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A New Era is beginning A New Era is beginning A New Era is beginning for Alaska’s Moose!for Alaska’s Moose!for Alaska’s Moose!

Spring, 2008Spring, 2008Spring, 2008 Volume 4, Issue 1Volume 4, Issue 1Volume 4, Issue 1

“Let’s Grow Some Moose!” How important are moose to Alaska now?

Why is today any different than any other time regarding the im-portance of healthy moose popu-lations to Alaska and its people?

Oil has now selling near $110 a barrel while mandated ethanol is using a growing amount of corn every day to produce this alterna-tive energy. What does ethanol have to do with moose in Alaska? Read the following and conclude the same concern we are.

Fact #1 Ethanol is using corn at alarming rates in the U.S. to pro-duce this alternative fuel. The price of corn is going up and the availability is going down (it is),

Fact #2 If the entire corn product is now being consumed, cattle no longer feed on inexpensive corn byproducts (husks and stalks) and must eat wheat (they are),

Fact #3 The demand for corn is increasing its price thus more wheat farmers are now moving from wheat to corn to make more money (They are).

Fact #4 The reduction in grain being grown is now increasing wheat prices at unprecedented, record rates (they are).

Fact #5 The resulting feed for cattle, which was cheap corn by-product, is now very expensive wheat which will likely result in increasing beef prices for human

consumption (it is).

If Alaska had healthy, abundant moose populations throughout the state, the impact of increasing food prices would not be so severe. However, Alaska does not have healthy moose populations in many rural locations throughout the state. In order to find scarce moose during the hunting season, many hunters have to travel far distances to harvest them.

The importance of rebuilding our moose population is greater today than any other time in Alaska’s history. How can Alaskans choose to live away from cities with sky-rocketing energy and food costs.

Why did Charles Parker, President of Alaska Village Initiatives, and Tom Harris, CEO of Tyonek Na-tive Corporation, take the time to

pose with Gary Olson of the AMF with ‘Moose Force One’? Because they want everyone to know that not only is safety the principal component to encour-age moose away from highways but also with the more moose surviving the crossing of these collision corridors, the healthier these adjacent moose herds will be away from these highways.

DOT statistics have documented that 50% of the vehicle collisions are with cows and 40% are with calves (half of which are cows). These female moose being rou-tinely removed from the area are contributing to the detriment of local moose populations which many people rely on for food. The need for healthy Alaskan moose populations has never been greater than today.

Donated Ford trucks help the S.M.A.R.T. program. Healthy moose population have never been more important!

AMF Life Members Gary Olson # 1

Rick Rydell # 2

Warren Olson # 3

Dale Bondurant # 4

Tony Russ # 5

Trent Hodson # 6

Sable Hodson # 7

Bob Hodson # 8

Ronald Jordan # 9

Aaron Bloomquist # 10

Roy Burkhart # 11

June Burkhart # 12

Dr. Lou Mayer # 13

Marc Taylor # 14

Tom Plooy # 15

Mike McGough # 16

Charles Keeter # 17

Jim Hofer # 18

Troy Vincent # 19

Cliff Judkins # 20

Tom Scarborough # 21

Erik Tomsen # 22

Carl Nelson # 23

Steve Flory # 24

Jan Olson # 25

Gus Gillespie # 26

Steve Strait # 27

Billy Dunbar # 28

Tom McGrath # 29

Judy McGrath # 30

Larry Wilmarth # 31

Ed Gohr # 32

Curt Rudd # 33

The Alaska Moose Federation is very thank-ful for two recent donations from separate parties. We received two 2001 Ford F-250 crew cab 4x4 trucks from Absolute Environ-mental Services, Inc. and also a BOSS snow plow from the Bondurant family from Kenai. A big Thank You also goes to Pippel Insur-ance who helped secure the commercial auto insurance for the trucks and our heavy equipment.

The truck in this picture will be utilized in conjunction with the deep snow mitiga-tion program. The truck will haul the operators, fuel, transport the smaller Snow Cat and it will also use the

donated plow to clean up any snow left after the Snow Cats cross any roads.

