It’s finally official: Cisco caught in June verified as Michigan state record
Michigan DNR
October 18, 2017
Caught on Lake Ottawa, the fish weighed 6.36 pounds and measured 21.8 inches.
Michigan DNR
Michigan ringnecks: ‘Pheasant hunting is still alive and well in our state’
Staff and News Reports
October 13, 2017
While Michigan pheasant populations have been in decline for several years, pheasants can be found in southern Lower Michigan and in some areas of the Upper Peninsula, according to the Michigan DNR, with the best
Michigan CWD symposium brings together national wildlife, disease experts
Michigan DNR
October 10, 2017
DNR: Gathering provided an opportunity to share ideas and focus on finding solutions for containing CWD.
Federal lab confirms Montcalm County deer had CWD
Michigan DNR
October 6, 2017
It’s the 10th free-ranging deer in Michigan found to have chronic wasting disease.
Seasonal releases put nearly 6,000 lake sturgeon into Michigan waters
Michigan DNR
October 4, 2017
Juvenile lake sturgeon were collected from the wild during April and May and reared in streamside facilities until they were large enough to tag. Most fish were tagged prior to being released into their respective
In Michigan, Hunting Access Program offers private land for hunting, boost for Pheasant Restoration Initiative
Michigan DNR
October 3, 2017
This year marks the 40th anniversary of the program in the state, created in 1977 to increase public hunting opportunities in southern Michigan, where 97 percent of the land base is privately owned.
The state of Lake Erie walleyes: Annual assessment in the works
Michigan DNR
October 2, 2017
The Michigan DNR will conduct its annual walleye assessment in the west basin of Lake Erie near Monroe, Mich., beginning Oct. 9 and continuing through Oct. 13. “This survey is a cornerstone of the DNR’s
Another CWD-positive deer in Michigan?
Michigan DNR
October 2, 2017
Taken in Montcalm County during youth hunt, it would be be the 10th free-ranging deer in the state found to have chronic wasting disease.
Fisheries survey work paints clearer picture of Michigan’s Paint Creek (video)
Michigan DNR
September 28, 2017
The Michigan DNR recently concluded a mark-and-recapture fisheries survey on Paint Creek in Oakland County to better understand the waterbody’s brown trout population. The DNR manages a portion of Paint Creek, downstream from Lake Orion,
