Fish and other aquatic life typically die in late winter, but may not be noticed until a month after the ice leaves the lake because the dead fish and other aquatic life temporarily are preserved by the cold water.
Hunter groups, others working on response plan consensus.
Phragmites, or common reed, has taken hold and stands of the giant reed offer little access for waterfowl and other wildlife.
NRC considering a 10-day September season for teal.
The dip-netting season opens Monday, March 20, and also closes May 31.
The Michigan Wildlife Cooperatives program promotes development and growth of wildlife cooperatives in Michigan, with a primary focus on deer and pheasants.
That was the last time I’ll be driving the truck on the ice this year, though, unless we get another prolonged period of cold weather.
“As humans, we play a role in reducing potential conflicts with wild animals, including coyote.”
Consumers Energy Foundation awards grant to support Michigan Arctic Grayling Initiative.
Each forum will include a presentation on a wildlife-related topic, with additional information provided to private landowners on the value of a resource management plan.
Provides another option to the Michigan DNR’s Report All Poaching hotline.
Season again comes to a close in a hurry, but the excitement surrounding lake sturgeons runs long and deep here.
Michigan’s wild elk herd is four hours north of Detroit in Pigeon River Country State Forest near Gaylord. Wildlife experts estimate over 1,000 elk live in and around this state forest.
DNR partners with sheriff’s deputies to patrol snowmobile noise complaints in and around Houghton, Mich.
On Michigan-Wisconsin boundary waters, ice shanties must be removed by midnight Wednesday, March 15. And regardless of removal date, shanties must be pulled as soon as the ice is unable to safely support them.
Across Michigan, fishing seasons for lake sturgeon can extend several months, depending on the water body, but the Black Lake season often lasts only a matter of hours. This year’s season, which just recently concluded, was no exception.
Cooley cited for “behind-the-scenes” activities associated with the successful restoration of wild turkeys in Michigan and continued efforts to monitor wild turkeys for diseases and other issues that could affect the health of Michigan’s wild turkey population.
Any potential mining of the minerals would require a separate regulatory process through the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality.
This year, it generated over $259,000 for wildlife habitat restoration, improvements; 2017 drawing winners are Michele Ketchum, Richard Farris, and Jerry Peak.
Iowa, Michigan, and Wisconsin are confident that experimental teal seasons met federal requirements and that the fourth year should not require any additional monitoring.
“Wardens,” on air since 2011, chronicles the lives of conservation officers in America.
Michigan man, 78, has been carving fish decoys for most of his life
Creel clerks collecting angler information this winter
The cause of death appeared to be from a gunshot wound
This is the second time the disease has been found in a farmed deer facility in Michigan, the last one coming in 2008
Includes 10 different species totaling more than 300,000 fish that weighed nearly 8 tons
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