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NonilexSightings can be logged in the DNR’s Eyes in the Field reporting system.<a href="https://www2.dnr.state.mi.us/ors/Home?utm_campaign=first+cougar+cubs+100+years&utm_medium=pr&utm_source=govdelivery" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no">https://www2.dnr.state.mi.us/ors/Home?utm_campaign=first+cougar+cubs+100+years&utm_medium=pr&utm_source=govdelivery</a>Roell said <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/cougars" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#cougars</a> are on the list of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/endangered" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#endangered</a> mammals in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Michigan" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Michigan</a>, meaning it’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/illegal" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#illegal</a> to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/hunt" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#hunt</a> or <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/harass" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#harass</a> them, which includes trying to locate their den. It’s also illegal to trespass on private property, he noted.For the latest info on cougars, including the DNR’s cougar sightings photo page [<a href="https://www.michigan.gov/dnr/education/michigan-species/mammals/cougars/photos" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no">https://www.michigan.gov/dnr/education/michigan-species/mammals/cougars/photos</a>], visit Michigan.gov/Cougar.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CougarCubs" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#CougarCubs</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#wildlife</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/conservation" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#conservation</a>

NonilexAlthough <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/cougars" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#cougars</a> are native to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Michigan" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Michigan</a>, most of them now appear to be transient animals, dispersing into MI from Western states. The DNR has verified 132 adult <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/cougar" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#cougar</a> reports, Roell said, but DNA testing has confirmed only male cougars to date.The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CougarCubs" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#CougarCubs</a> have not been spotted since March 6. “Those young cougars are very vulnerable right now,” Roell said. “We don’t know where they are or if they’re even alive. Mother Nature can be very cruel.”<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#wildlife</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/conservation" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#conservation</a>

Nonilex“It really shows that we have a unique place in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Michigan" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Michigan</a> where someone has a chance to see a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/wolf" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#wolf</a>, a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/moose" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#moose</a> & a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/cougar" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#cougar</a> in the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/wild" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#wild</a>. It’s something that should be celebrated, that we have the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/habitat" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#habitat</a> to support an elusive animal like this,”Roell said.The cubs were spotted & photographed without their mother. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CougarCubs" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#CougarCubs</a> are highly dependent on their mothers, often staying with them for the first two years of life.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ecosystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#ecosystems</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/conservation" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#conservation</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#wildlife</a>

NonilexThis is the first time <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CougarCubs" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#CougarCubs</a> have been verified since the big cats were hunted out of existence in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Michigan" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Michigan</a> in the early 1900s, said Brian Roell, large carnivore specialist for the MDNR. Roell, a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#wildlife</a> biologist for 26yrs, led the team that verified the cubs.“It’s pretty exciting, considering this could be the first known cougar reproduction in modern times in the western <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GreatLakes" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#GreatLakes</a> states,”said Roell, referring to Michigan, Wisconsin & Minnesota.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ecosystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#ecosystems</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/conservation" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#conservation</a>

NonilexFor the first time in >100 years, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/cougar" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#cougar</a> cubs have been discovered living in the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Michigan" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Michigan</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/wild" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#wild</a>.State biologists on Wednesday confirmed the existence of 2 <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CougarCubs" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#CougarCubs</a> on private land in Ontonagon County in the western <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/UP" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#UP</a>. The spotted cubs, believed to be 7–9 weeks old, were verified from photographic evidence of the cubs taken March 6 by a local resident.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#wildlife</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/conservation" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#conservation</a> <a href="https://www.michigan.gov/dnr/about/newsroom/releases/2025/03/13/first-cougar-cubs-verified-in-michigan-in-more-than-a-century" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no">https://www.michigan.gov/dnr/about/newsroom/releases/2025/03/13/first-cougar-cubs-verified-in-michigan-in-more-than-a-century</a>

Unofficial PetaPixel BotCougar Cubs Photographed in Michigan For First Time In Over 100 Years <a href="https://petapixel.com/2025/03/21/cougar-cubs-photographed-in-michigan-for-first-time-in-over-100-years/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://petapixel.com/2025/03/21/cougar-cubs-photographed-in-michigan-for-first-time-in-over-100-years/</a> <a href="https://toot.earth/tags/scientificdiscovery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#scientificdiscovery</a> <a href="https://toot.earth/tags/cougarcubs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cougarcubs</a> <a href="https://toot.earth/tags/michigan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#michigan</a> <a href="https://toot.earth/tags/cougars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cougars</a> <a href="https://toot.earth/tags/extinct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#extinct</a> <a href="https://toot.earth/tags/cougar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cougar</a> <a href="https://toot.earth/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#News</a>

Deborah Edwards-OñoroWhee, first cougar cubs in more than a century verified in Michigan!<a href="https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/MIDNR/bulletins/3d6c51e" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/MIDNR/bulletins/3d6c51e</a><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/CougarCubs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CougarCubs</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Michigan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Michigan</a>

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