The provincial government has released a new five-year moose management plan which came after extensive consultation with the public and others.
Some 100,000 people participate in the annual moose hunt in Newfoundland and Labrador and interest was so great in the online results for the moose licence draw, that it crashed the system according to the minister responsible for wildlife, Derrick Bragg.
Bragg says the Premier was “blown out of the water” by the 50,000 people who logged-in in a two-hour period to see if they got their licence. Bragg says the Premier remarked that he had never seen anything like it.
(Photo via Gov NL Moose Management Plan 2022-2026.)
The focus of the Moose Management Plan is to balance management of the resource with the ecosystem in which they live.
Wildlife division director Blair Adams says the level of public engagement has been high.
He says an online survey and open house were held in addition to the feedback provided by residents who simply write, email or call with their ideas on improvements to the plan.
