As Vermont's moose search for mates, drivers urged to stay alert

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Mating Moose: Motoring Menace

https://vtdigger.org/2022/09/09/as-vermonts-moose-search-for-mates-drivers-urged-to-stay-alert/
(article includes list of roads where moose are commonly encountered)

As Vermont’s moose search for mates, drivers urged to stay alert

By Emma Cotton
Sep 9 2022

On the prowl for mates in September and October, moose are more active than usual, prompting officials with Vermont’s Department of Fish & Wildlife to urge Vermonters to drive with caution.

While much of the moose population is concentrated in the northeastern corner of Vermont, and moose generally stay within a 10-square-mile area, “it would be nothing for a bull moose to go 50, 60 miles searching for a mate,” said Nick Fortin, a wildlife biologist with Vermont Fish & Wildlife.

“Everyone should be aware,” he said.

On Vermont highways, drivers hit 49 moose in 2021 and have already hit 23 in 2022, according to the department. Since 1985, 19 people have died after hitting moose on major Vermont roads.

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