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Outdoors

Conservation Officer Appreciation Day

LANSING — In honor of the 250 Michigan Department of Natural Resources conservation officers who swore under oath to faithfully enforce the laws of Michigan and the rules and regulations of the DNR, and who patrol all 83 counties, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has proclaimed Sunday as Conservation ...

Capture and collar

UPPER MICHIGAN — It’s an unusually warm February day in the western Upper Peninsula as a collaborative team of wildlife experts works to fit a radio collar around the neck of an immobilized moose and collect blood and fecal samples from the animal. Speed and skill are crucial. Too much ...

Outdoors North: John Pepin

“Wish I was more than one, one for work and one for fun; one to go and one to stay, little darlin’ I’m goin’ away,” – Steve Forbert Rays of sunlight penetrated the dusty glass of the back window of the garage. The filtered light illuminated an even dustier windowsill before it ...

Fifty and counting

LANSING — To date, the Michigan Natural Resources Trust Fund has provided nearly $1.4 billion for land improvements and acquisitions across Michigan’s 83 counties. A list of accomplishments include: • The award-winning Ocqueoc Falls Trailhead and Scenic Overlook in Presque Isle County, ...

UPSF & W grant deadline approaching

ESCANABA — The Upper Peninsula Sustainable Forest and Wildlife Fund (UPSF & W), a fund of the Community Foundation of the Upper Peninsula, April 2026 grants round deadline is approaching. Eligible non-profit organizations and sub-divisions of government are eligible to submit applications ...

Michigan’s new coyote management season starts Monday

LANSING — A new coyote hunting and trapping season designed to address interspecies conflict and overabundance of the animals in Michigan will run for more than seven months starting next week. The statewide coyote management season, approved earlier this year by the Natural Resources ...