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Monitoring Gray Wolf
Recovery in Michigan: Current Status and Predicted Habitat Use
(2005-2009)
Graduate Student: Heather Stricker
Email:
stric1hk@cmich.edu
Gehring and Potter (2005)
applied Mladenoff’s model to the northern Lower Peninsula of
Michigan (NLP) to predict favorable wolf habitat and predicted that
approximately 100 wolves could be supported there. Since wolves
likely will naturally recolonize greater portions of the Lower
Peninsula in the near future, it is prudent to develop a monitoring
and management plan for wolves in the NLP. We will conduct
winter track surveys, howling surveys, and outreach activities as
part of this project. This study is funded by the Little
Traverse Bay Band of Odawa Indians and U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.
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Heather
Stricker investigating tracks during winter 2007. |
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