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Michigan DNR

ORV clubs drive cleanup efforts in partnership with Adopt-a-Forest

By IRIS PAUL Michigan Department of Natural Resources Craig Pinkelman set out with fellow members of the Wicked Jeeps Southeast Michigan ORV Club to enjoy an autumn day riding off-road vehicles in 2017 – but was surprised by what he found hidden on the path less taken. Club members ...

DNR to lift baiting ban in UP’s CWD zone

The Upper Peninsula Chronic Wasting Disease Surveillance Zone — which includes parts of Delta, Dickinson and Menominee counties — will be removed beginning with this year’s hunting seasons, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources said. As a result, hunters in this area can resume ...

Unplugged? Remembering a technology-free world

“This old world so strange, you know she’s changing.” – Steve Gibbons It’s a strange world we live in, especially in the developed world, where things like reliable availability of electricity are expected. If the lights go out, we humans react in various ways. For some of us, we ...

Outdoors North: ‘Good riddance’ to winter; seasonal signs spring up

“They say hope it springs eternal in a young man’s breast and every time you turn around they’re puttin’ it to the test.” – Steve Forbert As I looked up the slope, I could see snow on the ground had slowly receded into a narrow and thin, irregular shape of cold, white ...

Angling towards the river, anticipating fishing season

There’s a traditional ritual I go through about this time each year. In between the first day of spring and the last Saturday in April opening day of trout season, I go through my tackle bag to reorganize and restock depleted items. I am sure this idea sounds as interesting to some ...