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The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is looking for evidence of wolves in the northern Upper Peninsula. That doesn’t mean that there are wolves in the L.P., but the DNR wants to know, either way.
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Jun 13, 2024 · The survey, completed last winter, found the population distributed among 158 packs in the Upper Peninsula, with an average of 4.8 wolves per pack. This year’s survey represents the highest population estimate since 2012, when the department began doing the semiannual survey.
Jun 5, 2019 · Central Michigan University biologist Thomas Gehring said wolves disappeared from the northern Lower Peninsula in the early 20th century, victims of habitat loss and government-sponsored extermination program that paid a bounty to hunters.
Apr 5, 2024 · The hunter shot the wolf in Calhoun County, in the southern reaches of Michigan’s Lower Peninsula, while taking part in legal coyote hunting accompanied by a guide, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources said.
Oct 12, 2023 · The legal status of wolves in Michigan at the federal and state level has changed multiple times, which impacts the ability of all agencies in the Great Lakes to manage wolves. The latest attempt to federally delist wolves became effective in January 2021, but this attempt was also vacated by a U.S. District judge returning wolves to the ...
Jul 29, 2024 · How Many Wolves Are in the Lower Peninsula? From The Sun Times News: MDNR is trying to find out. The Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) recently announced the findings of its 2024 winter wolf population survey, which estimated a minimum of 762 wolves roaming the Upper Peninsula.
Jun 13, 2024 · Wildlife experts have hit a dead end in their quest to determine how a gray wolf arrived in southern Michigan for the first time in more than 100 years. The wolf was killed in January by a hunter who told investigators that he had mistaken it for a coyote.