Pronghorns gain ground

North America’s fastest land animal is getting some traction in Washington. Up from zero in 2011, about 400 fleet-hoofed pronghorn antelope are roaming East Side sage and rangelands from the Yakima area to the Okanogan, the result of reintroduction efforts by two Native American tribes and sportsmen.

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Wed., Feb. 27, 2019

Joe Greenhaw, a hunter and member of Safari Club International from Western Washington, scans lands near the Yakima Indian Reservation during a pronghorn survey in February. Greenhaw has helped raise money for funding pronghorn reintroduction since 2001. Rich Landers/COUTESY

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Biologists and volunteers handle a captured pronghorn in Nevada, one of 50 transported to Washington and released in January on the Yakama Indian Reservation.
Pronghorns, the fastest big-game animals in North America, seem to be taking hold on and just off the Yakama Indian Reservation after three reintroductions since 2011. Rich Landers/COURTESY

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