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Share your thoughts with the DNR at upcoming meetings

The Department of Natural Resources is committed to providing Michigan residents the opportunity to share input and ideas on policy decisions, programs and other aspects of natural resource management and outdoor recreation opportunities. One important avenue for this input is at meetings of the public bodies that advise the DNR and, in some cases, also set policies for natural resource management. Frequently check the DNR boards, commissions, committees and councils webpage for updates. The links below will take you to the webpage for each group, where you will find specific location ...

AG Nessel warns residents about price-gouging, contractor scams and water-damaged vehicles

LANSING – Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel is warning Michigan residents to beware of scam artists and price-gougers who will try to take advantage of desperate home and vehicle owners in the next several days and weeks. Of particular concern are reports of price-gouging by towing companies that have towed cars out of flooded roadways and impounded them – as well as fly-by-night contractors offering to help homeowners clean up after the weekend storms. “I am concerned that bad actors may use the weekend’s flooding to overcharge or scam people who need assistance,” Nessel ...

Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services offers insurance tips to Michigan residents following severe weather

LANSING — Following heavy rain, widespread flooding, and tornadoes across the state, the Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services (DIFS) is providing tips to assist residents when working with insurance companies to file claims and repair damages. “Wind and rain can cause expensive damage to a home, so it is important that Michiganders understand their rights and responsibilities as they recover from severe weather and flooding,” said DIFS Director Anita Fox. “Impacted Michiganders should carefully review their policies and work with their agents and insurers to ...

DNR approves nearly $4 million in grants for recreational boating improvements and development

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources today announced that more than $4 million in grant funding will be awarded to 23 communities throughout the state to boost recreational boating. The funding is made possible through the DNR Parks and Recreation Division’s waterways grant program, which began in 1949 with the goal of expanding the harbor system along the Great Lakes and boating access sites throughout the state. Today, the system includes more than 1,300 state-sponsored boating access sites, 19 state-managed harbors and 63 local state-sponsored harbors of refuge along the ...

Explore a wetland wonder and win

You have about two more weeks to enter the Explore MI Wetland Wonders Challenge contest by visiting one of Michigan’s Wetland Wonders. Contest entries must be received by July 16. Scattered across the state, from Sturgeon River Sloughs State Wildlife Management Area in the Upper Peninsula to Pointe Mouillee State Game Area just 25 miles from the Ohio border, Michigan’s Wetland Wonders provide year-round recreation opportunities like birding, boating, fishing, hiking, photography and hunting. Document your trip to a Wetland Wonder with a selfie and you could win a $1,000 gift ...

Michigan Tech debuts new Health Science and Medicine Lecture Series to improve rural health

HOUGHTON – Students, educators, clinicians, and community members gathered virtually for the UP Health Science and Medicine Summer Lecture last week. The quarterly lecture series aims to build stronger academic-clinical partnerships needed to improve rural health across the Upper Peninsula. Organized by the Department of Kinesiology and Integrative Physiology and the Health Research Institute at Michigan Tech University, the lecture series is free and open to anyone interested in learning more about improving their health, explained Steven Elmer, Associate Professor in the Department ...