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Michigan DNR explains its financial status to state’s Natural Resources Commission

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Michigan Department of Natural Resources officials presented the Natural Resources Commission with a budget overview in January, with a specific focus on the Game and Fish Protection Fund.
The GFP fund, which represents about 16% of the DNR’s roughly $540 million budget at about $87.7 million in fiscal year 2026, covers the operations of the DNR’s wildlife, fisheries and law enforcement divisions.

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CWD found in three new Michigan counties in past year

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The Michigan Department of Natural Resources confirmed 41 cases of chronic wasting disease in wild deer in 2025, including three in counties with no previous positives.
Another four deer tested positive for tuberculosis out of more than 4,500 samples from an 11-county surveillance area in the northeast Lower Peninsula. CWD-positive deer were found in Washtenaw, Genesee and Allegan counties for the first time.

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Grayling stocking gets a boost from Michigan DNR and partners

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After a successful first year reintroduction of Arctic grayling in several waterways in 2025, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources and tribal partners are preparing to increase plants in 2026.
DNR fisheries officials are hoping to collect at least 1 million Arctic grayling from what’s now four year-classes of broodstock at the Marquette State Fish Hatchery in early spring 2026, increasing production from about 800,000 eggs for 2025 – the first year of stream reintroductions in nearly a century.

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Michigan’s hunting, fishing license sales very similar to ’24

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Michigan hunting and fishing license sales remained relatively stable in 2025, with deer license sales similar to last year and a roughly 1% decline in fishing licenses sold.
A total of 1,433,630 unique customers purchased a hunting or fishing license in Michigan through Nov. 30, which represents a 0.79% decline from 2024.

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Michigan’s Upper Peninsula bear take is above goal

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Preliminary results from Michigan’s 2025 bear hunting season show significant overharvests across most of the Upper Peninsula, while harvest in the northern Lower lagged.
Preliminary numbers show state-licensed hunters registered a total of 1,919 bears in 2025, including 1,493 in the Upper Peninsula and 426 in the northern Lower Peninsula.

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Michigan commission eyes proposed coyote season strategy

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The Michigan Natural Resources Commission is considering a new approach to managing coyotes following litigation over a move last year to close the season for three months.
A proposal introduced for information at the commission’s November meeting creates both a traditional hunting and trapping season, as well as a management season to “address interspecies conflict and overabundance on private and public lands,” according to an NRC memorandum.

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Hunting and fishing license fee increase passes in Michigan Senate

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Legislation to increase hunting and fishing license fees has cleared the Michigan Senate, but it will face stiff resistance in the House, where lawmakers have raised numerous complaints about the Department of Natural Resources.
Senate bills 276 and 277 cleared the upper chamber with bipartisan support on Oct 21, and were referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources and Tourism.

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Michigan legislation would fund Fisheries Division, boost fish production

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A coalition of Michigan anglers is promoting legislation to rework funding for the Michigan Department of Natural Resources Fisheries Division in an effort to boost fish production.
Ed Blissick, president of the Great Lakes Salmon Initiative, told Michigan Outdoor News House Bill 5093, introduced in October, stems from a committee formed by a variety of angling interests to address the department’s budget constraints while providing a return on that investment for license buyers.

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CWD confirmed in Michigan’s Genesee County for the first time

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Genesee is now the 16th Michigan county where chronic wasting disease has been identified in the wild deer population, according to the Michigan Department of Natural Resources. An adult doe found acting ill in Gaines Township recently tested positive for the disease.
The CWD finding was confirmed by the Michigan State University Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, which works with the DNR to identify CWD in Michigan’s wild deer herd.

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