
After nearly a century, Michigan’s elk herd is flourishing
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.
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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,

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

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.
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