F&G to Capture and Collar Elk, Moose and Wolves

Idaho Fish and Game wildlife biologists will soon be conducting helicopter surveys and radio collaring elk, moose and wolves in Big Game Management Unit 10. The radio-collaring effort will involve a combination of ground capture and helicopter capture, beginning in the middle of December and lasting through the end of January 2014. Biologists are planning to place collars on 20 calves and 30 adult elk; 10 calves and seven adult moose; and 10 to 15 wolves. This effort is part of a continuing research project to understand better the causes and consequences of ungulate mortality. Results from this study will be used to make informed wildlife management decisions related to wolf-ungulate populations in Idaho.