10/11/2024

UPPER MICHIGAN - The Natural Resource Commission shared progress from its new method for tracking wolves yesterday morning.  In June, the DNR reported the wolf population is stable in the U.P. based on track surveys but that it was exploring alternative ways to trace those population numbers. Yesterday at the Department of Natural Resources Commission meeting the DNR said it is starting to evaluate the results of its Wolf Abundance Project. The project uses trail cameras across the Upper Peninsula to track wolf populations.  Before using cameras, staff would go out and look for wolf tracks to determine population numbers.  DNR experts are saying that the deer population right now is at a normal level as we approach the hunting season.