Colorado Moose
In 1978 Colorado Parks and Wildlife imported a dozen a dozen male and female moose from Utah and in 1979, they added another dozen from Wyoming. Both groups were planted in North Park, near Walden, Colorado. Those two dozen, plus a few who have crossed borders from other states on their own, have grown to a population of around 300 animals.
In the 1960s most Coloradans had only seen pictures of moose. About 25 years later, on a fishing trip to Chambers Lake west of Ft. Collins on the Poudre River, we had a interesting experience. Across a fairly large inlet we saw another fisherman. Shortly a female moose broke through the trees and came down to the lake about 50 yards down the shoreline from the fisherman for a drink. The fisherman saw the moose and hauled in his fishing-line and kept his eye on the moose at the same time.
The fisherman started to walk away, but when he decided the moose wasn't paying any attention to him, he went back to fishing. The moose got a big long drink and left the lake looking content. We watched the whole encounter from our side of the inlet.
Moose in the Algonquin Indian language means "eater of twigs," and the most common place to find moose is where there is lots of brush for them to browse on. Moose have long legs, which allow them to traverse deep winter snows, and thick willow habitat types. An adult male weighs between 800 - 1200 pounds. In the wild, they live around 20 years.
Much of this article came from Colorado Parks and Wildlife Department
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