Isle Royale NP moose fitted with tracking collars for the first time since 1985

ISLE ROYALE, MI - For the first time since 1985, researchers doing the long-running winter study of wolves and moose on Michigan’s remote Isle Royale have placed tracking collars on some of the island’s moose.

The work was finished last Saturday, according to a social media post from the researchers. They used small teams of people working on the ground, in spotter planes to find the moose, then in helicopters to assist with capture.

https://www.mlive.com/news/2019/02/isle-royale-moose-get-tracking-collars-first-time-since-1985.html

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