Fewer than 100 black bears are estimated to be currently living full or part-time in Ohio, according to researchers now studying the state’s bear population.
And most of those black bears are living in
Minnesota’s 2026 bear season now ranks among the tops in state history, with the highest harvest totals in two decades.
Dan Stark, large carnivore specialist for the DNR, said 4,168 bears had been registered
An invasive crayfish capable of damaging aquatic vegetation, displacing native wildlife and undermining shorelines has been discovered in southwest Michigan’s Cass County, prompting state officials to ask residents and anglers to watch for additional sightings.<br
A new approach to tagging could help improve efficiencies in Michigan’s $11 million fish stocking program following promising results from a two-year pilot study in the Upper Peninsula.
Michigan DNR biologist Jennifer Johnson outlined
Even before the Ohio DNR’s wildlife division fielded dogs, the agency’s parks division was well aware of the importance of canine assistance in law enforcement and in safeguarding the public.
The Division of Parks
A federal funding measure that could deliver $1.9 billion to Great Lakes restoration over four years could help Michigan conservationists restore critical wild turkey habitat, giving the state’s birds more of the open woodlands and
One of the most popular lakes in southwest Ohio is facing some major changes. The changes will affect the many fishermen, bass tournaments, kayakers, and sailing clubs that call Cowan Lake their home waters.
Michigan’s archery deer season got off to a productive start, with hunters taking nearly 16,000 deer during the first two weeks of the 2026 season, which opened on Oct. 1.
The first segment of
Michigan lawmakers are considering tougher penalties for illegally taking or possessing lake sturgeon, a threatened fish commonly targeted by black-market poachers.
State Rep. Cam Cavitt, R-Cheboygan, introduced House Bill 6409 following a summer incident
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