Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mar. 29—State biologists are recommending an increase of just 1 percent to the moose permits for the 2022 fall hunt, Maine moose ...

Maine moose biologist Lee Kantar said 72% of the state’s GPS-collared moose calves died before reaching their first birthday ...

The moose is the official state animal of Maine. Maine's Moose Population Was at Its Lowest in the Early 20th Century According to the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, there are ...

Maine’s moose biologist, Lee Kantar has one job: protect the state’s moose. Yet strange as it seems, he and others in the small universe of moose biologists now agree that the best way to do that is ...

“Every single time I see a moose, it's fascinating. I've seen thousands of moose. I do aerial surveys. And I've handled moose. I've been up close and personal with moose. And it doesn't bore me for a ...

According to the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, there are about 40,000 to 60,000 moose in the state. That number is down from 25 years ago, when the population was at its peak, ...