Federal lab confirms Montcalm County deer had CWD
It’s the 10th free-ranging deer in Michigan found to have chronic wasting disease.
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Seasonal releases put nearly 6,000 lake sturgeon into Michigan waters
Juvenile lake sturgeon were collected from the wild during April and May and reared in streamside facilities until they were large enough to tag. Most fish were tagged prior to being released into their respective rivers to allow future evaluations of stocked fish.
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In Michigan, Hunting Access Program offers private land for hunting, boost for Pheasant Restoration Initiative
This year marks the 40th anniversary of the program in the state, created in 1977 to increase public hunting opportunities in southern Michigan, where 97 percent of the land base is privately owned.
The state of Lake Erie walleyes: Annual assessment in the works
The Michigan DNR will conduct its annual walleye assessment in the west basin of Lake Erie near Monroe, Mich., beginning Oct. 9 and continuing through Oct. 13. “This survey is a cornerstone of the DNR’s annual efforts to assess the walleye fishery in Lake Erie,” said Todd Wills, the DNR’s Lake Huron-Lake Erie area fisheries
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Another CWD-positive deer in Michigan?
Taken in Montcalm County during youth hunt, it would be be the 10th free-ranging deer in the state found to have chronic wasting disease.
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Fisheries survey work paints clearer picture of Michigan’s Paint Creek (video)
The Michigan DNR recently concluded a mark-and-recapture fisheries survey on Paint Creek in Oakland County to better understand the waterbody’s brown trout population. The DNR manages a portion of Paint Creek, downstream from Lake Orion, as a high-quality brown trout stream – as evidenced by its inclusion in the department’s Trout Trails online application. The recent survey,
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DNR chooses 100th anniversary elk poster contest winner
The Michigan DNR has chosen retired police officer Gary Cole of Dearborn and his acrylic painting of Michigan elk as the winner of its 100th anniversary of elk poster contest. Cole’s painting depicts a wintry landscape mimicking Wolverine, Michigan, where the state’s original seven elk were released in 1918. Cole, a self-taught wildlife artist who
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Brook trout possession limit increase proposed in Upper Peninsula
The brook trout daily possession limit has been set at five for the past 17 years.
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DNR: Michigan’s other grouse, sharptails, make for unique hunting opportunity
While only a relative handful of sportsmen hunt them, they offer a unique upland opportunity to Michigan bird hunters.
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