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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Michigan’s wild turkey population has bounced back and the Department of Natural Resources says conservation efforts were crucial in restoring the birds to the state.

By transporting wild turkeys from Pennsylvania, Missouri and Iowa between the 1950s and 1980s, the DNR helped increase the bird's population in Michigan to an estimated 200,000, according to the DNR.

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is asking residents to report the number of wild turkeys they see this summer.

For the first time in years, Michigan's wild turkey population is seeing a resurgence. At one point, an estimated 50,000-100,000 turkeys flocked in the Lower Peninsula, according to the Michigan ...

By transporting wild turkeys from Pennsylvania, Missouri and Iowa between the 1950s and 1980s, the DNR helped increase the bird's population in Michigan to an estimated 200,000, according to the DNR.

Although Michigan once had a plentiful turkey population, unregulated taking of birds and loss of habitat made them vanish from the state. Many efforts to re-establish the population were made ...