The Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife is conducting their annual moose population survey. Three IFW wildlife biologists, including moose biologist Lee Kantar, fly selected areas each year in a number of wildlife management districts across the state. The IFW crew does both population surveys and composition counts. The population survey is a number count, and the composition counts give biologists a glimpse at the compilation of the population, including the number of bulls compared to

Working for Wildlife This exciting video highlights ADF&G biologists in the field capturing, weighing, and fitting short-yearling moose with radio collars. Short-yearling moose are captured and weighed regularly in different regions of the state because their weights are an important indicator of habitat quality and the nutritional status of moose populations. The Working for Wildlife video series highlights research and management activities conducted by wildlife biologists with the Alaska Depa