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Outdoor Observations: Bob Knoop, Jr. a worthy recipient of Michigan’s Person of the Year Award

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A shout out goes to the family of the late Bob Knoop, Jr. Bob is the recipient of the 2025 Michigan Outdoor News Person of the Year award.
A true conservationist with a huge heart, Bob passed away last November at the age of 67. He was a past president and founding member of the Passing Along the Heritage Foundation (PATH), which provides cost-free hunting and fishing trips to individuals with disabilities that would otherwise make it difficult for them to participate.

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Multiple species keep Michigan anglers returning to Lincoln Lake in Kent County

Lake Profile, Lake Profile, Michigan /

Lincoln Lake in northeastern Kent County has the prestigious honor of producing the state record black crappie. The fish was caught way back in 1947 by Frank Lee. It weighed an impressive 4.12 pounds. No length is listed in the DNR records.
Lincoln is still producing trophy crappies including six others that earned Master Angler honors. Two of them, both 14.2 inches, were caught in 2024 and 2023.

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Hunting, fishing license fee increases proposed in Michigan

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Wrangling continues in the state legislature over hunting and fishing license fee increases in Michigan.
Legislation was introduced in the House late in 2024 that would have increased the fees substantially, but the bill died in the raucous lame duck session. Since then, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer proposed license fee increases in her state budget, and earlier this month state Senators John Cherry (D-Flint) and Jon Bumstead, (R-North Muskegon),  introduced bipartisan legislation for fee increases.

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Michigan NRC adjusting deer regulations that impact antlerless harvest, specialty hunts

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Michigan bowhunters have gained antlerless deer harvest opportunity in the Upper Peninsula, and Liberty and Independence hunt participants can again target bucks.
Those two changes were approved earlier this month by the state Natural Resources Commission during its meeting at Lansing Community College. The Commission voted 4-1 (two commissioners missed the meeting) to open the entire U.P. to antlerless harvest by archers with a combo or regular deer license. Commissioner Dave Anthony cast the only vote in opposition.

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Outdoor Observations: Some good news from Michigan’s NRC meeting regarding invasive carp barrier

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Here’s some more good news from the April Natural Resources Commission meeting in Michigan:
As the meeting was drawing to a close, Department of Natural Resources Director Scott Bowen made an encouraging announcement.

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Outdoor Observations: Here’s why Michigan’s federal funds for the outdoors has declined recently

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A news story in the last edition of Michigan Outdoor News outlined the Michigan DNR’s federal appropriation from the Wildlife and Sportfish Restoration Fund.
I was awaiting a response from DNR, but it arrived too late for me to be able to add it to the story. One of the questions I asked is why Michigan’s total appropriation has declined in recent years (down $1.1 million from 2024 and down $5.4 million from 2023 to 2024.)

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