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Table of confirmed cougar sightings
Confirmed cougar sightings since 2008
Year | County | Sightings | Evidence |
---|---|---|---|
2008 | Delta | 2 | Tracks |
2008 | Marquette | 1 | Tracks |
2009 | Chippewa | 1 | Photograph |
2009 | Mackinac | 1 | Tracks |
2009 | Schoolcraft | 1 | Tracks |
2010 | Menominee | 1 | Photograph |
2011 | Baraga | 1 | Tracks |
2011 | Houghton | 3 | Photograph |
2011 | Keweenaw | 1 | Tracks |
2011 | Ontonagon | 2 | Video, Scat and Tracks |
2012 | Baraga | 2 | Photograph |
2012 | Marquette | 3 | Photograph |
2012 | Menominee | 2 | Photograph |
2013 | Luce | 1 | Photograph |
2013 | Marquette | 2 | Photograph |
2013 | Schoolcraft | 1 | Carcass |
2014 | Chippewa | 1 | Photograph |
2014 | Luce | 1 | Photograph |
2014 | Mackinac | 2 | Photograph, Video |
2015 | Delta | 2 | Photograph |
2015 | Dickinson | 1 | Photograph |
2015 | Menominee | 1 | Photograph |
2015 | Schoolcraft | 2 | Photograph |
2016 | Dickinson | 1 | Carcass |
2017 | Clinton | 1 | Photograph |
2018 | Gogebic | 1 | Photograph |
2019 | Delta | 4 | Photograph |
2019 | Gogebic | 2 | Photograph |
2019 | Marquette | 1 | Photograph |
2019 | Ontonagon | 2 | Photograph |
2019 | Schoolcraft | 2 | Photograph |
2020 | Baraga | 1 | Photograph |
2020 | Chippewa | 1 | Photograph |
2020 | Delta | 3 | Tracks, Photograph |
2020 | Houghton | 1 | Photograph |
2020 | Luce | 3 | Photograph |
2020 | Mackinac | 3 | Photograph |
2020 | Ontonagon | 1 | Photograph |
2020 | Schoolcraft | 2 | Video, Tracks |
2021 | Baraga | 2 | Video, Photograph |
2021 | Delta | 3 | Video, Photograph, Tracks |
2021 | Dickinson | 3 | Video, Photograph |
2021 | Houghton | 1 | Photograph |
2021 | Luce | 1 | Tracks |
2021 | Marquette | 2 | Photograph |
2021 | Menominee | 1 | Photograph |
2021 | Schoolcraft | 1 | Video |
2021 | Schoolcraft | 1 | Video, Tracks |
2022 | Chippewa | 1 | Photograph |
2022 | Mackinac | 1 | Tracks |
2022 | Ontonagon | 2 | Photograph |
Totals | 14 counties | 82 | NA |