Beyond Michigan: Montana Grizzlies Test Positive for Avian Influenza
Staff Report
February 15, 2023
Outdoor-related news items from beyond Michigan.
News
Documentary takes hard look at Lake Erie algae plague
Mike Moore
February 14, 2023
“The Erie Situation,” a new documentary film from the Great Lakes Young Professionals Network and produced by Great Lakes Outreach Media, explores the confluence of science, public sentiment, politics, and the powerful farming lobby as
EPA: Study needed to close loophole on factory farms
John Flesher
February 14, 2023
Livestock groups have said government regulation is strong enough and that voluntary measures such as planting off-season cover crops and buffer strips between croplands and waterways are the best way to curb runoff.
Michigan man who cut straps on fellow hunter’s treestand pleads guilty in harassment case
DNR Report
February 11, 2023
Thomas Steele III, 23, of Chelsea, is serving a 60-day sentence in the Marquette County Jail after pleading guilty to intentionally sabotaging a hunter’s treestand.
Case includes ongoing harassment of a hunter on public
Michigan Natural Resources Commission eyes bear regulation changes
Victor Skinner
February 11, 2023
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.
Rising success rates for Michigan bear hunters could mean fewer licenses in some units
Victor Skinner
February 11, 2023
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.
Michigan DNR to reduce water levels at Cornwall Flooding in Cheboygan County this year
DNR Report
February 1, 2023
The DNR plans to draw down the water level in the Cornwall Flooding in late summer or fall to address “critical safety concerns.”
Michigan Mixed Bag: DNR seeking nature educators for summer season
Staff Report
February 1, 2023
Outdoor news items from around Michigan.
Plowing program helps to keep open boating access sites in U.P.
DNR Report
February 1, 2023
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.
