Michigan

Lansing – Michigan bear hunters killed an estimated 2,348 black bears last year, the third highest total since the lottery system was implemented for bear permit allocation in 1990. The harvest also marked the eighth

Lansing – It’s too early for specifics, but Michigan waterfowl hunters this fall probably will see seasons quite similar to last year’s, with a few more ducks flying into those hunts. That’s the word from

Marquette, Mich. – Approximately 25 percent of the fawns fitted with radio collars during an extensive study on fawn predation under way in Menominee County have been killed by predators, according to early results. Other

Washington – The number of ducks on the continent’s main breeding grounds increased 13 percent from last year and is 25 percent above the long-term average, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Habitat

Grand Rapids, Mich. – An owner of a cervid deer farm in Kent County where chronic wasting disease was found last year, has been sentenced to 180 days in jail and 30 months probation for

Washington – Conservation groups recently celebrated the first major victory for federal legislation they say could protect millions of acres of wetlands in the United States left susceptible by Supreme Court decisions earlier this decade.

Lansing – The state Natural Resources Commission is scheduled to vote at its July 9 meeting in Lansing on a proposal to set antlerless deer-hunting permit quotas for the 2009 hunting season. The DNR is