Although Janet Lindquist spotted this moose just off of Highway 61, it seems as if moose sightings are becoming less frequent. Your help is needed in recording moose encounters.
Hunters and wildlife watchers are seeing fewer moose in northeastern Minnesota. A scientfic study shows higher than expected mortality of adult moose. Calf production is also lower than it has been in the past. In northwestern Minnesota moose declined from over 4,000 to fewer than 100 in less than 20 years.
Could the Arrowhead Region — with over 7,000 moose — be starting a similar decline? Natural Resources Research Institute scientists are teaming up with state, federal and tribal natural resource organizations to understand what is happening to moose populations in northeastern Minnesota, and citizens are being asked to help.
The study team is asking people to report any moose sightings across northern Minnesota via their Web site at www.nrri. umn.edu/moose. Sick or dead moose should be reported immediately to the local DNR office.
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