Michigan’s Outdoor Calendar
Outdoor News
June 16, 2026
A look at upcoming outdoors-related events from across Michigan published in the June 19, 2026 edition of Outdoor News.
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Michigan Cuffs & Collars: COs attend 12-hour trial in Huron County
Staff Report
June 16, 2026
Michigan cuffs and collars are field reports from DNR Conservation Officers. These reports are from the June 19, 2026 edition of Outdoor News.
New threats emerge in Michigan’s bald eagle recovery narrative
Isabella Figueroa Nogueira / Bridge Michigan
June 16, 2026
Researchers who have spent decades climbing trees, banding bald eaglets, and monitoring nests across Michigan say something unusual is happening this year.
Long-term eagle monitoring programs say they’ve found empty nests where aerial surveys
Michigan Mixed Bag: Sea lamprey control set for White River
Staff and News Reports
June 16, 2026
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Fisheries and Oceans Canada personnel were scheduled to apply lampricides to the White River in Muskegon, Oceana and Newaygo counties between June 16 and June 25 – an effort
Walleye limit regs keeping Michigan conservation officers busy on Detroit River
Tim Bunton
June 16, 2026
Anglers taking too many walleyes on the Detroit River continues to catch attention of Michigan DNR conservation officers.
“Walleye catches seemed to be average to slightly above average this spring,” said John Buszkiewicz, a
Michigan Letters to the Editor: Deer decisions strike hunters as misguided and impulsive
Michigan Letters to the Editor
June 16, 2026
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the June 19, 2026 edition of Michigan Outdoor News.
Ralph Loos: Michigan bills allowing commercial harvest of walleye caused some clanking, but crappies are creating a roar
Ralph Loos
June 16, 2026
It began as quiet “clanking” and quickly became a murmur – the sounds of opposition to additional sportfish being made available for commercial anglers on Michigan waters is now at a steady roar.
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Star Watch: How many moons are enough?
Bob Drieslein
June 16, 2026
As of March 25, 2025, NASA reported that there are 421 officially recognized moons orbiting planets in our Solar System, including the dwarf planet Pluto.
Angler groups argue against Michigan’s commercial fishing measure
Victor Skinner
June 15, 2026
Two bills that have sparked significant controversy among recreational anglers have not advanced but are still alive in the Michigan legislature.
House bills 5801 and 5802 aim to expand commercial fishing on the Great
