A Sunfield, Mich., man returned to the Luce County District Court June 16 for a restitution hearing regarding his involvement in a series of state forest campground thefts in the Upper Peninsula.
Justyn Mark Spitzley, 36, targeted several payment collection sites in which campers deposit cash – known as pay pipes – last fall.
Man jailed for theft from Michigan state forest campgrounds Read More »
Dale Hendershot of Gladwin is the Michigan Department of Natural Resources 2024 Hunter Education Instructor of the Year, an honor bestowed at the June meeting of the Michigan Natural Resources Commission in Bay City.
“I am very humbled by this,” Hendershot said. “There are many deserving instructors, and I’m honored that my peers felt I was deserving of this.”
Dale Hendershot named Michigan DNR hunter education Instructor of the Year Read More »
More than 6,500 hunters have been selected in the annual drawing for Michigan’s popular bear and elk hunts.
There are 6,278 bear licenses and 260 elk licenses available for the 2025 fall and winter hunting seasons.
Michigan Mixed Bag: Drawing results for 2025 bear and elk hunts now available Read More »
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the July 4, 2025, edition of Michigan Outdoor News.
Michigan Letters to the Editor: In favor of a license to bait white-tailed deer Read More »
Despite an unsettled lawsuit on the legality of shortening Michigan’s coyote season by three months, legislation has been introduced in Lansing addressing the coyote hunting and trapping season.
House Bill 4554, introduced by Rep. Parker Fairbairn (R-Harbor Springs), and Senate Bill 366, introduced by Sen Michele Hoitenga (R-Manton), both would amend the Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act to allow individuals to hunt coyotes year-round if they possess a fur harvesters license.
When it comes to saugeye lakes in the Buckeye State, Buckeye Lake in central Ohio may be right at the top.
Buckeye Lake is the third largest inland lake in Ohio at 2,847 acres. It was formed in 1825 in an old swamp to serve as a water source for the old overland canal system.
Buckeye Lake in central Ohio may be the best saugeye lake in the state Read More »
A new system for campsite reservations is now available for Hocking State Forest and for Mohican-Memorial State Forest.
There are 23 campsites available for reservation at the Hocking State Forest Horse Campground, and seven park-and-pack campsites available at Mohican-Memorial State Forest. The sites were previously first come, first served camping areas.
New campsite reservation system coming this fall at two Ohio state forests Read More »
A look at upcoming outdoors-related events from across Ohio published in the July 4, 2025, edition of Outdoor News.
Ohio’s Outdoor Calendar Read More »
Ohio cuffs and collars are field reports from the Division of Wildlife. These reports are from the July 4, 2025, edition of Outdoor News.
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