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Relative percent calving home range overlap proved to be a poor method of <br />determining differences in fidelity between years or groups of elk. No <br />significant differences were found between years or groups of elk for general or <br />refined calving home ranges. Overall mean for home range overlap between <br />May 15 - June 30 and May 25 - June 15 were 54% and Z5% respectively (Tables 8 <br />and 9), <br />Linear distance between consecutive season activity centers for calving <br />home ranges proved to be much better for determining differences in fidelity <br />between groups of elk. For both the general calving home ranges (May 15 - June <br />30) and the refined home ranges (May 25 - June 30) yearlings had significantly <br />higher distances between calving activity centers than all other elk (Tables 10 <br />and 11). Summer migrants had significantly further distances between activity <br />centers than mine or control elk. There were na significant differences between <br />mine and control elk (Tables 10 and 11). The 1984 data for elk S2 was left out <br />of the statistical analysis in order to reduce variability. This was the only <br />elk that failed to return to its calving range and stayed on winter range during <br />the 1984 calving period. This elk apparently did not have a calf in 1984 and <br />was in poor condition following the particularly hard winter. However, she did <br />finally return to her summer range during July. <br />The mean distances between activity centers far both general (May 15 - June <br />30) and refined calving home ranges were identical, 1.17 mi (Tables 10 and 11). <br />Habitat Utilization And Selection <br />Habitat utilization and selection for or against was determined. <br />Utilization was the percentage of elk locations within each vegetation type. <br />Selection was defined as the statistically significant utilization of a <br />vegetation type greater or less than its availability. <br />For use in determining selection, two different methods were used to <br />determine available habitat. The first involved determining what vegetation <br />types were available over the entire 650 mil area over which transmittered elk <br />7 <br />