Michigan

Lansing – Michigan’s seven regulatory categories of inland trout streams could become just four under a proposal drafted by the DNR’s Fisheries Division. The goal, said biologist Todd Grischke in a phone interview with Michigan

Washington – Conservation groups late last month were quick to praise the Obama administration’s support for the proposed Clean Water Restoration Act, a federal bill that is said to restore waters protections awarded by the

Lansing – Deer hunters pursuing antlerless deer on private land in southern Michigan and in the northeastern Lower Peninsula will have a lot more flexibility this fall. The state Natural Resources Commission, at its meeting

Urbana, Ill. – That 7-pound “bucketmouth” you landed on only your second cast of the day? Turns out, it may not be your refined angling skills that put him in the boat. And it may

Les Cheneaux Islands, Mich. – Wildlife officials plan to kill off thousands more cormorants this summer than last year in hopes of reviving fish populations in areas like Lake Michigan’s Beaver Island and Bays de

Charlevoix, Mich. – From where came the chinook salmon or steelhead trout you just beached, netted, or boated? The nose knows. Well, not the nose exactly, but in many cases, the snout. It’s in some