Houghton, Michigan – Michigan Technological University’s Isle Royale wolf-moose predator-prey study has been elected to the Michigan Environmental Hall of Fame. John Vucetich, associate professor of wildlife ecology in Michigan Tech’s School of Forest Resources and Environmental Science (SFRES), will represent the research project at an induction ceremony at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum in Grand Rapids, Mich., on April 10.
Ten individuals and organizations will be honored at the ceremony.
Vucetich is director of the Isle Royale wolf-moose research, the longest-running predator-prey study in the world. The project was started in 1958 by Durward L. Allen. Since then, the wolf and moose populations of the remote wilderness islands have fluctuated dramatically due to a variety of factors. In the early 1980s, the wolves were driven almost to extinction by the accidental introduction of canine parvovirus. They rebounded, but inbreeding later caused population numbers to drop to an all-time low of 8.
Detailed reports on the annual Winter Study and other information about the wolves and moose of Isle Royale can be found athttp://www.isleroyalewolf.org/.
The Michigan Environmental Hall of Fame is sponsored by the Muskegon Environmental Research & Education Society.
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