We have a conundrum as it relates to our Great Lakes Moose population, once so vibrant and now seemingly in severe decline. Simultaneous to this decline is the acceleration of the Moose population in New England and New York State........................Moose have recolonized this region in ever growing
numbers............perhaps 4000 in Vermont alone........................New York, New Hampshire, Maine...................even outside Greenwich and Stanford Connecticut, Moose are being spotted in wooded suburbs! Our Moose biologists have identified warming temperatures as primary reason for Moose decline in the Upper Midwest. Warm temps allow ticks to breed and multiply--a very harmful bloodsucker of Moose! Simultaneously, the warmth allows whitetail deer to expand their range Northward. Deer carry a brain worm that kills Moose........................you combine the ticks and the worm with the occasional snowy winter(food hard to come by) and you have the perfect storm for Moose decline. What is so fascinating is that these same variables are at play in the Northeast and still the Moose population expands there!.......
numbers............perhaps 4000 in Vermont alone........................New York, New Hampshire, Maine...................even outside Greenwich and Stanford Connecticut, Moose are being spotted in wooded suburbs! Our Moose biologists have identified warming temperatures as primary reason for Moose decline in the Upper Midwest. Warm temps allow ticks to breed and multiply--a very harmful bloodsucker of Moose! Simultaneously, the warmth allows whitetail deer to expand their range Northward. Deer carry a brain worm that kills Moose........................you combine the ticks and the worm with the occasional snowy winter(food hard to come by) and you have the perfect storm for Moose decline. What is so fascinating is that these same variables are at play in the Northeast and still the Moose population expands there!.......
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