9/15/15, by Angie Jackson, Michigan Live

First grey wolf confirmed on Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians Reservation

DNA testing has confirmed the first presence of a gray wolf on the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians Reservation following years of reported sightings…The tribe approved a wolf management plan in 2009…Michigan is home to roughly 600 wolves, up from just six in the 1970s.

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