...research using radio-collared moose both indicate that the population has been declining in recent years," said Mark Lenarz, DNR forest wildlife group leader. Minnesota's moose population was estimated at 8,840 in 2006 and has trended...

...change in the mortality rates or improvements in reproduction, this population is going to continue down that path," Mark Lenarz, leader of the DNR's forest wildlife and populations research group, said in an interview with The Associated Press...

...to the northwest. Moose populations in northeast and central Minnesota have remained stable at about 5,000, said Mark Lenarz, a research biologist with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. For the past four years, researchers from...

...contained in the photo file "We're certainly not back to the deer numbers we saw in the early to mid 1990s," said Mark Lenarz, group leader for DNR Wildlife Research in Grand Rapids. "But they've certainly come back. I wouldn't be surprised...

...County. "At first I was really bummed out it was an 'it.' But it's kind of cool. Nobody has ever seen one." Mark Lenarz, group leader for DNR Wildlife Research in Grand Rapids, said a doe with antlers is rare. "We normally get a half...

...is useful at the end of the winter to predict what proportion of the deer population has died," according to Dr. Mark Lenarz, project manager for the study and group leader for the DNR's Forest Wildlife Populations and Research Group...

...down from 5,200 last year. Despite the decline, the estimate is similar to those between 1997 and 2001, said Mark Lenarz, DNR forest wildlife populations and research group leader. "It isn't clear whether the higher estimate in 2002...

...with party success down to 64 percent this year, the lowest since moose hunting was legalized in 1971, according to Mark Lenarz, group leader for the DNR Forest Wildlife Populations and Research Group. The harvest included 127 bulls, 15 cows...

...the survey using helicopters rather than fixed-wing aircraft, which gave observers more time to see moose," said Mark Lenarz, a DNR wildlife research biologist who coordinated the survey. "We also used a new survey technique that was pioneered...

...northern species, like the lynx, pine marten and fisher." And last week, after an aerial survey conducted in January, Mark Lenarz, DNR wildlife researcher, said a study of radio-collared moose in northeastern Minnesota shows that non-hunting...