Isle Royale Moose Wolf Project Volunteer - Annie!

Remember that lecture we attended in October in Ann Arbor, Michigan? An old friend of mine from high school, Jeff Holden, explained his role in the long-running predator-prey study on Isle Royale, in Lake Superior, and his role as a team leader in taking groups to the island. The study explores the relationship betwen the two populations to shed light on how ecological systems work. The function of the volunteer teams is to collect evidence on the ground from which information is drawn to support the study - the number of wolves and moose killed, how they died, evidence of disease or genetic abnormalities in the carcasses, and so on.

And now Annie has signed on. She will be a member of Jeff's team and will spend the first nine days of June trekking across the island's rugged wilderness, documenting kill sites and packing bones and antlers back for further study. Sounds like every 18-year-old girl's dream vacation! This should make for any number of fun blog posts this summer - stay tuned.