Moose on deactivated logging roads

Some shots from one of our trail cameras from our research locations. The camera was left to run over winter and we got some great footage! This is the first of many clips that we will be releasing so make sure to like and follow to see clips like this in the near future!
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Public concern of declining moose (Alces alces) population has brought more attention to anthropogenic disturbances and forest management practices that are occurring in Ontario’s forests. The research being done in partnership with the forestry this area was looking at how these animals and their predators like bear and wolf are using old roads to move through their habitat. The camera was placed in a deactivation trench and we can see moose browsing on the vegetation that's growing along the road edges.

Since moose avoid areas where there are deer, and with higher than average deer populations, moose are moving northward in Ontario, and are expanding into forests that are generally considered caribou habitat. That northward expansion then puts pressure on the woodland caribou to move away from the moose and their predators. A habitat management challenge then arises; moose preferring patchy forests with new growth found at recently disturbed sites, wetlands and patches of mature forest while woodland caribou prefer large swaths of sparse, over mature conifer with large patches of lichen.