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Roadkill moose program that fed families ends

Roadkill moose program that fed families ends Donations dry up, volunteers scarce amid pandemic By Matt Vasilogambros, Stateline.org Share: 2 Photos Laurie Speakman, The Moose Lady, spent the past eight years collecting roadkill moose for local Alaska charities. (Laurie Speakman/Pew Charitable Trusts) Photo Gallery It always broke Laurie Speakman’s heart to hear that another moose was struck and killed on the rural highway near her home in Soldotna, Alaska, on the western end of the Kenai Peninsula. But it also warmed her to know that several local families were about to get fed. For the past eight years, Speakman, lovingly called “The Moose Lady” by her friends and neighbors, was one of the people state troopers called at all hours of the night as a volunteer driver for the nonprofit Alaska Moose Federation. Often in below-zero temperatures, she drove to the crash site in her truck, wrapped a cable around the enormous ungulate and lifted the

Roadkill moose fed Alaska families for years Then came COVID-19

Roadkill moose fed Alaska families for years. Then came COVID-19 Matt Vasilogambros It always broke Laurie Speakman’s heart to hear that another moose was struck and killed on the rural highway near her home in Soldotna, Alaska, on the western end of the Kenai Peninsula. But it also warmed her to know that several local families were about to get fed. For the past eight years, Speakman, lovingly called “The Moose Lady” by her friends and neighbors, was one of the people state troopers called at all hours of the night as a volunteer driver for the nonprofit Alaska Moose Federation. Often in below-zero temperatures, she drove to the crash site in her truck, wrapped a cable around the enormous ungulate and lifted the carcass onto the flatbed with a remote-controlled winch. Then she delivered the hundreds of pounds of fresh, high-protein meat to area charities that distributed it to low-income, disabled, older-adult and Alaska Native households.

Roadkill moose fed Alaska families for years -- until COVID-19

Roadkill moose fed Alaska families for years -- until COVID-19
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Alaska families that relied on roadkill moose are hungry amid COVID

Alaska families that relied on roadkill moose are hungry amid COVID
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Alaska Moose Federation shut down, missing roadkill distribution

Alaska Moose Federation shut down, missing roadkill distribution
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