Wildlife Information

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Information on Injured or Orphaned Animals

The MooseWood Nature Center does not accept injured or orphaned animals.

 

U.P. Wildlife Rehabilitation (A Nonprofit Association of Wildlife Rehabbers)

P.O. Box 53, Skandia, MI  49885, 906-361-3140

The following people may legally rehabilitate wildlife in Michigan, * and are willing to accept calls from the public (effective April 1, 2017).

Marquette County

Gloria Urban, UPWR Coordinator

1102 County Road 545N

P.O. Box 53, Skandia,  MI 49885

906-361-3140

Echo Woods Unit: Mammals only. Specializes in raccoon, coyote, fox, squirrel. Will not take birds, fawns, bunnies.

 

Danielle Sitar

125 Yelle Road, Gwinn, MI  49841

906-235-1600

Small animals, will not take fawns

 

Jerry Maynard, Chocolay Raptor Center

146 Lakewood Lane, Marquette,  MI  49855

906-249-3598

email: jerome.maynard@gmail.com

Raptors only, educational programs

 

Iron County

Lois Bonno

1001 Kofmehl Road

Iron River, MI  49935

906-265-4739

Birds and small mammals. Will not take: fawns, raccoons

 

Houghton County

Friederike Gast

25554 South Klingville Road, Chassell, MI  49916

906-253-4429

Birds and mammals. Will not take fawns.

 

UPWR Keweenaw Group

upwildlife1@yahoo.com, on FaceBook at “upwildlife”

 

Lynn Hietala

42057 Archambeau Road, Chassell, MI  49916

906-370-1043

Birds and mammals, including fawns

 

Jen Burroughs

163 Schoolcraft Road, Lake Linden,  MI 49945

906-369-2027

Birds and mammals. Will not take fawns.

 

Dickinson County

Phyllis Carlson

4780 Lincoln, Quinnesec, MI 49876

906-774-5868

Raptors, educational programs, small mammals. Will not take: raccoons, fawns, eagles

 

Diana Allbaugh

344 Hooper Street, Kingsford, MI 49802

906-774-0937

Small birds only

 

Menominee County

Kris Eland

Wallace, MI 49893

715-923-3175

Fawns only

 

*A current list is at: Michigan Department of Natural Resources