The Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry wants you to be aware that annual aerial moose surveys are underway, as the MNRF is in in the air in wildlife management units across the province to help monitor moose populations.
Between December and February, staff are using aircraft to look for moose and their tracks in fresh, deep snow.
Flight crews are gathering survey information about the number, age, and sex of moose, which is used to inform moose and habitat management.
Most survey flights will take place over Northern Ontario, but we will also survey areas around Bancroft, and the western limits of Renfrew County.
Survey completion depends on appropriate weather and adequate snow cover (to ensure staff can reliably detect moose and their tracks from aircraft).
More information is available at ontario.ca/page/moose-population-management.
By Rick Stow
