Michigan Letters to the Editor: Taxpayers shouldn’t have to pay for wind turbines
Michigan Letters to the Editor
February 15, 2023
Reader-submitted letters to the editor from Michigan Outdoor News.
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Nature Conservancy protects 32,000 acres in Michigan’s Keweenaw Heartlands
Steve Begnoche
February 15, 2023
The fate of public recreational use of more than 32,000 acres, the Keweenaw Heartlands, is being determined by The Nature Conservancy and about 20 local stakeholder groups.
Hillsdale Nimrod Education Ctr. leader gets award from NWTF
NWTF
February 15, 2023
The National Wild Turkey Federation presented Hillsdale College Nimrod Education Center Director Al Stewart with a Special Recognition Award at the 50-year anniversary celebration in Grand Blanc, Mich., on Jan. 14.
Michigan DNR considers electronic trap monitors for businesses responding to wildlife damage
Bill Parker
February 15, 2023
Acting DNR Director Shannon Lott was presented with a proposal at the recent state Natural Resources Commission meeting in Lansing to make permanent a regulation allowing licensed businesses conducting wildlife damage and nuisance control management
Michigan DNR must close unregulated water source in Ontonagon Co.
DNR Report
February 15, 2023
Process under way to plug an well in Greenland Township.
Expanded walleye fishing opportunities begin March 16 on the Saginaw River
Steve Griffin
February 15, 2023
Something unusual is set to take place on the Lower Saginaw River on March 16: walleye fishing.
Angling for walleyes there will continue as if it were still March 15, until this year the
Michigan gains detailed data from mandatory online deer reporting
Bob Gwizdz
February 15, 2023
Last year hunters killed about 400,000 deer. If the 2022 season was similar, that means roughly 75% of the deer killed were registered.
Is wildlife behavior instinctive or adaptive?
Russ Mason
February 15, 2023
Conrad Lorenz, the original animal behaviorist, described instincts as “fixed action patterns” and proposed a more extensive definition.
Solar power coming to Michigan DNR state fish hatcheries
Dan Sampson
February 15, 2023
Starting this year, solar panels will be installed at state fish hatcheries, contributing to paying the bills and producing electricity to help rear fish.
Starting in the southern part of the state in March
