2015 Update to the 2008 Wolf Management Plan ; Summary of Comments Received and Responses to Draft Update Michigan DNR wolf surveys indicate there is a minimum wolf population of 662 adult wolves. And none has recently been detected south of that highway. Gray wolves have been found only rarely in the past 15 years in the Lower Peninsula north of highway M-55, which runs east-west between Manistee on Lake Michigan and Tawas City on Lake Huron, according to the Department of Natural Resources (DNR). This is a minimum population since young of … Wolves began naturally returning to Michigan’s Upper Peninsula via Canada and Wisconsin in the early 1990s. White Wolf Natural Resources Large White Investigations Wolves Michigan Seen Study A Wolf MANISTEE COUNTY, Mich. (WPBN/WGTU) -- An investigation by the Department of Natural …

No longer are wolf howls heard there. Since that time populations have increased and continue to expand their range. – Not at the time of … There continues to be the hypothesis that wolves will expand into the northern lower peninsula, but there still is … Wolves in Michigan. Michigan Department of Natural Resource Wildlife Division surveys reveal wolves are present in all the counties in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. The new wolf population figure for Michigan (excluding Isle Royal National Park) is 280 wolves spread throughout all counties of the Upper Peninsula. Wolf Management Plan Information. Population – According to the Michigan DNR there are approximately 600-700 wolves in the Upper Peninsula. Evidence of range expansion into the Lower Peninsula came when a gray wolf was accidentally killed in Presque Isle County in … Coming off the endangered list?