Michigan’s Outdoor Calendar
Staff Report
May 20, 2025
A look at upcoming outdoors-related events from across Michigan published in the May 23, 2025, edition of Outdoor News.
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Michigan Cuffs & Collars: Salt and corn for rabbits and squirrels, but not deer? Unlikely
Staff Report
May 20, 2025
Michigan cuffs and collars are field reports from DNR Conservation Officers. These reports are from the May 23, 2025, edition of Outdoor News.
Michigan Mixed Bag: Summer Becoming an Outdoors Woman workshop on tap in Roscommon
Staff and News Reports
May 20, 2025
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources has announced the 2025 Becoming an Outdoors Woman Summer Workshop will be June 20-22 at the Ralph A. MacMullan Conference Center, 104 Conservation Drive, Roscommon, MI, 48653.
Renovation of Michigan’s Cornwall Dam slated for spring/fall 2025
DNR Report
May 20, 2025
Renovations to Cornwall Dam will begin in May and extend through fall to satisfy state dam safety requirements. Vehicle access to the Cornwall Creek Flooding’s day-use area will be closed during this period, and a
Michigan Letters to the Editor: DNR increases revenue without license fee increase
Michigan Letters to the Editor
May 20, 2025
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the May 23, 2025, edition of Michigan Outdoor News.
Leader of Michigan’s Passing Along the Heritage Foundation posthumously honored as Person of the Year
Alan Campbell
May 20, 2025
Robert Alan Knoop, Jr., – “Bobby” to a legion of outdoorsmen and women he affected – died on Nov. 2 at the age of 67 after a life where he spent time helping others experience
Drawdown to occur on Michigan’s Big Creek impoundment in Crawford County
DNR Report
May 20, 2025
The 97-acre impoundment is surrounded by state-managed land and is maintained by the DNR Fisheries Division. Recreational users of the impoundment should anticipate noticeable changes during the drawdown period.
Star Watch: Earth and moon… we’re locked!
Bob Drieslein
May 19, 2025
Actually, that’s not completely true. Scientists tell us there is a slight wobble in the Moon’s rotation as it orbits the Earth. This wobble is called “libration” and as a result, we get to see
Hunting, fishing license fee increases proposed in Michigan
Bill Parker
May 19, 2025
Wrangling continues in the state legislature over hunting and fishing license fee increases in Michigan.
Legislation was introduced in the House late in 2024 that would have increased the fees substantially, but the bill
