Howard Tanner, the acclaimed fisheries biologist and conservation leader whose vision helped transform the Great Lakes and created one of Michigan’s most important recreational fisheries, is being remembered for a legacy that continues to shape
Michigan DNR wildlife division staff are opposed to legislation regarding the use of bait barrels for bear hunting, according to DNR Bear Specialist Cody Norton.
House Bill 6242, introduced by State Rep. Phil Green,
Talk about lucky.
That was the Michigan DNR assessment after two lake sturgeon stranded by drought conditions in Baraga County were discovered in an isolated stretch of shallow water and rescued by fisheries staff.
The first bear hunting period of 2026 kicked off Sept. 9 – and several other hunts will follow throughout September, putting thousands of bear hunters in the woods and fields.
On September 4, the Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced more potential changes to the definition of “waters of the United States” under the Clean Water Act, putting safeguards against
The Michigan DNR’s Fisheries Division has received one-time funding of $350,000 for whitefish recovery.
The ailing species has undergone a rapid population decline in recent years, and for the first time, recovery efforts have
Starting in 2027, when a new two-year regulation cycle begins for managing Michigan’s black bears, the DNR is proposing to increase the bear harvest in the UP to help stabilize that increasing population.
The
Michigan duck hunters received encouraging news from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s 2026 Waterfowl Population Status report, as a wetter spring and improved conditions produced a dramatic increase in the number of breeding waterfowl
For Chris Wood, the proposed rollback of the so-called roadless rule is personal.
When the Trout Unlimited CEO worked for former U.S. Forest Service chief Mike Dombeck in the late 1990s and early 2000s,
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