Moose Research Project

The Wyoming Game and Fish Department has partnered with the University of Wyoming’s Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit to conduct a moose research project in an area that has been proposed for natural gas development south of Jackson. Researchers have captured and fit 30 adult moose with GPS radio collars to learn more about their habitat selection and migration patterns. Game and Fish Spokesman Mark Gocke says the study is designed to gain detailed baseline information about moose habitat use, migration and survival, particularly in the Noble Basin area of the upper Hoback River basin; prior to development of a proposed natural gas field there. Gocke says the energy development company, Plains Exploration and Protuction, provided matching funds to what was provided by the Governor’s Office to conduct the project