The Voyageurs Wolf Project reported Tuesday that one of its trail cameras in the Voyageurs National Park region recorded a video of a mountain lion on Friday, Oct. 25 in St. Louis County in northeastern Minnesota.
The big cat appeared in the Marion Lake-Franklin Lake area of the Superior National Forest south of VNP and about 15 miles east of Highway 53. Thomas Gable, VWP project lead, said the effort has roughly 350 trails cameras scattered around the VNP region.
Big mountain lion caught on Voyageurs Wolf Project trail camera in Minnesota’s St. Louis County
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