Utah is the latest state to study it's Moose population.........Calving rates of 60 to 70-% in the Wasatch and Uintas ecosystems have Utah State and Dept. of Ntl Resources researchers optimistic about the population...........Further data on recruitment survival will be needed to determine if this optimism is rewarded............Half of the study animals that have died have been from winter tics so there is a a caution as to forecasting the current and eventual health status of this population

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Researchers study

 health of Utah's

 moose population

Grant Hindsley7:33 p.m. MDT June 21, 2015

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