An ice storm in late March damaged forests across a 12-county area in the northern part of Michigan’s Lower Peninsula.

Growth in both herds over the years pushed Wisconsin's wild elk past a milestone in 2023. After calving that year the DNR estimated the state had 510 elk, a modern-era population record and the ...

Bell said this year the elk started showing up at the course in late October and early November. He said the herd swells throughout the winter.

A large bull elk, known as #244, was illegally killed in Jackson County, Wisconsin. The elk was part of a reintroduction program and contributed significantly to the herd's growth.

To further increase the herd size and its genetic diversity, 141 additional elk were transferred from Kentucky to Wisconsin between 2015-19.Some of those transfers created the central herd in and ...