ADAMS COUNTY - We followed the sound through row after row of young red and jack pines. At times it seemed distant, others quite close. "I think he's just up here," said Ashley Olah, a doctoral ...

LOVELLS, MI – Decades-long strategies to protect Michigan’s most famous songbird may be shifting. Members of the Kirtland’s warbler conservation team recently witnessed proof that although jack pine ...

A coalition of state, federal and nonprofit conservation partners is working to stabilize the population of the Kirtland’s warbler following a decline in the once-endangered songbird’s numbers.

(WXYZ) — The Michigan Department of Natural Resources has released the results of a 2025 census on Kirtland's Warbler in the state, showing a decline in the ...

GRAYLING, MI – Saving the Kirtland’s warbler from extinction is touted among the greatest conservation achievements in Michigan history. The migratory songbird was one of the first added to the ...

Conservation agencies and volunteers are out in jack pine forests in parts of the U.S. and Canada, searching for and counting a particular kind of bird, the Kirtland’s warbler. At 5:45 a.m. I met up ...

The decline is attributed to a lack of young jack pine forests, the bird's exclusive breeding habitat. The Michigan DNR and partners are implementing a 10-year plan to manage and create more suitable ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — New data from state and federal agencies shows a notable decline in the population for the Kirtland’s warbler, prompting them to generate a new long-term plan. A 2025 ...

Jul 28, 2025 Jul 28, 2025 Updated Jul 29, 2025 0 MID-MICHIGAN (WJRT) - Michigan conservation experts are working on a long-term plan to stabilize the falling population of the Kirtland's warbler. The ...