I haven't been to Amygdaloid Island since 1995. Then, and now, there is no formal trail system on the island, but you can bushwack. There is a prominent ridge on the island, that is very obvious on an aerial photo, that you can use for hiking. It's slow going, and you need to good footwear, but it ...

Just looked at their management plan, and the area surrounding the McCargoe campground is designated "non-wilderness", so clearings such as this are allowed. I'll be curious as to what others think, when they get there.

.......Hunger, of course, is the motivation. Have the new wolves been eating beaver? I was in favor of the reintroduction but it's probably folly for us to think we can understand and account for, let alone control, all the factors and it would appear that some of those factors are still unknown ...

Apparently wolves have learned if they find campers, they find food.

https://www.nps.gov/isro/learn/news/isl ... ctions.htm

In a nutshell, the wolf population is stable at about 30 wolves. Moose numbers have dropped to about 840. They were as high as 2,000 in 2019.

https://www.mtu.edu/news/2024/04/wolf-p ... slows.html

Favorite trail: probably the westbound section of the Minong from McCargoe Cove to Otter Lake, mainly because Otter Lake just appears out of nowhere. You have no idea the lake is there until you find yourself on a ridge a few hundred feet above it. Favorite campground. Probably Malone, mainly for ...

Maybe these guys can help:

https://www.keweenawadventure.com/shuttle-service/

....I wonder if global warming is also, contributing to the decline in the moose population. Moose really don't like warm weather. The moose in Michigan's Upper Peninsula (reintroduced in 1985) are at the south edge of their range. Isle Royale may be a bit better for moose, due to the being an ...

The winter study was suspended on February 2nd. Unsafe ice conditions forced the team to return to the mainland. They may return this winter if cold weather returns. Very preliminary observations were that more moose calfs were noticed than last year. https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan ...

Lot of tracks this morning.

Popped up earlier today. A wolf going for a stroll?

Purely by chance, I checked the IR webcams yesterday evening and caught this moonrise.

These new views are great! Thanks for the update on what's going on.

Saw that. Wonder where they were dropped off? Mt. Ojibway is a long way from Windigo.