Minnesota DNR records highest moose population in over decade

Photo by: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
Photo by: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

(St. Paul, MN) -- The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources says the state's moose population is at the highest in over a decade.

Surveyors found an estimated population of 47-hundred in 2022. The 2020 count found nearly 42-hundred.

Officials say the moose population is leveling off after a steep drop in the mid-2000s from over 81-hundred.

For more information, click here.