
Commentary: New rules to take effect for game birds harvested in Canada
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has issued its 2023 rule regarding the import of game birds from Canada.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has issued its 2023 rule regarding the import of game birds from Canada.

Michigan’s deer population is growing. A steady decline in hunter numbers in Michigan – and across the country – has led to a decline in harvest numbers as well.
Michigan’s deer hunting population

Maple trees, gray and fox squirrels discovered, have a natural system of providing solar protection and geothermal cooling.
The tree’s simple, oppositely-arranged leaves are excellent at blocking much of the radiant energy that could

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Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the July 21, 2023 edition of Michigan Outdoor News.

Michigan’s deer managers aim to enhance “deer hunting opportunities for Michigan deer hunters this year and beyond,” according to a recent news release announcing several changes in regulations.
That’s a good goal, more opportunities

It isn’t so much that life imitates art – or vice-versa – as it is that both are parallel tracks headed in the same direction.
And when you look at them out to the

The first negative thing I heard about wind energy turbines was that they were bird killers.
This was more than 20 years ago when wind energy production was in its infancy. I’d watched
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