MARQUETTE COUNTY, MI— The Michigan Department of Natural Resources completed the first round of captures for a western U.P. moose study last week.
The study—a collaboration between the DNR, Keweenaw Bay Indian Community, and Northern Michigan University—will study the factors limiting population growth in the U.P.
The team met its primary goal of capturing and collaring 20 moose, including five calves, five bulls and ten cows. The tracking collars will help researchers learn more about the Upper Peninsula core moose population, which has been declining in recent years.
Next winter, researchers plan to capture and collar 40 more moose in Marquette County.
