(WXYZ) — For the first time ever, researchers from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources and Michigan State University has estimated Michigan's wolf population in the Upper Peninsula using remote cameras. It also aligns with the DNR winter track survey, where researchers estimate the population by looking at wolf tracks in the snow. Michigan DNRAccording to the DNR, camera survey estimates ranged from a low of 525 wolves in March 2025 to a high of 1,198 wolves in October 2024. Three lowest monthly population estimates were March 2025 (525 wolves), February 2025 (538 wolves) and April 2025 (544 wolves). Camera population estimates from February 2024 (773 wolves) and March 2024 (794 wolves) were similar to the snow track survey — 768 wolves — conducted during the same timeline.