
Michigan Cuffs & Collars: Woman was ‘hoping not to get checked’ by an officer
Michigan cuffs and collars are field reports from DNR Conservation Officers. These reports are from the June 5, 2026 edition of Outdoor News.

Michigan cuffs and collars are field reports from DNR Conservation Officers. These reports are from the June 5, 2026 edition of Outdoor News.

U.S. Representative Tim Walberg (R-Michigan) and U.S. Representative Sarah Elfreth (D-Maryland) have partnered on a new bill to improve state and federal responses to aquatic invasive species.

Two bills introduced in the Michigan Legislature would expand commercial fishing rights on the state’s Great Lakes waters by allowing licensed commercial fishermen to harvest walleyes and certain trout species, a shift supporters say would

Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the June 5, 2026 edition of Michigan Outdoor News.

Amid loud and constant chatter about pending price escalations of hunting and fishing licenses and making broad changes to the state’s deer seasons, the decision to increase costs of snowmobile trail permits hit Michigan outdoorsmen

Michigan deer hunters will face some of the most significant regulation changes in decades after the state’s Natural Resources Commission approved a sweeping package of new rules for the 2026 and 2027 hunting seasons.

With Great Lakes whitefish in steep decline, should Michigan cast a lifeline to commercial fishers and allow them to catch other species?
Even if those species are walleyes and trout? That was the subject

Michigan lawmakers are again weighing whether gray wolves should be hunted in the Upper Peninsula, reviving a long-running debate that pits wildlife management concerns against wolf protection efforts.
New legislation under debate is based

Walleye bite stays active, salmon catch up in big lakes. Here’s the Michigan fishing report across the state on May 29, 2026.
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