VANDERBILT, Mich. – Michigan state scientists are developing new ways to count wild elk in the northern Lower Peninsula.

Michigan’s elk herd has grown past its ideal population, and state officials are working to bring it back to size. Population ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Elk are a major tourist attraction in Gaylord, Michigan. “In a tourism study conducted in 2017, we learned that approximately 60% ...

A new elk cam is live up north in Michigan where a viewing option is available for those interested in watching the wild herd. Approximately 60 of the animals live in Elk View Park. The stream was ...

Paula Wethington is a digital producer at CBS Detroit. She previously held digital content roles at NEWSnet, Gannett/USA Today network and The Monroe News in Michigan. She is a graduate of the ...

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is speeding up aspen tree harvests in a 30-square-mile area in the northeastern Lower Peninsula. The change in the DNR’s forest management harvest planning ...

BEAL CITY, Mich. (AP) — A wild bull elk is roaming around some mid-Michigan counties and the state Department of Natural Resources wants to keep tabs on it. The large herbivore has wandered about 100 ...

Michigan elk hunters claimed more than 150 animals during 2025's hunting season, including one by an 87-year-old Hastings man who had been entering license drawings unsuccessfully since 1964. Michigan ...

LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — Michigan elk hunters could see significantly longer harvest windows under draft proposals from the Department of Natural Resources for the 2026–27 season. The plan would ...