Considered a cold-climate species, moose once ranged as far south as Pennsylvania in the Northeastern United States. But with New England’s transformation from a forested to agrarian landscape in Colonial times, they largely disappeared from the area. Beginning in the 1980s, however, a breeding population began to reestablish itself. Now Massachusetts boasts some 1,000 moose.

As moose crossing signs sprout along highways, foresters nervously wait to see how this large herbivore – the average moose eats up to 60 pounds of roughage daily – will affect the forest’s makeup, especially its valuable timber trees.

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