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Michigan Cuffs & Collars – Issue 18

DISTRICT 1 CO Brian Bacon is investigating a complaint regarding illegal wood cutting on state land in Dickinson County. Numerous live trees have been cut, with a roadway created for access. CO Grant Emery responded

Archery forecast looks good

Lansing – Throughout the state, bow benders can expect to find more deer this year than in 2009. According to Brian Frawley, a research biologist with the Michigan DNRE, hunters killed an estimated 444,047 deer

Crossbow restrictions removed

Escanaba, Mich. – With a split vote, 4-3, the Natural Resources Commission at its Aug. 12 meeting in Escanaba legalized hunting with a crossbow in Michigan for any licensed hunter over age 10. Until 2009,

Judge orders protections reinstated for gray wolf

Helena, Montana (AP) – A federal judge has reinstated protections for wolves in Montana and Idaho, saying the government made a political decision in removing the protections from just two of the states where Northern

Scientist: Carp may have been planted near lake

Traverse City, Mich. (AP) – A 3-foot-long Asian carp discovered in a Chicago waterway near Lake Michigan appears to have spent most of its life there and may have been planted by humans who didn’t

Michigan Calendar of Events – Issue 17

Banquets/Fundraisers. Aug. 13: Friends of NRA Banquet, 5 p.m., Livingston Co. Wildlife & Conservation Club. For more info call Sarah Harris, 248-821-0815. Aug. 19: Friends of NRA Banquet, 5:30 p.m., Marshall Activity Center. For more

Oil spill affecting fish, birds

Battle Creek, Mich – A murky cloud of gloom swirled around the Circle D Wildlife Refuge in Vicksburg late last month. Volunteers and federally licensed wildlife rehabilitators there awaited the arrival of ducks and geese

Hunters can expect a good bear hunt this fall

Lansing – Bear hunters in Michigan can plan for another year of fine hunting in 2010. “Last year was a pretty good year all around,” DNRE bear specialist Adam Bump told Michigan Outdoor News. “We

More hunters harvest fewer ducks in 2009

Lansing – Duck hunters in Michigan should know soon the status of this year’s duck-hunting season. For now, they know this: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has estimated the harvest of ducks in the

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