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Archive Home > 2009 > November > 04 > In nature's laboratory, balance is threatened

In nature's laboratory, balance is threatened

A study of predators and prey is in peril as population of moose nears a 50-year low, endangering wolves that depend on them

By Tom Meersman / The Bulletin
November 4, 2009

ISLE ROYALE NATIONAL PARK, Mich. — Rolf Peterson held up his arm for silence and pointed through the thick brush.

A hundred yards off the trail, a female moose sporting a shiny new mahogany winter coat was knee-deep in muck, munching on plants. She raised her head nonchalantly, then flicked up....

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