Distinguishing characteristics of an op-ed or column. Partly, a column is defined by where it appears, but it shares some common characteristics: Typically, it is short, between 750 and 800 words. It has a clearly defined point. It has a clearly defined point of view.
The moose population peaked in the late 1990s, with between 7,000 and 7,500 moose in New Hampshire. Since that time, the population has gone down to about 4,000 animals today. About half the decline was an intentional response to the public's desire for fewer moose-car collisions.
The largest moose ever recorded was a bull taken in the Yukon which weighed a ridiculous 1,800 pounds. The largest Alaska-Yukon Moose in the record books, as well as the highest scoring moose for all of North America, was taken by Debra Card near Cordova, Alaska with a rifle in September 1999.