© vigour via FlickrVoyageurs National Park has new plans that will aide in the investigation of the effects of climate change on moose pollution in the park. Up to 14 adult moose will be tagged with state-of-art telemetry collars in February.
The project is a collaborative effort among scientists from the park, the University of Minnesota-Duluth's Natural Resources Research Institute (NRRI), and the U.S. Geological Survey. Collars are equipped with GPS receivers that will record each animal's position every 15 minutes. Each collar is also fitted with external temperature and activity sensors, and will be retrieved when animals are recaptured in February 2011.
Voyageurs protects a moose population of between 50-90 animals, based on recent surveys, and is concerned with declining population.