AP Environmental Writer
THE U.S. NATIONAL PARK Service and the National Parks of Lake Superior Foundation releases a white wolf onto Isle Royale National Park in Michigan in February 2019, part of an effort to boost the wolf population on the island. (Daniel Conjanu/The National Parks of Lake Superior Foundation via AP, File)
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — One of the world’s longest-running wildlife field studies has fallen prey to the coronavirus pandemic.
Since 1959, a research team has spent most of the winter observing the interplay between wolves and moose at Isle Royale National Park in Lake Superior. But this year’s mission has been scrapped to protect the scientists and support personnel from possible exposure to the virus, Superintendent Denice Swanke said Friday.