Annual aerial moose surveys underway

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry is conducting moose aerial inventory surveys in wildlife management units across the province to help monitor moose populations across Ontario.

Between December and February, the staff is using aircraft to look for moose and their tracks in fresh, deep snow. Survey information about the number, age, and sex of moose is used to inform moose and habitat management.

Most survey flights will take place over northern Ontario, but some will also survey areas around Bancroft, Parry Sound, Bracebridge, and Peterborough, among others.

As is the case every year, survey completion depends on appropriate weather conditions and adequate snow to ensure staff can reliably detect moose and their tracks from aircraft.

More information about moose management and monitoring is available here.