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Article: Isle Royale's moose numbers continue crash: ENVIRONMENT: Once-booming moose population faces tough times, while wolf packs show strain of dwindling food source.
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- Duluth News-Tribune (Duluth, MN)
- Article date:
- March 10, 2006
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Byline: John Myers
Mar. 10--The number of moose on Isle Royale dropped to 450 this winter, the lowest level since scientists began tracking the animals nearly a half-century ago. The moose population is down from 540 last year and is just a fraction of the all-time high moose population of 2,442 in 1995. The number of wolves on the island are holding steady at 30, according to the annual survey by Michigan Technological University researchers. But that may not last as moose become too scarce to feed the island's three wolf packs. The winter survey, the 48th annual, is the longest-running predator-prey study in the world. Moose have been declining for ...
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