The Michigan Natural Resources Commission earlier this month approved several fisheries orders with minor changes to trout and salmon regulations, and options for handling reptiles and amphibians.
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The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is eliminating its goose relocation program, and will rely instead on lethal force through a federal government contract to deal with nuisance geese.
“The department has already decided on these programmatic changes,” Barb Avers, the DNR’s waterfowl and wetlands specialist, told Michigan Outdoor News. “There’s a number of reasons we need to make this change.”
Stakeholders at a Michigan Bear Forum in late August generally supported maintaining current harvest levels in the northern Lower Peninsula, and some slight increases in certain Upper Peninsula units.
Members of the Michigan Department of Natural Resources advisory group considered harvest quotas for individual Bear Management Units in both peninsulas, as well as several proposed policy changes in St. Ignace on Aug. 24.
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The Michigan Natural Resources Commission is considering several relatively minor changes to trout and salmon regulations, as well as rules for handling reptiles and amphibians.
Four fisheries orders presented to the NRC in August for approval in September are primarily focused on ironing out issues with trout and salmon regulations on specific streams, and making it easier for homeowners to relocate reptiles and amphibians.
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Two Upper Peninsula lawmakers want to block state funding for wolf management until the Michigan Department of Natural Resources establishes a hunting season, a move opposed by the state’s largest conservation organization.
State Reps. Dave Prestin, R-Cedar River, and Greg Markkanen, R-Hancock, introduced House Bill 5824 in June as a means of pressuring the DNR into advocating for a wolf hunt, which is currently prohibited as wolves remain under federal Endangered Species Act protections.
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An Upper Peninsula man spent four days in jail this spring for firing a rifle at hunters and undercover conservation officers during the first day of the 2023 goose season.
John Kamps, the Department of Natural Resources conservation officer who led the investigation, told Michigan Outdoor News the department since 2020 had received numerous complaints about hunter harassment at Morgan Pond, in Marquette County’s Negaunee Township.
“It’s public land, specifically the access on it is Negaunee Township property, which is open to hunting,” Kamps said.
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Michigan residents with special needs could soon gain new hunting opportunities from legislation unanimously approved by all state lawmakers in both chambers last month.
House Bill 5737, sponsored by House Majority Floor Leader Abraham Aiyash, D-Hamtramck, cleared the state House and Senate with full support in June, sending the measure to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer for her expected signature.
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Multiple bear research projects are underway in Michigan. They focus on better estimating the population on Drummond Island, ways to mitigate nuisance issues in the Baldwin Bear Management Unit, and the influence of bait on bear diets.
On Drummond Island, Department of Natural Resources staff are using a trail camera grid and bears fitted with GPS collars to get a better idea of how far the animals roam and a more accurate population estimate that could sway license quotas, Cody Norton, the DNR’s bear specialist, told Michigan Outdoor News.
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Michigan lawmakers are considering legislation to provide exemptions to the state’s hunter safety requirements, and to designate the wood duck as Michigan’s official duck, though prospects for passage are unclear.
Both bills were introduced in April and have remained in committee since. Lawmakers adjourned for summer break in late June and aren’t expected to return for weeks.
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