ISLE ROYALE, MI — Researchers say they have found evidence of at least two wolves still roaming Isle Royale National Lakeshore. Researchers posted photos of wolf footprints on the Wolves and Moose of Isle Royale website on Wednesday, Feb. 3. The footprints were found in the slush of Lake Eva. The wolves likely spent some time exploring an active beaver …
Congress: Gray wolves still endangered in Michigan
MINNEAPOLIS — A proposal that would have taken gray wolves in the western Great Lakes region and Wyoming off the endangered list did not make it into a massive year-end congressional tax and spending package, an omission welcomed Wednesday by groups that support maintaining federal protections for the predators. Some lawmakers from the affected states had hoped to attach a …
Import wolves to Michigan’s Isle Royale ‘as soon as possible,’ says biologist
Import wolves to Michigan’s Isle Royale ‘as soon as possible,’ says biologist HOUGHTON, MI — As the National Park Service mulls what, if anything, should be done to save the meager wolf population on Isle Royale, a leading environmental science researcher says the best way to tame the exploding moose population and protect island vegetation is to begin importing wolves. …
First grey wolf confirmed on Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians Reservation
First grey wolf confirmed on Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians Reservation HARBOR SPRINGS, MI — DNA testing has confirmed the first presence of a grey wolf on the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians Reservation following years of reported sightings. A biologist for the tribe’s natural resource department noticed tracks and fresh scat while en route to …