The other Ford F-250 , which is identical to the one pictured, is currently being outfitted by Greatland Welding in Palmer, thanks to a Highway Safety Office grant, with a flat bed and winches that will enable us to remove dead moose from road surfaces whole and

then deliver them to charities as part of our salvage program effort.

The trucks will also display our corporate sponsors. Current partners include Cruz Con-struction and Sportsman’s Warehouse for $5,000 who will be displayed on the front doors. Udelhoven Oilfield System Services, Inc. for $2,500 will be displayed on the rear

doors. The pick up bed will display $1,000 sponsors. Please consider supporting a program which everyone with a steering wheel benefits from. Show everyone your support by putting your com-pany’s name on these trucks.

Look for this truck driving around Anchorage and the Mat-Su.

2007 was Alaska’s deadliest year for moose auto accidents!

Volume 4, Issue 1 Spring 2008

All too often change comes from tragedy. Living in Alaska, you come to take things for granted including moose crossing roads (it is what they do). One of the main goals of the AMF is to sig-nificantly increase public safety while encouraging moose to win-ter away from roads. When moose find some of their best habitat in the highway’s right-of-way and then choose to winter there, this is usually when these occasional deadly collisions oc-cur.

6 people have died, between July to December, 2007, from vehicle collisions with moose. The most recent fatality was the gut wrenching loss of an American hero who recently re-turned from 300 Iraq convoy missions only to lose his life to a moose collision on the New Seward Highway. I did not know Specialist Stephen “Max” Cava-naugh but I wish I did! When we heard of this in December, it was like we were hit in the face with a board. His image adorns our Snow Cats and everyone that rides with us reads that “THIS HERO’S LIFE WAS NOT LOST IN VAIN!”

We read from the newspaper that Special-ist Cavanaugh was an organ donor so his giving continues to help many people. I would like to share with you how this

Hero continues to give!

Following these losses, the AMF is now pushing for wildlife fencing, utilizing proven, 100% effective new technologies, for routing moose over highway corridors in known collision areas beginning on the Minnesota Extension, the Sterling High-way and on the Glenn Highway.

If you are one of the people that think ‘driver beware’ in these high collision areas, were you also one of the people that thought geese were okay next to air-

ports in the mid-1990’s before the AWACS Yukla 27 plane crashed at El-mendorf AFB killing all 24 aboard?

In 1986, the Glenn Highway was fenced, from Muldoon to Ft. Rich, with a wildlife crossing point at Ship Creek for $1,000,000. In 21 years, it has saved over $12,000,000 in vehicle damage alone. How many people are with us today because of that fenced corridor and its lighting? Who knows how many lives were saved but I’m glad we will never find out.

We strongly advise individuals and other outdoor organizations not to trivialize this issue. Every acre of

habitat enhanced away from roads; every mile of snow trail created for moose; every newly lighted corridor and every mile of wildlife fencing will remind us of all the people who have paid the ultimate price for moose around highways.

Thank you Mr. and Mrs. Cavanaugh for giving the world such a wonderful person. Our prayers are with you and, in so many ways, your son was and will continue to protect us all.

Humbly submitted by Gary Olson.

Palin Administration prioritizes highway moose mitigation. A very big THANK YOU goes out to the Palin Administration for prioritizing the Alaska’s position on performing wildlife mitigation on our moose collision areas.

Our progress is due to Governor Palin directing her agencies to begin this work.

Our Governor understands how important moose are both from a safety stand point as well as upholding and defending the

Alaska Lifestyle against outside groups who think they know better than Alaskans on how to manage our wildlife.

The pictures below were taken at our 3rd Annual Spring Wasilla Moose Benefit where we were honored to have Governor Palin as well as Mandy Kelly who is a survivor of a horrendous moose crash. Mandy had a broken neck and a shattered ankle but still made it to the show.

Other photos included what was left of Mandy’s car and the 1,000 people in at-tendance who all applauded the Gover-nor’s moose management efforts.

