April 11, 2021 - 6:00 PM In the last 10 to 15 years, moose populations across B.C. have declined between 50 to 70% and researchers are finding wolves are the leading cause of death in both female adult moose and calf populations in the Interior. Chris Procter, senior biologist with the B.C. Ministry of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development, Fish and Wildlife, gave a presentation on Interior moose populations through a B.C. Wildlife Federation Zoom conference April 1. During the presentation, he said declining populations overlap with habitat changes due to intense forest development associated with pine beetle timber salvage. The study areas of Interior moose populations include Bonaparte Plateau north of Kamloops, Big Creek southwest of Williams Lake, Prince George south, Entiako Provincial Park and northwest of Prince George.