At a recent sportsmen’s breakfast in Lansing, I was surprised (and a little encouraged) when the event’s speaker asked hunters to stand together and demand better from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources.
It’s
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
After 18 months without a veterinarian, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources earlier this year hired Dr. Scott Larsen to the Wildlife Health Section.
Larsen, who most recently served as a veterinary liaison for
Robert Alan Knoop, Jr., – “Bobby” to a legion of outdoorsmen and women he affected – died on Nov. 2 at the age of 67 after a life where he spent time helping others experience
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
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
Michigan Department of Natural Resources Conservation Officer Justin Ulberg has been named the 2024 Shikar Safari Michigan Wildlife Officer of the Year.
The annual award, presented to Ulberg at a recent meeting of the
A stalemate between President Donald Trump and Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker that threatened a $1.2 billion plan to keep invasive carp from reaching the Great Lakes appears to have been settled after the Trump administration
Two congressional representatives from Michigan – Republican Lisa McClain and Democrat Debbie Dingell – have re-introduced the Great Lakes Mapping Act.
The legislation would, according to an earlier introduction, allocate $200 million to map
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