
Michigan Letters to the Editor: Selling Michigan game fish is not a good idea for anyone
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the March 14, 2025, edition of Michigan Outdoor News.

Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the March 14, 2025, edition of Michigan Outdoor News.

Winter is slowly fading and it won’t be long before warm spring breezes replace the snow and cold. Along with the arrival of spring comes one of my favorite pastimes – spring turkey hunting.

Spring gobbler hunters can expect another good season with stable turkey numbers across most of Michigan.
The harvest report for the 2024 season was not available from the DNR at press time. However in

The Great Lakes Fisheries Commission is reassessing its sea lamprey program for 2025 following federal layoffs at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service that provides the manpower to control the invasive critters.
“We’re still

Warm temps, rain disastrous to ice fishing season. Here’s a look at the Michigan fishing report on March 7, 2025.

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker continues to hold up the Brandon Road Project – a billion-dollar project to block invasive carp from entering Lake Michigan. The Project is funded primarily by the federal government, and Pritzker

As the 44-mile-long Brule River’s fame and appeal spreads across the country, pressure on the storied river has increased over the years.
Unfortunately, this popularity and the actions of a few anglers has resulted

As a professional wildlife photographer and avid birder, Bill Diller is used to fielding reports of extraordinary or unusual birds – most of which turn out to be quite ordinary.
So, when a

One of the benefits to being a journalist is you have access to people who know stuff.
Regardless of your job, you are generally dealing with folks who are on their game – the
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