Shown above is a map of both Canada and the mainland United States corresponding to each country’s population of moose. The green colors represent less of them in a particular area, and the places with “warm” colors (i.e. yellow, orange, and red) have more of these wild animals. The areas marked in red have a herd of moose that is significantly dense.
In 2015, there are about a million of these horned creatures across both nations, with three-quarters of them (i.e. 700,000) residing in Canada. As seen on the map, the country (except for its extreme northern areas) has the majority of the moose population in North America.
As for the U.S., the state of Alaska has the bulk of the country’s moose. They are also found in 18 other U.S. states, including those in the upper East Coast and a few Mountain states. The states of Maine and Idaho have the second- and third-most moose in the U.S, respectively.
Check out these books to discover more about the horn-yielding herd and how humans have dealt with them:
- Ecology and Management of the North American Moose
- Call of the American Wild: A Tenderfoot’s Escape to Alaska
- The Sun Is a Compass: A 4, 000-Mile Journey into the Alaskan Wilds
- Miracles in the Wilderness: Action Packed Adventure, High Speed Crashes, Alaska/Canada Wolf, Grizzly, Moose Attacks
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