Thank you again to a Governor who does not have to read a memo of why it is a good idea to help moose and people. Please contact the Governor’s office at (907) 465-3500 if you agree with manag-ing for more moose away from the roads.

How important are cow moose and orphaned moose calves ?


The S.M.A.R.T. Program begins along the Parks Highway. Haven’t heard of the S.M.A.R.T. Program? This stands for the State-wide Moose Assistance Response Team which has now been offi-cially approved and adopted by the Department of Transportation and the Federal Highway Administration.

This program consists of 4 moose mitigation strategies consisting of the following efforts:

HM.1 Get moose away from roads by managing adjacent habitat.

HM.2 Get moose away from roads by managing roadside moose browse.

HM.3 Provide safer wildlife crossings through roadway improve-ments.

HM.4 Create winter connectivity snow trails and diversionary tree cutting to encourage moose to stay away from road surfaces.

The Alaska Moose Federation has commenced the initial effort of HM (Hazard Moose) 4 by creating deep snow mitigation snow trails in the Trapper Creek area of the Parks Highway. The long term goal is for this program to partner with HM.1 which would further enable moose to utilize newly enhanced areas of critical wintering habitat enhance-ment by providing them with easier back country travel through these groomed trails.

The AMF has been adamant in its pursuit of changing the manage-ment protocol for agencies which wait until heavy snows are already on the ground to promote action. All too often the damage has al-ready been done if everyone waits until February or March and then starts holding meetings. The picture below is of a moose which has no other alternative than to live on this section of road. If everyone

waits for cond i t i ons like this to act, then these moose are already lost. How-ever, cars and drivers tend to pay the ultimate price for this inaction.

Now, with Governor Palin prioritizing this program, the State of Alaska is becoming very proactive in this effort with an interagency/ inter-land owner team which meets monthly at Palmer’s Department of Fish & Game’s headquarters. This first of it’s kind meeting’s at-tendees are as follows: Department of Transportation; Department of Fish & Game; Highway Safety Office; Department of Natural Re-sources; Division of Forestry; Department of Public Safety; Alaska Moose Federation; Mat-Su Borough and the USDA.

This multifaceted group is what is necessary to accomplish a long-term successful program. Remember, a moose can wake up on state land, have lunch on private land and then go to bed on federal land. This is why all the stake holders need to be at the table to create long term mitigation efforts which will ultimately lead to safer transporta-tion corridors as well as leading to better stewardship of this critically important renewable resource away from these transportation corri-dors.

Below are 2 maps which show where the snow cats groomed trails along the Parks Highway between Willow to Trapper Creek. 26 moose were witnessed standing along the highway in an 8 mile stretch following some of the heavy snows earlier in the year. The AMF be-gan running the 1994 Tucker Snow Cat (which we purchased from a 2006 Legislative grant) and a 1989 Prinoth snow groomer owned by Farley Dean of Willow Creek Resort from Willow to Trapper Creek in late January. It took 9 hours to run DOT’s right of way. Too many moose tracks to count were witnessed milling around and occasionally crossing the highway in this corridor. The map below shows the run we made (in red) along the highway.

The second day was committed to running the perimeter of the swamps in an effort to give moose an alternative walking route than the highway corridor. Moose tracks were seen heading straight to-wards the road in our initial effort. On a follow up trip we made to continue the trails, we documented with our GPS equipment over 20 moose tracks which had come out and walked the newly groomed trails. Substantial evidence was also noticed that the moose are using the trails in DOT’s right of way rather than the asphalt.

All of this effort was done under the oversight of DOT, ADF&G, DNR and also made possible by a grant from the Highway Safety Office to help with fuel, maintenance and other materials and equipment in this effort. The blue arrows show the in-tended goal which is to draw moose away from the corridors.

This is only the beginning of this particular program. Long term goals include enhancing critical wintering habitat with mechanized equipment and/or controlled burns where these snow trails would enable moose to utilize these areas of rein-vigorated habitat throughout deep snow years. If you have equipment that could help us, we would love to hear from you. To see Channel 2’s and the Frontiersman’s coverage of this effort as well as reading our past newsletters which detail the state’s efforts of this program in the past, please visit our website at www.growmoremoose.org.

