Michigan
Mike Schoonveld: Boating fatality numbers at all-time low
Mike Schoonveld
July 18, 2024
I am a frequent boater and have been most of my life. I don’t think of boating as a particularly unsafe activity (it’s not) but I also don’t think of it as more or less
Ducks Unlimited, partners surpass important wetlands conservation milestone
Ducks Unlimited
July 17, 2024
For the first time in its 87-year history, Ducks Unlimited has delivered 1 million acres of conservation across North America in a single year thanks to more than a million supporters and partners, including private
Bob Gwizdz: Most of Michigan’s Deer Management Initiative recommendations won’t help deer herd
Bob Gwizdz
July 17, 2024
I’ve spent a lot of time poring over the conclusions of the recently completed Deer Management Initiative, but I’ll be darned if I can see what the hours of effort, expended in that exercise, actually
Commentary: What science says about human consumption of lead in venison
Russ Mason
July 17, 2024
The short answer is that the concern is overblown in much the same way that concerns over lead and wildlife impacts are (more dramatically) overstated.
Construction of carp barrier closer to reality at Brandon Road Lock and Dam on the Des Plains River in Illinois
Staff Report
July 17, 2024
Earlier this month Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced that Michigan signed an agreement with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Illinois to cosponsor the construction of the Brandon Road Interbasin Project.
This milestone agreement
Good fishing, ambiance lure anglers to Nichols Lake in Michigan’s Newaygo County
Bill Parker
July 16, 2024
Good fishing, sandy beaches, a primitive campground, and a relatively remote setting in the Manistee National Forest combine to make Nichols Lake worth a look this summer.
Located in northwest Newaygo County about 20
Michigan’s Outdoor Calendar
Staff Report
July 16, 2024
A look at upcoming outdoors-related events from across Michigan published in the July 19, 2024, edition of Michigan Outdoor News.
Michigan Cuffs & Collars: Multiple-year hunter harassment investigation leads to jail time
Staff Report
July 16, 2024
Michigan cuffs and collars are field reports from DNR Conservation Officers. These reports are from the July 19, 2024, edition of Outdoor News.
Michigan’s Black River Lake boating access site closed due to dam release
DNR Report
July 16, 2024
The Michigan DNR has closed the boating access site at Black River Lake in Gogebic County indefinitely, and the public is advised to avoid the area and the soft soils that have been newly exposed,
