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A glance at moose populations in selected states
Here's a look at some significant moose populations in the <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com
U.S.</st1:country-region> according to officials from wildlife agencies in those states. Experts caution that making accurate population estimates is difficult.
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MAINE:</st1:State> Roughly 60,000 and remaining strong despite habitat change.
<st1:State w:st="on"><ST1NEW HAMPSHIRE</st1:State>: About 4,600, held at that level by hunting. Winter ticks cause large die-offs in some years, especially among calves. Brainworm is present, but mostly in the south where deer numbers are high.
<st1:State w:st="on"><ST1VERMONT</ST1l</st1:State>: About 4,000 and the habitat could support many more, but the population is kept stable through hunting to limit conflicts with humans, with no noticeable effects from climate change.
<st1:State w:st="on">MICHIGAN</st1:State>: <ST1Isle Royale moose population fell to about 530 last winter, plus or minus 100. There are also about 450 moose in the <ST1Upper Peninsula, where they were reintroduced in the 1980s.
<st1:State w:st="on">MINNESOTA</st1:State>: An estimated 7,600 moose, nearly all in the forests of northeastern <st1:State w:st="on"><ST1Minnesota</st1:State>. About 100 remain in northwestern <st1:State w:st="on"><ST1Minnesota</st1:State>, down from at least 4,000 in the early 1980s.
<st1:State w:st="on"><ST1IDAHO</st1:State>: About 15,000, and the herd is stable and expanding its range.
<st1:State w:st="on">WYOMING</st1:State>: An estimated 7,700, which includes many in <ST1<st1laceName w:st="on">Yellowstone</st1laceName> <st1laceType w:st="on">National Park</st1laceType>.
ALSAKA: Estimated at about 150,000.
A glance at moose populations in selected states
Here's a look at some significant moose populations in the <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com
<st1:State w:st="on"><ST1
MAINE:</st1:State> Roughly 60,000 and remaining strong despite habitat change.<st1:State w:st="on"><ST1
NEW HAMPSHIRE</st1:State>: About 4,600, held at that level by hunting. Winter ticks cause large die-offs in some years, especially among calves. Brainworm is present, but mostly in the south where deer numbers are high.<st1:State w:st="on"><ST1
VERMONT</ST1l</st1:State>: About 4,000 and the habitat could support many more, but the population is kept stable through hunting to limit conflicts with humans, with no noticeable effects from climate change.<st1:State w:st="on">MICHIGAN</st1:State>: <ST1
Isle Royale moose population fell to about 530 last winter, plus or minus 100. There are also about 450 moose in the <ST1Upper Peninsula, where they were reintroduced in the 1980s.<st1:State w:st="on">MINNESOTA</st1:State>: An estimated 7,600 moose, nearly all in the forests of northeastern <st1:State w:st="on"><ST1
Minnesota</st1:State>. About 100 remain in northwestern <st1:State w:st="on"><ST1Minnesota</st1:State>, down from at least 4,000 in the early 1980s.<st1:State w:st="on"><ST1
IDAHO</st1:State>: About 15,000, and the herd is stable and expanding its range.<st1:State w:st="on">WYOMING</st1:State>: An estimated 7,700, which includes many in <ST1
<st1laceName w:st="on">Yellowstone</st1laceName> <st1laceType w:st="on">National Park</st1laceType>.ALSAKA: Estimated at about 150,000.
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