The pace of spring migration has already picked up and likely will kick into overdrive with the jump in temperatures in the region next week. The first few red-winged blackbirds and common grackles have become the usual noisy horde, dominating the bird feeder and loudly announcing their ...
IRON MOUNTAIN — Snow and ice will soon be in the rear-view mirror, maybe of an ORV. The Michigan Department of Natural Resources has updated its state forest road maps, which are available at https://www.michigan.gov/dnr/things-to-do/ORV-Riding/state-forest-roads. Forest road maps are ...
MADISON, Wis. — The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is seeking public comments for the 2023 deer season, including harvest quotas and other key parts of deer management as part of the annual County Deer Advisory Council process. The public comment period is open today through ...
Throughout the winter, we’ve had an oversized rabbit in the yard I dubbed Big Bunny. We weren’t the only ones in the neighborhood to notice this very large cottontail, which made me think of the character Bigwig in “Watership Down,” a 1972 novel by Richard Adams that centered on a ...
MADISON, Wis. — The Wisconsin Conservation Congress and Department of Natural Resources invite the public to get involved in April during the annual spring hearing public input opportunity. The WCC/DNR Spring Hearings focus on natural resource-related questions and proposed rule changes. They will again be held in a virtual format, as they have been since 2020. This year’s online questionnaire will be open from April 10 at noon through April 13 at noon via the Wisconsin Conservation Congress Spring Hearing webpage at https://dnr.wisconsin.gov/about/wcc/springhearing. New ...
IRON MOUNTAIN — Spring turkey licenses remain available for an Upper Peninsula hunt that begins April 22 and runs through May 31. You can buy a license from any license agent, online at Michigan.gov/DNRLicenses, or through the Michigan DNR Hunt Fish app. More information is available at https://www.michigan.gov/dnr/things-to-do/hunting/turkey. Wisconsin’s spring turkey season opens with a statewide youth hunt April 15-16. Youth hunters must have completed hunter education or participated in the mentored hunting program to be eligible. Wisconsin’s spring turkey season consists ...
