EditorialCore samples for testing stacked in sheds on Beverly Beethe?s farm, the site of a future niobium mine in Elk Creek, Neb., on Dec. 8, 2022. (Arin Yoon/The New York Times)
EditorialElk Mountain, an area at the center of a legal dispute over access to public land that is surrounded by a private ranch, in Elk Mountain, Wyo., Nov. 15, 2022. (James Stukenberg/The New York Times)
EditorialA Sacramento County crew clears a tangle of downed trees from a road in Elk Grove, Calif., on Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2023. (Max Whittaker/The New York Times)
EditorialChris Del Rosario, a partner in a French bulldog breeding business with his brother, Jaymar Del Rosario, rides with a night stick and gun in case anyone dares to steal his dog Cashew, in Elk Grove, Calif., on May 18, 2022. (Jim Wilson/The New York Times)
EditorialFrom left, Anna Valdez’s “Magritte Inspired” and “Elk Antler with Taxidermy Alligator Head” at the Ochi gallery at NADA New York in Lower Manhattan, May 4, 2022. (Jeenah Moon/The New York Times)
EditorialMembers of the dance troupe Indigenous Enterprise, from left: Kenneth Shirley, Nathaniel Slick Nez, Acosia Red Elk, Jorge Gonzalez-Zuniga Jr., Adrian D. Thomas, Tyrenn Lodgepole and Dominic Pablo in Phoenix, Oct. 25, 2021. (Tomás Karmelo Amaya/The New York Times)
EditorialMembers of the dance troupe Indigenous Enterprise, from left: Kenneth Shirley, Nathaniel Slick Nez, Acosia Red Elk, Jorge Gonzalez-Zuniga Jr., Adrian D. Thomas, Tyrenn Lodgepole and Dominic Pablo in Phoenix, Oct. 25, 2021. (Tomás Karmelo Amaya/The New York Times)
EditorialIn a photo from Jared Lamb/Colorado Parks and Wildlife, an elk with a tire around its neck, spotted by a Colorado wildlife officer who was conducting a survey of bighorn sheep and mountain goats in the Mount Evans Wilderness in 2019. (Jared Lamb/Colorado Parks and Wildlife via The New York Times)
EditorialPresident Joe Biden speaks at a Clayco construction site in Elk Grove Village, Ill. on Thursday, Oct. 7, 2021, about the importance of COVID-19 vaccine mandates. (Doug Mills/The New York Times)