Elk and moose populations - Elk Island

Elk Island National Park conducts an ungulate aerial surveys of the entire park, to census the elk and moose populations. The surveys are carried out in the late fall or winter annually. Park staff also conducts opportunistic counts of elk and moose over the summer and obtain demographic information during elk handling. Elk and moose population is in the same database as bison populations.

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Title (French) Populations de wapitis et d'orignaux - Elk Island
Update Frequency P1Y
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Criticality Level ["educators", "nongovernmental_organizations", "scientists", "students"]
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Contact Email jonathan.demoor@pc.gc.ca
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Open Canada Date Published 2017-10-01 00:00:00
Open Canada Date Modified
Open Canada Subject ["nature_and_environment"]
Open Canada Keywords {"fr": ["Population d’ongulés", "wapitis", "orignaux", "ongulés", "recensements aériens", "dénombrements opportunistes", "profil démographique des ongulés", "Alberta"], "en": ["Ungulate population", "wapiti", "elk", "moose", "ungulate", "aerial census", "opportunistic counts", "ungulate demographics", "Alberta"]}
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