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Moose on move: Roving Ogden beasts are relocated to Colorado

So you've exported 20 Utah game animals to Colorado. Are you saying that Utah doesn't have any back woods areas that could use a bolstering of the moose population?

What is Colorado giving you in return? 20 big horn sheep? 20 elk? 20 what?

If nothing is the answer, then you've lost a valuable natural resource for nothing.

Eugene, you got the part about the moose SURPLUS right? The region is over-crowded. It's not a loss of a "valuable natural resource" if the animals have become a burden - endangering themselves and humans by wandering into the city. Utah has a way healthy moose population and Colorado has a need.

Even if there wasn't an immediate trade, it's a good faith effort with Colorado which is likely to be reciprocated at some point. If Utah doesn't have any immediate needs, they will at some point.

Sounds like a win/win to me.

Here's a cheaper solution. Increase the number of moose tags!

I agree with 0802. A lot of these hunts for Moose are once in a lifetime, and they're giving Moose away for free?? Make some money on some extra Moose tags!!

An interesting part of the story that wasn't mentionied is that they introduced the moose in the flat tops wilderness area in NW Colorado - where no moose have ever lived before. This comes on the heels of several successful moose introductions in other areas around western CO. It sounds like a win win situation for UT and CO.

Moose on move: Roving Ogden beast are relocated to Colorado


Guys, watch out for the type! Funny thing is, on the original article you can see the typo, but when you go to type a comment the heading changes.

If you look through all of those pictures I kinda get the feeling of an alien abduction.

Some folks didn't read all of the article before complaining. Colorado is "paying" for the moose.

Good for Utah and good for Colorado.

One could argue poor management on the part of both States, or say that this is part of a good management effort. Too bad "the wilds" have to be determined by geographic boundaries and their critters be made a political controversy. Everybody just seems to either want to make a nickle....or argue about who should have the right to kill 'em!