Hunting

Bassmaster Magazine recently published its list of the top 100 bass-fishing waters for 2013, and five Michigan lakes, including the No. 1-ranked Lake St. Clair, were on it, further evidence of Michigan’s standing as a

Five years into a 6-year experiment to determine whether the Lake Huron brown trout fishery can be restored state fisheries managers have concluded it’s time to cut bait.

An estimated 654,000 hunters combined to kill about 414,000 white-tailed deer during all of the 2012 hunting seasons combined, according to the DNR’s 2012 deer hunter survey results, which were released last week

State forest fire fighters got some relief this spring. Persistent wet and cool weather reduced the fire hazard around the state.

Legislation gives violator compact added teeth

State biologists are gaining new insight into black bear behavior through a multi-year study of how the animals are spreading south into more densely populated areas.

New legislation designed to simplify Michigan’s hunting and fishing license system and raise $19.7 million in additional revenues for DNR fish and game programs and marketing is making its way through the state Legislature.