It’s no mystery to hunters that Moose populations in certain areas of the province have declined sharply in the last few years. In some areas declines as much as 50-70% were reported via recent population surveys. In February of 2012 a 5 year provincially-coordinated moose research project began to determine moose population change in relation to mountain pine beetle and salvage logging. The PDF below are the results so far in a nicely laid out summary.
Factors Affecting Moose Populations in Central BC
Thanks Go To The Following For Funding This Research Project
- British Columbia Government
- University of Northern British Columbia
- University of Victoria
- John Prince Research Forest
- Habitat Conservation Trust Foundation
- Tl’azt’en Nation
- Nak’azdli Band
- Skeetchestn Indian Band
- West Fraser Timber Company
- University of Calgary
- University of Montana
- University of Trent
For the skeena river area I’ve noticed more moose carcase on the train tracks…due to the increase container ship traffic out of prince rupert port…the cn traffic is like 2/3 fold increase compared to before the the container port …
Thank you for sharing your observation Eugene!