a 23,754 acre elk refuge on the southeastern border of  Grand Teton National Park.
Each winter five to ten thousand elk call this area home. They migrate from the high plateaus and mountains.

At the end of the winter season local civic groups, including the Boy Scouts, gather shed elk antlers from the refuge. These antlers are auctioned for sale; money raised helps provide supplemental feed for the wintering elk.

The Visitor Center in Jackson, WY has excellent displays and exhibits about the Elk Refuge.

Arches of elk antler form entry gates into Jackson's town square.