Cougars in Michigan

It’s official. I heard on the news today the DNR admitted there is a cougar in the upper peninsula of Michigan. It was captured on a video camera. Yet for years people have been seeing cougars in the lower peninsula. And why not? These cats could have strolled into Michigan from the West because of the over population of deer.

In my imagination I captured the cougar in the painting hiding behind a beech tree. So I painted it.

Lake Superior, Coaster Brook Trout, Sulfide Mining

Here is an important video about the coaster brook trout and what threatens them in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan and Lake Superior.

Cougars in Michigan?

Cougar Cougar Burning Bright

 

Some people have seen their paw prints and some have taken their photos.  I painted a cougar that I saw in my imagination.  Are they in the upper peninsula?  the lower?  Have you seen one?

Other Great Lakes states report cougar sightings.