The study in the western U.P. will try to find out why the state's mainland moose population has not grown faster.

Higgins was dispatched to the lake thanks to a passerby who saw the moose break through the ice and called it in. Higgins asked for backup, and was quickly joined by a pair of forest rangers.

A moose was rescued by New York state officials after spending two hours in Lake Abanakee's icy waters last week.

Rescuers cut through ice to rescue a trapped moose from a lake in New York on January 16. Video credit: New York State Department of Environmental Conservation ...

Rescued moose emerging from icy waters with the aid of forest rangers and police officers on Lake Abanakee. NYS Department of Environmental Conservation NEW YORK (AP) — A bull moose that fell ...

The rescue happened on Jan. 16 after someone called to report a moose that fell through the ice roughly 200 feet from shore ...

A press release from the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources: Minnesota’s moose population continues to decline, dropping from an estimate of 4,900 in 2011 to 4,230 in 2012, according ...

A crew of New York State Forest Rangers and Environmental Conservation Police officers rushed to the scene to help the moose, which had shed its antlers. It was an unusual assignment, and rescuers ...

In this photo handout provided by New York State's Department of Environmental Conservation, a rescued moose emerges from icy waters with the aid of forest rangers and police officers on Lake ...