Hunting
DNR wants to enhance public hunting lands in southern Michigan
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is in the process of establishing or updating the master plans for management of each of the state game areas in southern Michigan.
Fish house deadlines, Hall of Fame inductees, and a new scholarship fund
Wrapping up some late-winter outdoors-related news, including honors for the late Don McMillan, as Minnesota hurtles toward spring and 2015 Northwest Sportshow season
The language of fishing and its un-subtle nuances
From suspended fish to lead-core to kickers and socks, sport anglers use terminology that almost require a glossary for the new or uninitiated
DNR may pull fall antlerless gun deer hunt
In the DNR Division of Wildlife’s words, it is “suspending” the October antlerless muzzleloader season for this hunting year.
Yoder charged in chronic wasting disease case
A Holmes County trophy deer farm owner has been charged with four felony counts of tampering with evidence as part of a criminal investigation involving fatal chronic wasting disease by the Ohio Department of Agriculture.
Watercraft, Parks consolidating some services for efficiencies
The administrative staff of the DNR Division of Watercraft will soon be moored in the Ohio Division of Parks building at the Ohio DNR main Fountain Square campus in Columbus.
Congress takes aim at wolf delisting
Word on the street since a federal judge’s decision in December put gray wolves back on the endangered species list was that members of Congress might address the issue with legislation of their own.
Group working to rehabilitate U.P. deer yards
Is the deer herd in the Upper Peninsula in trouble? Three harsh winters in a row and increased predation in recent years have led to a drastic decline in whitetail numbers north of the Mackinac
Sturgeon season ends in six hours on Black Lake
More than 300 anglers hoped to spear a sturgeon through the ice when Michigan’s Black Lake sturgeon-spearing season opened Feb. 7.
