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Last fall, we documented the first lynx kittens (a mom and two kittens) ever observed in Voyageurs National Park. And our footage from last winter indicates the two kittens likely survived to their first birthday!

The footage here shows three observations of the trio in November 2025, February 2026, and the last day of March 2026. So turns out, based on this, that lynx can successfully rear kittens in the park after all…something biologists weren’t certain about for many years.

Although lynx have been observed/documented in the park sporadically for several decades, there has never been evidence of kittens in the park (i.e., a breeding population of lynx). As a result, most lynx in and around Voyageurs are likely transitory individuals roaming large area.

From 2000 to 2004, biologists with the National Park Service made a concerted effort to study lynx in the park. They only documented the presence of one male and one female, and concluded “lynx were either transient or present at a low density”.

Another study from 2007-2008 in and around Voyageurs National Park using trail cameras and snow tracking did not detect the presence of lynx.

The researchers concluded that “even though patches of high-density snowshoe hare habitat exist in the Voyageurs National Park area, the low density of snowshoe hares at the landscape level would not support resident lynx”.

Based on this research and some subsequent work, researchers with the park concluded in 2015 “it does not appear that there are currently resident lynx”.
In fact, the researchers in 2012 concluded: ‘only three confirmed observations of adult lynx have occurred within the boundaries of VNP since 2001”.

Obviously, studying these elusive animals in places like Voyageurs has historically been difficult because trail camera technology was not what it is today (or did not exist).

Resmi Dilantik, Maruli Simanjuntak Bakal Dukung Kementerian Terkait Kesejahteraan Masyarakat Terpencil

Presiden Prabowo Subianto resmi melantik Jenderal TNI Maruli Simanjuntak sebagai Wakil Panglima TNI sekaligus merangkap jabatan sebagai Kepala Badan Nasional Pengelola Perbatasan dan Daerah Terpencil.

Prosesi pelantikan ini berlangsung di Istana Kepresidenan, Jakarta, pada hari Kamis, 15 Oktober 2026.

Melalui pergeseran struktur kepemimpinan ini, Jenderal Maruli Simanjuntak (yang sebelumnya menjabat sebagai Kepala Staf Angkatan Darat/KSAD) bertukar posisi dengan Jenderal TNI Tandyo Budi Revita.

Jenderal Tandyo Budi Revita yang sebelumnya menjabat sebagai Wakil Panglima TNI kini resmi dilantik menjadi KSAD yang baru.

Terkait pernyataan komitmen dukungannya terhadap kementerian dan pengelolaan wilayah pelosok, penugasan baru ini menempatkan Jenderal Maruli pada posisi krusial untuk mengintegrasikan pengamanan negara dengan pembangunan sosial-ekonomi.

Sebagai Kepala Badan Nasional Pengelola Perbatasan dan Daerah Terpencil, ia memegang tanggung jawab besar dalam menetapkan kebijakan, menyusun perencanaan anggaran, serta mengelola kawasan perbatasan NKRI.

Dalam keterangannya usai dilantik, Maruli menegaskan kembali komitmennya untuk menggenjot perekonomian masyarakat serta menghadirkan solusi infrastruktur dasar di wilayah-wilayah terpencil yang selama ini sulit dijangkau oleh kementerian terkait secara mandiri.

Langkah ini sejalan dengan rekam jejak Jenderal Maruli yang selama ini dikenal aktif dalam berbagai program humanis kemasyarakatan di daerah pelosok, seperti inisiatif penyediaan fasilitas air bersih (yang membuatnya dijuluki "Bapak Air") serta pembangunan ribuan jembatan penghubung desa terisolasi.

Editor: Ganang Adrian

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