The historic ranges of the species overlap, so geography isn't really a clue. And early research papers on the northwestern subspecies and Michigan's native moose simply aren't definitive.

The western U.P. moose range covers about 1,400 square miles. More: How boxing has turned into a bridge between Detroit and Ireland More: Black women's expo heads back to Detroit for first time in ...

The 2023 moose survey in the western U.P., the last one done, estimated the count to be between 334 and 518 moose. There have been efforts over the years to increase the herd, but the numbers are ...

The moose population of Michigan's western Upper Peninsula has not significantly grown since 2019, ... The western U.P. moose core range covers about 1,400 square miles in parts of Marquette, ...

The latest biennial survey by the Department of Natural Resources produced an estimate of 323 moose in their primary Michigan range, which includes Baraga, Iron and Marquette counties.

Managing Michigan’s moose. ... More than 2,000 moose — too many for such a small range — roam the small island due in large part to a nearly nonexistent wolf population.

About 420 moose live in Michigan’s western Upper Peninsula, and roughly another 100 live on the east side of the peninsula. The population has steadily grown since the 1980s, when DNRE officials ...

Now, the Michigan DNR says researchers will be placing tracking collars on some of the state’s moose to study what factors may be limiting that population growth. The plan is to fit 60 moose ...

This project is a first of its kind in Michigan, intended to help learn why the moose population has remained at only 500 animals, which is lower than expected. The GPS collars transmit once an ...

Northern Michigan University scientists reported in 2015 that moose browsing had gradually thinned the park’s forests and converted some areas to grassy plains.

But Michigan moose live at the southern edge of the moose range; and only a few hundred such animals are believed to exist. Every two years since 1997, ...