Michigan DNR: Deer hunters can expect conditions that meet or exceed 2019
Hunters who have seen the 2020 Hunting Digest may have noticed quite a few regulation changes. These changes reflect the evolution of deer hunting in Michigan.
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Final year of ruffed grouse/West Nile virus monitoring to conclude this fall
In collaboration with the Minnesota and Michigan Departments of Natural Resources, the Ruffed Grouse Society and Wisconsin Conservation Congress, the Wisconsin DNR will conduct the third and final year of sampling in a multi-year monitoring program this fall looking at WNV in ruffed grouse.
Father, son charged with poaching elk, other species
Illegal hunting activity involves elk, deer, turkeys and raptors.
Study looks at decades of bald eagle deaths in Michigan
Shows the leading causes of death for the iconic national bird are being hit by cars and lead poisoning.
Michigan wolf population at nearly 700 but leveling off
The latest biennial survey conducted this winter estimated the predator species’ population at 695, divided among 143 packs.
Michigan has two new state-record fish
Quillback carp sucker and bigmouth buffalo are two fish for the Michigan record books.
Michigan man charged with 125 wildlife crimes
Faces charges that include illegally killing 18 wolves over the past 18 months and killing and disposing of three bald eagles.
In Michigan, boaters warned, ticketed for violating stay-home order
Michigan DNR conservation officers issued five citations over the weekend to boaters in violation of the governor’s stay-home order, but none of them involved the use of a motorized boat, according to the department. For the story, click here. Categories: News Tags: Boating, Boats, COVID-19, Michigan DNR
Curing COVID-19 with common sense
Setting road blocks in front of people trying to recreate outdoors does little to stem the tide of COVID-19.
Invasive grass carp found in Lake Huron tributary river
The DNR says it’s the first documented capture of a grass carp from the lake that was diploid, or able to produce offspring.
5 workers at Michigan wildlife lab get latent form of TB
It was the department’s “working assumption” that the workers got TB from infected deer “but we can’t say for sure.”
Black Lake sturgeon season lasts less than 6 hours
This year’s allocation of sturgeon for Black Lake anglers was seven fish, although DNR officials set a harvest quota of six fish to reduce the risk of over-fishing.
Dredging effort planned to benefit fish habitat on Lake Superior harbor
Copper mining waste rock known as stamp sands have built up in an Upper Peninsula waterway and threaten an important whitefish, lake trout spawning area.
Three more elk poached in northern Michigan
“This is the worst year we’ve had as far as elk poaching.”
Study: Virus present in region’s ruffed grouse, but exposed birds can survive
Test results are in from the first year of a multi-state study on West Nile virus in ruffed grouse in Minnesota, Michigan and Wisconsin.
Bald eagle euthanized after reportedly being mistaken for goose, shot in northern Michigan
(U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Northeast Region)MANISTEE, Mich. — Michigan officials say a bald eagle was euthanized after being shot by hunters in Manistee County who said they mistook it for a goose. The DNR says local fishing guides saw the shooting Saturday in a wooded area on the Manistee River and called the agency’s poaching hotline. The 2-year-old female…
Another confirmed cougar sighting in Michigan
Latest confirmation came from a trail camera set up on public land in Delta County.
Michigan Outdoor News Cuffs & Collars – Aug. 30, 2019
DISTRICT 1 CO Cody Smith assisted with a search and recovery of a subject who had gone cliff jumping at Canyon Falls in Baraga County. The individual had jumped off the falls around 8 p.m. and was unable to get out of the river due to the high current from recent rains. The search party was called off after searching…
Michigan angler over the limit – by 1,400 panfish
DNR received multiple tips from local anglers on Gladwin County’s Lake Lancer.
Michigan Outdoor News Cuffs & Collars – Aug. 16, 2019
DISTRICT 1 CO Jeremy Sergey received a report of an individual who killed a snapping turtle when the turtle season was closed. Sergey interviewed the individual and obtained a confession as well as photographs of the individual holding the dead turtle. Charges have been filed with the Menominee County District Court for killing a turtle out of season. CO Boudreaux…
Michigan cougar sighting: ‘These animals remain rare in the Upper Peninsula’
The image of the cat was caught on a landowner’s trail cam July 7 in daylight hours northwest of Ironwood, in the far western portion of the Upper Peninsula.
Arctic grayling on verge of returning to Michigan waters
Grayling are native to Michigan but died out because of logging and overfishing.
More than 460K walleye fingerlings stocked in Michigan’s U.P.
Nearly 330,000 fingerlings were placed in early July in northern Little Bay de Noc near the mouth of the Whitefish River. Another 135,000 were stocked near Gladstone, Kipling and the lower Escanaba River.
Michigan Outdoor News Cuffs & Collars – Aug. 2, 2019
DISTRICT 1 After checking out of service from a long day of marine and ORV patrol, CO Anna Viau heard radio traffic about a fatal boating accident that occurred on a body of water known for its heavy recreational use. Viau assisted other local law enforcement with the rescue and recovery of other parties and equipment throughout the night and…
‘Unprecedented’ Midwest CWD meeting yields no new approaches
The attendees couldn’t agree on how to share management plans or whether they even should.
Kirtland’s warbler: Michigan’s new state bird?
It’s still adorable. Still a tourist attraction. Still a far better choice than the boring ol’ robin as Michigan’s state bird, its fans will tell you, and they might soon try to make that official.
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