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Outdoors

Outdoors report: Sagola club offers annual sight-in day for deer hunters

IRON MOUNTAIN — Sagola Township Sportsmen’s Club will hold its annual sight-in day Friday, Nov. 14, ahead of the Michigan firearm deer season opener. Starting at 7 a.m., the 100-yard rifle range will be manned by certified instructors. Targets and assistance will be provided free of ...

Outdoors report: Michigan DNR invites comments on state forest roads

A series of proposed updates to Michigan’s state forest roads is open for public review and comment. The Department of Natural Resources regularly reviews and updates the state forest road inventory to keep it accurate and aligned with current regulations. This year’s proposed changes are ...

Michigan expands tribal partnerships to restore native wild rice

Building on a longstanding partnership with Indigenous nations, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources is intensifying its commitment to sowing manoomin, a native aquatic rice and staple of the Anishinaabe people. The DNR’s Wildlife Division, working with the Keweenaw Bay Indian ...

Preproposals due Nov. 19 for Michigan fisheries grants

LANSING — The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is offering up to $1.5 million in Fisheries Habitat Grants to local, state, federal and tribal governments and nonprofit groups. This funding is available for activities that can improve Michigan’s fisheries and aquatic resources, ...

Outdoors report: Menominee County paces UP archery deer harvest

IRON MOUNTAIN — Menominee County has the highest deer harvest total in the Upper Peninsula so far during the archery season that began Oct. 1. As of Friday afternoon, the Menominee County total was 524 deer, followed by Delta County, 304, and Dickinson, 208. The antlered harvest totals were ...

Outdoors report: Wisconsin DNR to host public meeting on whitefish

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources will host a virtual public meeting to gather feedback regarding proposed new total allowable catch numbers for lake whitefish in Lake Michigan and Green Bay for the 2026 fishing season. The meeting will take place at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 29. ...