In Colorado, voters narrowly approved a controversial 2020 ballot measure to reintroduce wolves in the state-the final tally was 50.91 percent in favor of reintroduction and 49.09 percent against it. At Isle Royale and elsewhere, wolf reintroduction remains a hotly debated issue. Still, not everyone supports this type of human intervention into natural wildlife dynamics. “It’s been hugely successful,” says Sarah Hoy, an animal ecologist at Michigan Tech and one of the project’s leaders, to the AP. Together, these and other data suggest the island is on a path toward a healthy wolf population. Today, most of the wolves roaming the island were born there. Researchers have counted a handful of wolf litters since reintroduction efforts began in 2018. Last year, they suspect wolves had three-or possibly four-litters of pups. Within a year, those efforts appeared to be paying off: Researchers observed one litter of wolf pups in 2019, followed by two litters in both 20. To restore the predators’ numbers, biologists began trapping wolves in Minnesota, Canada and Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, then bringing them to the island. Just two, highly inbred wolves remained within the national park in January 2018, and scientists did not observe any new litters between 20. In 2018, wildlife experts with the National Park Service (NPS) began translocating wolves to the island to help boost their nearly nonexistent population and keep the number of overgrazing moose in check. Overall, this year’s survey results indicate slow and steady progress toward restoring the island’s predator-prey balance. In this way, the moose die-off-though dramatic-is “needed,” writes John Flesher of the Associated Press (AP). The moose also contribute to their own demise by overbrowsing the young trees, which prevents them from maturing and dropping pine cones that would create more firs. Isle Royale moose are suffering from malnutrition because their primary winter food sources, balsam fir saplings, are infested with spruce budworms. Moose are in decline because of a food shortage on the island. Though the growing wolf population is responsible for some of those deaths-researchers say wolves killed 26 moose from January to March this year-the vast majority of the behemoth mammals died of starvation. The number of moose now stands at 967 individuals, down from 1,346 last year and 2,060 in 2019. And scientists are hopeful the group will be even larger when they count again: Based on their observations, they suspect up to five female wolves may have pups this summer.īut wolves are only one part of the park’s wildlife management efforts-the island’s moose population, meanwhile, is on the decline. According to the latest survey led by researchers at Michigan Technological University, the wolf population has grown by three individuals since last year. The archipelago in northwestern Lake Superior-centered around a 207-square-mile island-is now home to 31 wolves, despite hosting only two in 2018. This article first appeared in the Winter Issue 2021 (Jan/Feb 2021) of Great Lakes Scuttlebutt magazine.Wolves are making a comeback at Isle Royale National Park in Michigan after nearly disappearing from the rugged island chain because of inbreeding and disease. Visit to discover more about this adventurous new yacht or contact us at. It will be brought to our commissioning facility in North Palm Beach to be serviced and ready to resume cruising. PAE will then take care of transporting the boat via ship to Fort Lauderdale. Pacific Asian Enterprises (PAE) offers buyers the chance to take delivery straight from the factory and cruise the Mediterranean for a season. With many Americans opting to take delivery in Florida, southern California, or the Pacific Northwest, some elect to receive their yacht right at Turkey’s factory. This not only means you have an expertly fitted boat but at an astounding price.īuyers can choose to take delivery at any port in the world. We’ve taken care of everything else, selecting an impressive list of the finest equipment, all standard. The result is a sleek, contemporary look: the cruising couple’s modern Nordhavn.Ĭonfigured with a single or two cabins, her owners can choose which Nordhavn 41 layout best suits their needs. It’s thanks to her stable and efficient hull design and deliberately-low profile. Stalwart and versatile, this exceptional yacht can take you across the Atlantic or keep you safe when navigating the Great Lakes at their punchiest.Įither way, she will provide the most comfortable, safe ride possible. Never before has there been a couple’s passage making yacht so beautifully designed and built with such capability.Īn ocean-going yacht designed to the most stringent CE Certification (Category A), the newest Nordhavn-at a very manageable 41 feet-is built with the sea and cruising in mind.
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