The tule elk is a subspecies of elk found only in California, seen here at Tomales point in point Reyes National Seashore. When Europeans arrived in the area, an estimated 500,000 tule elk roamed these regions, but the animals were thought to have been hunted to extiction by 1870. A single pair was discovered on the reach of the cattle baron Henry Miller in 1874. He ordered his men to proted them, and is credited with the survival of the subspecies. as of 2019, the total California population is estimated to be 5,700.