The Manitoba government’s aerial wildlife surveillance program will cover more areas of the province to collect data that will inform critical decisions to manage wildlife populations.
“Aerial surveys are an important source of knowledge to see changes in moose, elk and caribou population trends over time,” said Natural Resources minister Ian Bushie. “While the previous government fell short on surveillance, our government is ensuring we collect more data to inform decision-making by expanding the Wildlife Survey Program to greatly increase the areas surveyed annually from previous years.”

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