Mammals of Isle Royale

 

Loreen Niewenhuis is an author, adventurer, and dynamic speaker. 

She has completed a trilogy of 1,000-mile journeys exploring the Great Lakes and has authored three books about these adventures. 

To learn more about her work, or to engage her as a speaker, go to 

http://www.laketrek.com/great-lakes-speaker/

While the moose and wolves on Isle Royale capture  most of the attention of visitors, there are other creatures living there.

If we exclude bats, there are only 11 mammals on the island:

moose, wolves, beaver, muskrat, otter, fox, short-tailed weasel, red squirrel, deer mouse, snowshoe rabbit, marten

Pretty sure this is an otter (above and video below)

Master engineer, the beaver.

The most vocal resident on the island, the red squirrel.

Me and my hiking pals (April, Zan and Julie)

We found this recently killed bunny along the trail. Note the blood on the leaf.

We didn't see any fox this year, though they left scat along many of the trails we hiked.

Hiawatha Club

Loreen Niewenhuis is an author, adventurer, and dynamic speaker. 

She has completed a trilogy of 1,000-mile adventures exploring the Great Lakes and has authored three books about these adventures: 

A 1,000-Mile Walk on the Beach  [A Heartland Indie Bestseller]

A 1,000-Mile Great Lakes Walk   [Winner of the Great Lakes Great Reads Award] 

A 1,000-Mile Great Lakes Island Adventure  [Long-listed for the Chautauqua Prize]

 

To learn more about her work, or to engage her as a speaker, go to http://www.laketrek.com/great-lakes-speaker/

Last month I had the pleasure of speaking at the Hiawatha Sportsman's Club

in Michigan's Upper Peninsula.

The club has existed for 90 years and encompasses over 36,000 acres 

including 6 miles of Lake Michigan shoreline.

Manitou Lodge Museum

I spoke in the Manitou Lodge Museum which is perched on a hill overlooking Lake Michigan.

The museum chronicles the foundation of the club by Dr. William McNamara and the natural history of this land.

The land was stripped of trees in the early 1900s

A wonderful audience awaits my presentation on the islands of our Great Lakes