LANSING — Michigan's cold winter temperatures have made for good ice fishing conditions, but anglers on the ice targeting walleye or other fish may unexpectedly find themselves with a lake sturgeon on the line. When that happens, releasing the sturgeon as quickly as possible is essential ...

MAQUETTE — Michigan wildlife researchers are preparing to conduct the second phase of a collaborative study that aims to figure out why the Upper Peninsula moose population remains stubbornly stagnant. This month, researchers from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Keweenaw Bay ...

LANSING — The Michigan Natural Resources Trust Fund Board has recommended the Michigan Legislature approve 60 recreation development projects and 15 land acquisitions totaling $45 million to be funded in 2026. According to a Michigan DNR press release, the board this year considered a total ...

The Michigan departments of Natural Resources and Agriculture and Rural Development encourage those who have eastern hemlock trees on their property to take time this winter to inspect the trees for signs of hemlock woolly adelgid – tiny, soft-bodied insects that consume the trees’ stored ...

Here's the weekly fishing report from the Department of Natural Resources for the Upper Peninsula as of Wednesday, Oct. 29 Ontonagon River: The river saw very little angling activity over the past week. The floating docks in the Ontonagon Marina had been removed from the river for the season, ...

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources Fishing Report for the Western Upper Peninsula as of Oct. 22 Ontonagon River: Angling efforts on the river were very low over the past week. Angler reports included catches of northern pike and walleye in low numbers. The floating docks in the ...