
Michigan Letters to the Editor: DNR regulating hunting and fishing out of existence
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Nov. 8, 2024, edition of Michigan Outdoor News.

Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Nov. 8, 2024, edition of Michigan Outdoor News.

Across 20 U.S. states, there are 16.4 million acres of public land that are effectively off-limits to the public. In Minnesota and Wisconsin alone, there are over 300,000 inaccessible public acres, meaning there isn’t a

Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Oct. 25, 2024, edition of Michigan Outdoor News.

There is a saying that goes, “If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again.” I credit the DNR for heeding that call when it comes to increasing the antlerless harvest in southern Michigan.

For years, you’ve read about declining hunting and fishing license sales and the ramifications that holds for the future of natural resources management, not to mention the potential loss of the outdoors pastimes we hold

As beaver populations have grown to all-time historical highs the Michigan Department of Natural Resources policy and rules regulating management and control of these prolific rodents had become more liberal. The beaver is, of course,

We don’t make bigger investments in conservation than we do with those in the federal farm bill. Totaling about $6 billion per year, it is the single-largest investment in conservation that the federal government makes

I have, over the course of my career, attended what seems like about 6 million meetings and hearings on matters pertaining to conservation.
I have never testified; in the newspaper business your job is

Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Oct. 11, 2024, edition of Michigan Outdoor News.
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