The Michigan Natural Resources Commission is considering a slate of changes to bear regulations for the 2023-24 seasons, with broad support from hunting groups.
The Michigan DNR is proposing a slight increase in the desired state bear harvest for the next two years, though with fewer licenses in many bear management units.
The DNR plans to draw down the water level in the Cornwall Flooding in late summer or fall to address “critical safety concerns.”
Outdoor news items from around Michigan.
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is continuing a successful program begun in 2021 to keep boating access sites plowed at more than two dozen popular Upper Peninsula ice fishing locations.
Acting DNR Director Shannon Lott recently signed Fisheries Order 216.23, which streamlines reporting and documentation of the commercial harvest and sale of minnows, wigglers, and crayfish taken from Michigan waters.
On Dec. 30, Scott Skafar broke the state burbot record that had been set in 1990 with a 10.2-pound fish he caught from Lake Michigan.
There are currently 116 permitted wildlife
rehabilitators in Michigan.
Acting DNR Director Shannon Lott recently signed an order establishing changes
to rehabilitator regulations in an effort to simplify regulations, and
to
Michigan may relinquish its title of having the largest deer harvest in the Midwest after results are finalized from the state’s first mandatory deer reporting system.
Wisconsin hunters reported killing 331,805 deer in 2022,
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