Low numbers may help Adirondack moose weather climate change
“We don’t have many moose, and that’s probably a very good situation to be in."
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Moose on the trail
By Phil Brown
It’s one thing to stare at a moose; it’s another to have a moose stare at you.
Moose evidence piles up on Norton Peak
By Phil Brown
I had read that this region—dubbed the Sable Highlands—has the largest concentration of moose in the Adirondacks, but I still was astounded by the abundance of scat.
Alleged moose poacher to appear in court
Moose are protected mammals in New York State. The species was once common in the state, but disappeared in the 1860s after habitat destruction and unregulated hunting. They returned to northern New York from neighboring areas beginning in 1980, taking advantage of abandoned farms and regenerated forests.
DEC spots 175 moose in aerial survey
By Mike Lynch
State wildlife staff completed their annual winter aerial surveys for the animal in January.
Vermont Arrests Man In Moose Poaching Case
By Phil Brown
Last week we posted a news release about the search for the culprit who killed a lactating moose out of season and dragged it for eleven miles on a road in Vermont. Today, Vermont authorities announced they made an arrest in the case. Following is a news release from the Vermont Fish and Wildlife. Wardens…
Cow Moose Shot, Dragged Behind Vehicle
By Phil Brown
Last month someone illegally shot a cow moose in Vermont and dragged it behind a vehicle for more than eleven miles, leaving the dead body by the side of the road. The moose was lactating, suggesting it had a calf nearby. One Vermonter was so outraged that she has started a GoFundMe campaign to track…
Moose inspires idea for trail
Advocates say 400-mile route from the Adirondacks to Algonquin Park would promote international wildlife corridor. By ALAN WECHSLER The two-year journey of a seven-hundred-pound moose named Alice has inspired plans for a long-distance trail that would connect the Adirondacks to Ontario’s Algonquin Provincial Park. The Algonquin to Adirondacks (A2A) Trail would combine existing hiking trails, rail trails, main roads, and back roads to…
Boreal species in trouble
By Mike Lynch
Climate change poses a threat to moose and other life forms—plants and animals—at the southern edge of their range in the Adirondacks. By Mike Lynch On a warm day in June, state wildlife biologist Ben Tabor knelt in a dark forest in the northern Adirondacks, peering through his binoculars at a dark shape a few…
Natural connections
Scientists see wild corridors as essential for the long-term health of wildlife and plants. By Erika Schielke Once extirpated from the region, moose began trickling back to the Adirondacks in the 1980s and now number around eight hundred. It’s thought that they migrated here from Vermont or Ontario. “They did come in from somewhere. Where…