News No new Isle Royale wolf, moose estimates will be released this year after survey plane issue Published: Jul. 14, 2025, 2:06 p.m.

The "creel" study at Isle Royale will ask anglers to report on their catch rates, species, and fishing methods. This survey method is named after a “creel,” which is a basket historically used ...

A last-minute medical issue grounded researchers' annual wolf-moose survey on Isle Royale this past winter, marking yet another year that scientists have run into problems trying to count the ...

Nation World Isle Royale wolf-moose survey grounded after unexpected medical issue The survey has been conducted since 1958 and tracks wolf and moose populations on the remote island in Lake Superior.

The COVID-19 pandemic forced them to cancel the survey in 2021, marking the first time since 1958 that population counts weren't conducted. View from Isle Royale National Park's Mount Ojibway ...

Researchers from Michigan Tech University were unable to conduct their annual wolf-moose survey on Isle Royale this past winter. A last-minute medical issue grounded their ski-plane pilot, and no ...

Researchers from Michigan Tech University were unable to conduct their annual wolf-moose survey on Isle Royale this past winter. A last-minute medical issue grounded their ski-plane pilot, and no ...

Isle Royale is a 134,000-acre (54,200-hectare) island in far western Lake Superior between Grand Marais, Minnesota, and Thunder Bay, Canada. The island, which doubles as a national park, offers ...

A last-minute medical issue grounded researchers' annual wolf-moose survey on Isle Royale this past winter, marking yet another year that scientists have run into problems trying to count the ...