Northwest Minnesota Moose Pregnancy Rates

1996 1997 1998 1999

Beltrami Forest Study Area

38% 50% 33% 80%

Agassiz National Wildlife Refuge

50% 42% 28% 64%

Viking Agricultural Study Area

no cows captured in 1996 75% 43% 57%

For comparison to other moose populations:
Adult pregnancy rates averaged 84.2% in 15 populations of moose in Alaska and Canada, with a high of 100% and low of 60%.

 

Percent of pregnancy rates 1996-1999

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URL: http://midwest.fws.gov/agassiz/moose.html
Last updated on: February 25, 2000
Minnesota Moose Mystery managers:
Margaret Anderson, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Gretchen Mehmel, Minnesota DNR - Wildlife
Questions and comments on this web site: Mike Caucutt