European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 31, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Tuesday May 31. 1988 the stars and stripes Page 5 Alaska Fries of keep Loose Moose off Busy Road new York 1 Irons new son ice Why docs a Moose Cross the Road there arc three Basic reasons in Anchorage Anil nil have been contributing in Moose deaths on the sit Lanc Glenn Highway the alaskan fish and Iamb department says. The situation is troublesome and not Only Tor the Moose. There is danger to people when a car slams into a Moose. So it one reason Moose Brave the Highway. Their Breeding season runs from mid september to mid Ocie Pricr. Says Michael Mcdonald a biologist in the Samc department s Ane Horace office. The bulls arc on the cast Side of Itie Road and the cows on the West. Both groups Are moving1 toward each other and he Highway happens lobe in the he says. A other times he says there is Moose traffic to escape deep snows. Or it May be a Case of hungry Moose trying to reach better Gra i no grounds. Whatever the reason the game department is try ing to Stop the Moose. Last summer the department we instrumental in getting a Moose underpass in stalled along a particularly risky Strcich or the High Way. This was augmented in october by a 1 mile Moose proof Fence. Mcdonald says icing in the underpass discouraged Moose use of that Aid last Winter. Hut the Force along with new lighting along the Road appears to have number of Moose killed this year in that Section of the Highway is Way Down he said. Since december 1987, seven have died in vehicular traffic compared with 37 from december 1986 to May 1987.state trooper sol. William for her says that while the police know of no Motorist deaths from Moose collisions near Anchorage in he last Yrne. If peo Learen t wearing Seal belts generally we wind up with serious Raisa emphasizes peace in message to time new York a Raisa Gorba Chev a ohcs american women and their families peaceful and Clear skies Over our planet in a message he Suvil first lady sent to time Manrine. The More we u Arn about i he life of the Peoples
