AP. State wildlife biologist Pat Matthews doesn’t have to see the moose to know they’re moving into Oregon from neighboring Idaho in record numbers.
The 118 piles of droppings he saw on a walk along an overgrown logging road in northeastern Oregon told the tale.
There may be about 30 moose, including eight bulls, in the northeast corner of Oregon, immigrants from Idaho.
There are probably more, Matthews said.
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