Michigan’s Outdoor Calendar
A look at upcoming outdoors-related events from across Michigan published in the July 31, 2026 edition of Outdoor News.
A look at upcoming outdoors-related events from across Michigan published in the July 31, 2026 edition of Outdoor News.

Michigan cuffs and collars are field reports from DNR Conservation Officers. These reports are from the July 31, 2026 edition of Outdoor News.

Conservation groups, K-12 students and landowners across the Upper Peninsula are expected to improve hundreds of acres of white-tailed deer habitat this year after receiving state grants generated from deer hunting license revenue.

The Michigan Duck Hunters Association Duck Stamp Contest judging will take place Saturday at noon in the park’s Saginaw Bay Visitor Center. All contest entries will be on display for the public. The Michigan Duck

Amid high winds and rough water on Lake Huron near Harrisville the afternoon of July 22, Michigan DNR conservation officers rescued two men after their sailboat flipped, as well as a paddle boarder and kayaker

Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the July 31, 2026 edition of Michigan Outdoor News.

Columnist Jack Ammerman takes a stab at something each of us who hunt and fish should do at least once each year – he comes clean with a long list of things he “can’t figure

There are a lot of things in the outdoors I don’t understand. While others seem to think they have answers, I don’t.
Here are a few that make me scratch my head. Read through

How does William the Conqueror connect to an astronomy column? First, a little history: Following a dispute over the lines of succession for the English crown in 1066, William of Normandy crossed the English Channel
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