NEW!!! Diversionary Trails & Feeding Program
Due to this year's extremely harsh winter in Southcentral Alaska, moose are gravitating to roads and highways in order to increase their mobility and to look for food. The result is almost double the amount of vehicle collisions with moose this winter.
What can you do? First, and most importantly, drive safely. When you see a moose along the highway, there are more around; SLOW DOWN.
The Alaska Moose Federation has been granted a permit from Alaska Department of Fish & Game the rest of the winter to feed moose. But we need to do it away from roads. AMF has snowcats to groom trails (moose have trouble moving in snow depths greater than 36") away from highways, andleave bales of haylage (alfalfa/brome hay silage) so that herds do not have to come to the road ways.
Help Us Help the Moose!!!
Alaska Moose Federation has the snowcats and the volunteers to create trails, but we don't have funds for the bales of haylage and the fuel to run the snowcats. We may need as many as 3000 bales to get us through the winter!
Please donate $50 for a bale of haylage today. Go to the bottom of our donations page, or click here to donate.
Moose Salvage Program
The Alaska Moose Federation's Moose Salvage Program is permitted by Municipality of Anchorage and Mat-Su Borough to assist Public Safety by removing moose from roadways and highways after vehicle and railway collisions. The moose are donated to charities (non-profit organizations and citizens). By removing moose quickly Public Safety Officers can return to their duties without haste and the roads return to normal.
If you are interested in signing up as a charity to receive moose, please contact the Wildlife Troopers and ask for a Roadkill Packet. AMF does not keep the list or decide who receives moose.
Orphan Calf Rescue & Relocation
The Alaska Moose Federation will be permitted in 2012, by Alaska Department of Fish & Game, to rescue orphaned calves, temporarily hold them until deemed healthy, and released back into the wild with collars for tracking.
This program will work under strict protocols and safeguards including licensed veternarians and the USDA (APHIS Wildlife Services) to create successful program that is a viable option besides termination of a moose calve.
Moose Education
The education of the public concering moose is an important endeavor to ensure that moose can coexist with modern society safely and without becoming a hazard to citizens of Alaska. AMF has requested funding to construct a Moosemobile in order to travel Alaska and educate the public on moose, one of Alaska's most endearing resources.
PROGRAMS
PO Box 110741 Anchorage, AK 99511 | (907) 263-9825 | Email: AlaskaMooseFed@live.com
See an Orphaned Calf?
Call Us (907) 317-2300
