Maine’s Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife says the work is part of the state’s five-year moose study that will gather data about survival and birth rates and the impact of winter ticks.

State moose biologist Lee Kantar says adding the second study area will allow the state a better understanding of the animals’ survival and reproduction rates.

Officials with the fisheries and wildlife department say biologists will now capture and collar 36 moose calves in an existing study area located between Greenville and Jackman. There are more than 40 collared moose in that area already.