Fish and Game survey suggests stable valley moose population

The Chilkat Valley’s moose population appears to be stable, according to an Alaska Department of Fish and Game survey conducted last month.

State wildlife biologist Carl Koch counted 191 moose from an airplane Nov. 8 and Nov. 18.

That’s slightly above the average of the last 10 minimum counts (188) and slightly below the average of all counts since 1982 (193), Koch said. This year’s survey was the first completed since 2016; none was conducted…