MARQUETTE — A feisty immature bald eagle ready for release was pulled from a box Tuesday before a crowd gathered next to the Superior Dome in Marquette.
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Immature eagle takes flight after lead poisoning rehab
DNR awards U.P. deer habitat improvement grants
NORWAY – Eleven groups in the Upper Peninsula will share $100,000 for deer habitat improvements. The Michigan Department of Natural Resources announced the grants today.
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DNR to dedicate Grouse Enhanced Management site in Marquette County
MARQUETTE — The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is set to dedicate its south Marquette County Grouse Enhanced Management Site (GEM) to Bill Rollo, a former DNR wildlife technician who worked at the Marquette DNR customer service center.
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DNR wildlife biologists conducting U.P. wolf survey
On a snow-swept back road in Delta County, a Michigan Department of Natural Resources wildlife biologist drives his vehicle slowly. Watching out his windows, he scans each set of animal tracks he sees pushed into the fresh snow.
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DNR confirms cougar photos taken in eastern Upper Peninsula
GARFIELD TOWNSHIP – The Michigan Department of Natural Resources has confirmed two recent photos of a cougar in the eastern Upper Peninsula, marking the 25th and 26th times cougar evidence has been verified in the U.P.
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Upper Peninsula deer habitat improvement grants available
MARQUETTE – The application period for $50,000 in Upper Peninsula deer habitat improvement grant funding offered by the Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Division is now open, with a deadline of Friday, March 21. The Deer Habitat Improvement Partnership Initiative (DHIPI) is a cooperative grant program designed to enhance deer habitat on non-state-owned land in the Upper Peninsula.
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Upper Peninsula moose population is growing at a slower rate
MARQUETTE – There are concerns about the health of the moose population in the Upper Peninsula. The culprit seems to be climate change and encroaching parasites carried by whitetail deer. Dean Beyer, a moose expert with the Michigan Department of Natural Resources said after years of growth, the population has been growing a much slower rate.
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The cougars in the Upper Peninsula don’t seem to be settling here
ESCANABA – There have been 22 confirmed cougar sightings in the Upper Peninsula although DNR Wildlife Biologist Brian Roell says several of the sightings were probably of the same animal. That’s the case with two recent sightings in Marquette County.
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