The Province of Manitoba, Canada Announces Additional Moose-Hunting Closures In the West-Central District

-
Government of Manitoba Release
Declining Population Needs TimeTo Rebuild
P in P photo
Effective immediately, moose hunting is closed to all hunters in the area north of Porcupine Mountain in the Red Deer Lake area of Game Hunting Area (GHA) 12. A ban continues to be in place for all licensed hunting in this area, which was put in place last year.  Moose hunting is now also closed to licensed hunters in GHA 19A, east of Duck Mountain.
The moose population in GHA 12 has been declining and the ban is necessary to help the population recover.  The animals will be closely monitored and hunting restrictions may be lifted if the population grows to an acceptable level.

Signs to notify hunters of the closure are posted around the boundary of each GHA.  Hunters are reminded of the temporary closure of all moose hunting in and around the Duck Mountain, Porcupine Mountain and the Swan-Pelican areas of west-central Manitoba.  This closure includes hunting by treaty and Aboriginal rights holders in the following GHAs:

* 18, 18A, 18B, 18C (Duck Mountain area);

* 14, 14A (Swan-Pelican area); and

* 13, 13A (Porcupine Mountain area).

The Manitoba government will continue to work with First Nations, Métis and stakeholders to address all factors contributing to moose population declines.  This includes the continuation of wolf management programs in these areas, as wolves are a significant predator of moose.  The program also includes:

* a $250 incentive to trappers on registered trap-lines in these areas who harvest a wolf between Oct. 14 to March 31, 2015, and provide tissue samples;

* wolf-trapping workshops in Duck Mountain, eastern Manitoba and The Pas; and 

* aerial surveys to determine the wolf population and pack sizes.

More information on the moose hunting closure and the wolf management program can be found at: www.gov.mb.ca/conservation/wildlife/hunting/biggame/moose/.
- 30 -

Comments

Dan Soprovich - Wildlife Ecologist said…
Hi Larry.
I am well on top of this, sitting on Moose Advisory Board among other.

Wolves have a bearing. But there's much more to it than this. It is highly unlikely that the wolves were the principle cause of the decline. But I am aware of a case, published, for Minnesota where wolves, combined with successive winters of thick snow, led to deer being eliminated over a broad area, or essentially so. David Mech was one of the authors or the sole author.
Generally man, through excess hunting, is the prime cause or a big part of the reason, along with weather events. My own view is that out here some kind of disease may have had a very significant impact in places, but I have no specific evidence on that, it is fairly speculative. Habitat change has also been a factor over time.

Of particular importance, the Manitoba government has been completely asleep at the switch for some of the populations, even having licensed hunting seasons when the species was essentially extirpated for GHAs 14/14A. When I appeared before the Clean Environment Commission on Hydro's Bipole project, I suggested that the name of Manitoba Conservation should be changed to the Department of "let's kill the last moose in GHA 1414A."

The wolf control can speed up recovery of the populations. The wolves bear the brunt of our mismanagement on a number of occasions.

Dan Soprovich - See more at: http://www.planetinperil.ca/2014/08/province-of-manitoba-canada-announces.html#sthash.OlzBLhyd.dpuf
September 8, 2014 at 8:45 PM
jassibush said…
I’m satisfied with the information that you provide for me and thanks for this because sometimes people face this problem.alaska guided moose hunting trips
June 30, 2020 at 6:57 AM
Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Conservative MP Absent From a Child Poverty Forum in Southwestern Manitoba.

-
Image
Are hungry kids a priority for the Harper government? by Larry Powell The forum (for the riding of Dauphin - Swan River - Neepawa) was sponsored by the Mission and Services Committee of the Neepawa United Church. It drew about 80 people to the church on Wednesday. But only four of the five candidates (see below) took part in the debate -  Ray  Piché  (Liberal),   Kate Storey (Green Party),  Inky Mark (Ind.) and  Laverne Lewycky (NDP) . The 5th candidate, the sitting Conservative MP for the area, Robert Sopuck (represented by the empty chair on the right), did not attend. His office manager in Neepawa, Christine Waddell, said he was in Inglis, a small community in the western part of the riding for the evening. She did not elaborate. But she did explain that a campaign worker was mistaken when he told forum organizers earlier that Mr. Sopuck would, in fact be there. Piché , the Liberal candidate, said the MP's absence showed “disrespect” for the rest of the candidates
Read more

A Candidate's Forum on Child Poverty Touches a Nerve in Manitoba.

-
Image
by Larry Powell Planet In Peril has sorted through some of the confusion surrounding the absence of Robert Sopuck (above), the Conservative Member of Parliament for Dauphin-Swan River-Neepawa,  from a candidates' forum on child poverty in Neepawa on Wednesday.  About a month ago, his office told forum organizers that he would be attending.  But his office manager in Neepawa, Christine Waddell, later announced he could not attend due to "scheduling conflicts." She said the night of the event, he was in Inglis, a small town in the western part of his riding.  This morning, however, Sopuck himself told PinP he had actually been in Roblin, a larger town just north of Inglis. A newspaper ad indicated it was a "meet and greet" affair. But that was in the morning in Roblin, a town within a 3-hour drive of Neepawa. So it's still not clear what the event in Inglis was which took priority over a candidate's forum. The MP bristled at my suggestion th
Read more

The Bio of Larry Powell - publisher of this blog.

-
Image
Larry Powell Powell is a veteran, award-winning journalist based in Shoal Lake, Manitoba, Canada. He specialize in stories about agriculture and the environment. For decades, he worked for broadcast outlets in all four provinces in western Canada. This included a 5 years stint as Senior Editor for CBC Radio News in Saskatchewan. He is authorized to receive embargoed news releases on important, global stories, through the Science Media Centre of Canada, the Royal Society, Nature Research and the World Weather Attribution Network. He's a member of the Science Writers and Communicators of Canada, the Canadian Association of  Journalists and a past member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. In 2020, Powell joined an international team of writers providing articles for the Swiss-based online journal, Focusing on Wildlife - celebrating  the biodiversity of Planet Earth. In June, 2014, he was a panelist at a world conference in          Winnipeg entitled Holding
Read more