Michigan cougar sightings 2020. (Michigan DNR) In February, DNR Wildlife Division staff confirmed two of those reports after finding cougar tracks while conducting the U.P. winter wolf track survey.

The Michigan DNR has confirmed 10 cougar sightings in 2021, all in the Upper Peninsula, continuing an upward trend in sightings over the last few years.

Confirmed cougar sightings have picked up across Michigan since 2008, the DNR says. The DNR says young male cougars from the western U.S. are spreading into midwestern and eastern states.

All told, 75 cougar sightings have occurred since 2008. "The numbers have definitely been going up," Norton said. Once a native species in Michigan, cougars were hunted to extinction as the state ...

As reported sightings became more common, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources created a “cougar team” in 2008 to review reports of cougars and to try to verify them.

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources has verified three recent photos of cougars taken by trail cameras in the Upper Peninsula. ... Michigan DNR Verifies 3 UP Cougar Sightings ...

Cougar sightings are on the rise in Michigan. Confirmed sightings of the animal, also known as a puma or mountain lion, hit double digits for the first time in 2019, ...

LANSING, MI — Three more cougar sightings have been confirmed in the Upper Peninsula by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources. The DNR on Wednesday said it verified two photos of a cougar ...

Confirmed cougar sightings have picked up across Michigan since 2008, the DNR says. The DNR says young male cougars from the western U.S. are spreading into midwestern and eastern states.

The cougar cubs were so small, they couldn’t get over the snow banks. Photo courtesy of Michigan DNR. Today, sightings of the big cats are infrequent, although they have increased in recent years. The ...

For decades, cougars disappeared from the Michigan landscape, but increased protections and a burgeoning deer herd have helped the big cats return, leading to repeated sightings throughout the ...