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Aerial moose survey held last month
REGIONAL— DNR biologists should have an updated moose census for 2022, with extrapolated results expected to be issued in late February or early March. The annual aerial survey has been an …
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Aerial moose survey held last month
REGIONAL— DNR biologists should have an updated moose census for 2022, with extrapolated results expected to be issued in late February or early March.
The annual aerial survey has been an important management tool for the DNR as it seeks to better understand dramatic changes in the state’s moose population in recent decades. The DNR canceled the survey last winter due to COVID-19 concerns, but the agency was able to complete the survey last month, with assistance from DNR pilots and biologists from the DNR, the Fond du Lac Band and the 1854 Treaty Authority.
The team surveyed 53 plots in the northeastern Minnesota moose range to assess both the population and the forest conditions being utilized by moose. Those results form the basis for the annual moose population estimate, which has remained generally stable in recent years at an estimate of about 3,000-4,000 animals.