Farley Dean and Gary Olson discuss where the next groomed trails will be.

Photo courtesy of the Frontiersman.

MOOSE

MOOSE

How are orphaned calves cared for outside of Alaska?


Former Alaska women takes in moose orphans. RESCUE: Rehab program includes bottle feeding and guided walks.

By DAN BOYD, Idaho State Journal

Published: July 16, 2007 Last Modified: July 16, 2007 at 03:39 AM

Inkom, Idaho—Some people make walking their dog a nightly ritual.

Dory McIsaac walks her moose.

The nightly jaunts are with Maynard, an orphaned five-week-old moose that McIsaac, a former Alaskan, has been taking care of since he was several days old. Around McIsaac’s home near Inkom, neighbors are used to the sight of her and the calf walking through fields.

“He follows me everywhere I go,” McIsaac said.

Maynard isn’t a pet, however.

McIsaac is currently playing the role of surrogate mother—complete with feedings from a bottle every two hours. Next spring she plans to release Maynard and Bullseye Bob, another young moose who arrived at the farm last Monday, when they turn 1 year old.

“I really, really want them to go,” McIsaac said. “That’s the whole point of this. I don’t want to see them in a zoo.”

McIsaac’s moose nurturing came about after she talked with local Department of Fish and Game officials. Conservation officers had previously faced a quandary with orphaned or abandoned moose and McIsaacs volunteered to help. She had heard about a juvenile moose that crashed into a Pocatello basement last summer and ultimately died from high stress after being relocated to Bear World near Rexburg.

She thought she could do better. After she got a call on June 5 from Fish and Game officials that a pair of orphaned moose had been found near Blackfoot Reservoir, her life changed quickly and dramatically.

While Maynard took to the bottle quickly, his twin sister Millie was more reluctant. Though McIsaac did her best, Millie died two weeks after she was brought to Mystic Farm.

“I think the first five days I had them I slept for three hours,” McIsaac said. “(The moose) would not have made it another day probably if they hadn’t brought them to me.”

Maynard was distraught by his sister’s death, McIsaac said. He quit eating for a while, and McIsaac set up a cot inside her barn to be with him around the clock.

“It is my life,” she admitted.

The experience was repeated when Bullseye Bob was found near Malad and brought to McIsaac’s home last week. McIsaac thinks he was abandoned by his mother. He arrived at the farm extremely dehydrated.

Though some question McIsaac’s interference in the natural order, she is careful not to over-domesticate the animals. McIsaac only allows herself and one of her neighbors to touch the animals.

As they get older, she plans to minimize human contact, extend the fence around her 10 acre property and add gates so the moose can come and go.

For now, however, she believes they’d be easy prey for coyotes and mountain lions that inhabit the foothills of the Portneuf Range.

McIsaac compares her role to that of a parent helping a child to prepare for college and independent living. She acknowledges there’s one key difference, however.

“Your kid probably doesn’t have a chance of having a permit drawn and someone shooting them,” she said. That’s OK with McIsaac. She’s not against hunting, and said the moose will have to fend for themselves once they’re released back into nature.

McIsaac, who worked on a similar moose rescue, rehabilitation and release project while living in Alaska, believes she could eventu-ally house up to 10 moose at her farm.

Her real family, which includes her husband, Mike, and two children, is supportive of her efforts, if not quite as gung-ho as she is.

McIsaac’s son recently complained to her that she never made a scrapbook for him quite as tender as the one she compiled for May-nard.

Equipment donations have been a big part of this effort. A big help with our programs thus far has been donated equipment which not only helps with the program completion but also satisfies our contribution for match-ing funds required for many grants.

The current equipment donations include time on a D7 dozer, two donated trucks and hauling time have all counted towards our matches for our Highway Safety Of-fice grants.

