Republicans included a $600,000 moose CSI study on the list of projects they will recommend for approval at the legislature. DNR researchers plan to collar 100 moose with GPS devices that will signal when the animal stops moving for four hours -- a clear signal that it's died. Then wildlife teams around the state will go in after it and either do a cause of death analysis on it where it lies, or take out pieces for lab analysis. It is, finally, a study that will determine precisely why the animals die, adding valuable understanding to whether it's disease, parasites or heat stress from climate change that are killing Minnesota moose with such startling speed.
Projects thta didn't make the list include research on golden eagles, recovery options of Canadian lynx, and the impact of the Gulf Oil spill on migrating Minnesota loons and geese.
Other members of the committee that control the Natrual Resources Trust Fund lottery money said that the fight's not over. For more go to www.startribune.com/politics/local/117984154.html
