Fewer moose may mean fewer ticks, scientists say

A moose at the Nulhegan Basin Division of the Silvio O. Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge in Essex County. File photo by David Govatski/USFWS via Flickr
The way to reverse the decline in moose numbers in the Northeast Kingdom may initially be to reduce the population further, state wildlife specialists said last week. Officials from the Vermont Department of Fish and Wildlife explained at a public meeting that further thinning of the moose herd could reduce the numbers of the winter ticks