November 10, 2014

Grand Rapids, Minn. — As the state’s now three-year-old wolf hunt continues to evolve and annually be challenged by anti-hunters, the greater the depth of data regarding the animal, according to the state DNR, the better. Enter one of the tools most favored today by deer hunters and other watchers of wildlife: the trail camera. 

Lansing – Michigan’s growing population of greater sandhill cranes has prompted some to urge DNR officials to explore the possibility of a hunting season for the birds that were nearly extirpated from the landscape a century ago.  Michigan’s sandhill cranes are among an eastern population that has grown exponentially in recent years to nearly 90,000.

Lansing — A handbook has been released outlining the scope and guidelines for the new Michigan Invasive Species Grant Program, made possible through funding in Gov. Rick Snyder’s fiscal year 2015 budget. The program is a joint effort of the Michigan departments of Natural Resources, Environmental Quality, and Agriculture and Rural Development. The grant program

Nearly seven years into Pennsylvania’s Marcellus Shale drilling boom, wildlife officials say the state’s elk population continues to flourish despite concerns about industrial footprints, wildlife displacement and habitat degradation.