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Julia Clarke

"We’re incredibly disappointed" – warm weather halts Isle Royale wolf and moose count for first time in 65 years

A wolf snarling in the snow.

Unseasonably warm weather in the Great Lakes region this summer has halted the annual survey of wolf and moose populations on Isle Royale for the first time in over six decades.

As we've previously reported, wolves have made an unlikely resident on the remote island since the 1950s, crossing ice bridges between the island on Lake Superior from the mainland some 15 miles away and feeding on the local moose population.

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