A popular northern Michigan fishing lake is being lowered after suspected seepage was discovered below its aging dam. The Michigan DNR began gradually lowering Tomahawk Creek Flooding this month after a state inspection found unusually
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Aug. 28, 2026 edition of Michigan Outdoor News.
Mention Michigan’s wildlife, and most people picture white-tailed deer, brook trout, loons, or perhaps the monarch butterfly. Few would nominate an insect as the state’s most valuable animal. Yet if one insect vanished from Michigan,
We can all imagine what conversations between hunters and COs will sound like this season, especially if a hunter follows his or her habits instead of his or her aforementioned shiny new rulebook – or,
Michigan’s wolves are proving to be a lot harder to count than they are to photograph. A new network of more than 1,300 remote cameras across the Upper Peninsula is giving researchers their first year-round
A last-minute fundraising effort by Michigan waterfowl hunters and conservation groups will help preserve hunter access at four state-managed waterfowl areas this fall.
Waterfowl hunting advocates have raised $80,000 to provide temporary staffing at
Michigan hunters in five counties will be able to earn a second buck in 2027 through a pilot program approved by the Michigan Natural Resources Commission this month.
The pilot program will coincide with
Bass bite holds inland, salmon still strong on Great Lakes. Here’s the Michigan fishing report on Aug. 21, 2026.
Boat anglers trolling for salmon reported great numbers of fish here.
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