One of the pieces of equipment that we are seeking are Snow Trac vehicles (pictured) for our snow trail and habitat programs. These vehicles are very inex-pensive to operate and could greatly assist in our efforts. Not only could they help maintain our groomed trails but they can also haul 6 people.

We intend to secure enough of them to provide field trips for a class of 30 kids at

a time to see our programs up close. Most of our efforts are away from roads so helping people see the work is important.

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• Alaska averages 660 moose/vehicle collisions per

year.

• Since July of 2007, (6) people have died in these

collisions.

• DOT statistics have generated the average cost in

damages and property per accident is over

$15,000. (This figure does not include medical costs

or lost wages.)

• Each moose killed had a residual worth of $5,000

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patterns across our roadways, and to establish concrete areas

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Calves: We would like to work with ADF&G to develop a program to help calves who are orphaned as the result of moose verses car collisions.

Cows: We need comprehensive mitigation plan to prevent car verses moose collisions on our highways! Senator Huggins while in Canada witnessed how Canadians have reduced moose verses car collisions by over 90% along their highways. We can do the same!

Youth: Our Chapter is raising money for youth hunter safety programs. We are “Paying These Donations Forward” to other programs that support outdoor education for our Alaskan kids. Giving our kids the opportunity to get into the woods and live the Alaskan dream.

Bulls: Our moose population is no longer healthy. The stock has dwindled in the last 15 years. We need a comprehensive program to prevent further decline. Minnesota’s moose population is in crisis! Alaska’s moose population cannot follow the same path. For More Information Please ContactFor More Information Please ContactFor More Information Please ContactFor More Information Please Contact

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Joe Meehan, with the Department of Fish & Game, has pushed for cleaning up the abandoned landfill below Kincaid Park for many years. The Alaska Moose Federa-tion contacted Joe in January and asked if there was a way we could help ADF&G in this effort with our Sno Cat dubbed ‘Moose Force One’. The Sno Cat was pur-chased through an Alaska Legislative grant from 2005. The plan was put into mo-tion with the first phone call. The AMF arrived at Pt. Woronzoff behind the Anchorage International Airport early on Saturday, February 16th. Joe was there with his son Willem and 2 other ADF&G volunteers Tammy and Kimberly. The AMF had 2 people involved with Farley Dean and Gary Olson. It was cold and very windy so we were happy we had a heated cab inside of the Sno Cat to look out at the weather. Alaska Extreme Four Wheelers showed up and were a big help in pulling out frozen tires with their winches as well as loading tires into dumpsters as the Sno Cat brought the tires up from the landfill. Many other organizations and concerned groups were involved throughout the project which are listed at the end of this article. Each round trip consisted of the Sno Cat starting out at the East end of the Anchorage Interna-tional Airport and then dropping down the hill and onto the Anchorage Coastal Wildlife Refuge.

The old abandoned landfill is located approximately 4 miles from the Refuge’s access point so the Sno Cat ran about 8 miles round trip which took about 1 hour to complete each cycle. The largest number of tires in one haul was 74 tires pulled in one long line. The volunteers were setting the tires in in rows so they were easy to secure for towing. We would use straps and chains to run through the center of the tires after wrapping around the final tires to secure the entire

load. A total of 800 tires, including numerous large heavy equipment tires, were the target for the weekend. The team worked 12 hours the first day and 10 hours the second. We figured we hauled about 500+ tires. Joe’s son Willem even missed a dinner or two while were out there. He’s in the 2nd grade and was the trail boss in the Sno Cat when we were pulling out

our loads. It gets lonely driving the Cat back and forth if you are by yourself so we were happy to have Willem hanging out with us. ADF&G and the Alaska Extreme Four Wheelers separated the tires with rims from the tires without rims so the tires without rims could be shredded and recycled. The Anchorage Soil & Waster Conservation District was a big supporter by covering all costs asso-ciated with the effort. The project could not have been done without them. Alaska Waste also donated the dumpsters used to haul the tires away from the site. It was definitely a cooperative effort to accomplish this task and the Alaska Moose Federation was thankful to help.

