Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
A cougar image is shown from a landowner's game camera, northwest of Ironwood in Gogebic County. The image, taken July 7, was provided by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources.
IRONWOOD - A mountain lion image caught on a landowner's trail camera in Gogebic County has been confirmed as the state's 39th cougar report since 2008.
The cat was photographed July 7 in daylight hours northwest of Ironwood, according to a Monday press release.
"This is very close to where a cougar was documented on a deer movement study trail camera last year," said Cody Norton, a large carnivore specialist with the Bear and Wolf Program of the Michigan Department of Natural Resources.
A DNR wildlife biologist visited the location Thursday. The image was reviewed and verified by the DNR's co...
