Alaska Department of Fish and Game biologists will better understand the Chilkat Valley’s moose population after it begins a new capture and collar study this spring.
Since 1959, Fish and Game biologists have counted as many moose as they could from a plane. The technique is called the “minimum count” and the ability for biologists to count moose depends on the weather.
“In 2014 we only counted 140 something moose because the conditions were horrible,”…