Throughout the entire effort, the snow and ice has allowed us to work in the Refuge with little to no impact on the existing habitat. With such little moose habitat remaining in the Anchorage Bowl, every bit of area that the Alaska Moose Federation can help stay beneficial for moose is a good cause. This effort provided another example to the benefit of having this equipment. Identified partners to be applauded for this effort are as follows:

Alaska Extreme Four Wheelers Alaska Waste ConocoPhillips Alaska, Inc. Anchorage Soil & Water Conservation District Kincaid Racing Lions Anchorage Audubon Society Sand Lake Community Council Defenders of Wildlife Nordic Ski Association of Anchorage U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Anchorage International Airport Anchorage Waterways Council Municipality of Anchorage, Department of Parks and Recreation U.S. Geological Survey Friends of the Anchorage Coastal Wildlife Refuge Alaska Department of Fish & Game

A weekend spent helping ADF&G for a good cause! By Gary Olson

Abandoned landfill below Kincaid Park.

Captain Willem yelling “All Clear!” The Sno Cat pulling away with another load. Heading towards Pt. Woronzoff.

Tires being dragged behind the Sno Cat. Joe Meehan and his son staying warm. Bringing in another load for disposal.

Willem & Gary hooking up tires.

Hooking up to the Sno Cat.


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Department of Transportation’s Safe Routes to School Program The Bush Administration has given a mandate to each of the 50 states, called the Safe Routes to School Program, which is designed to encourage children to again walk and bike to school in an ef-fort to fight the growing epidemic of childhood obesity.

Nearly every child in Anchorage has their own moose story of encounters on and around schools, bus stops and in the back yard. Wildlife safety will be an important

part of this effort.

Alaska Village Initiatives and the AMF are planning to seek funding partners for a mobile classroom. It will provide a learning environment for Alaska’s chil-dren not only for safety in moose country but it will also teach them why moose are such an important renewable resource for this state and its people.

The bio diesel tractor trailer combo would

allow the Department of Transportation & Public Facilities to take the Safe Routes to School Program to every elementary and middle school, on the road system, which have moose on school grounds.

School budgets allow for limited field trips so, in order to have the greatest im-pact, we will take the program to the chil-dren. Classes will have back to back ses-sions until the entire school experiences this high impact educational experience.

Make sure your

friends are members!

The Alaska Moose Federation Conservation Fund, Inc.

P.O. BOX 231028 Anchorage, Alaska 99523-1028

Phone: (907) 336-6673 Fax: (907) 336-6234

“Let’s Grow Some Moose!”

AMF MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION

• ARMED FORCES E-1—E-4 & SENIORS OVER 65 1-YEAR $20 3-YEAR $50 • INDIVIDUAL 1-YEAR $30 3-YEAR $75 • FAMILY 1-YEAR $50 3-YEAR $135 • SUSTAINING 1-YEAR $100 3-YEAR $250 • LIFE MEMBERSHIP $1,000 OVER 65 $500 • CORPORATE SUPPORTING MEMBERSHIP INQUIRE • COMPANY MEMBERSHIP INQUIRE PPLEASELEASE M MAKEAKE C CHECKSHECKS P PAYABLEAYABLE TOTO:: AALASKALASKA M MOOSEOOSE F FEDERATIONEDERATION CC//OO FNBA FNBA Check Attached for: $ P.O.P.O. B BOXOX 231028 231028 AANCHORAGENCHORAGE, A, ALASKALASKA 99523 99523--10281028 Name: Address: City: State: Zip: Telephone: E-Mail: Please Charge my: Visa MasterCard Other Card Number: Expiration Date: Signature:

Please renew your membership today!

Your funds will continue the progress!

Consider helping with banquets,

donating items or getting involved!

ALASKA’S MOOSE

ARE WINNING!

MISSION STATEMENT: Believing in the value of healthy moose populations for all Alaskans, The Alaska Moose Federation

will be the leader in the effort to both initiate and maintain the quantity and quality of Alaska’s moose population.

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