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Electronic tagging introduced for Michigan deer hunt

Michigan's archery deer season opens Thursday, with electronic harvest tagging — or eHarvest tags — now available. Hunters who purchase a deer license through the Michigan Department of Natural Resources Hunt Fish app immediately receive an eHarvest tag on their smartphone, allowing them ...

Lake sturgeon rescued in Ontonagon River channel

Earlier this month, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, along with the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community and Upper Peninsula Power Company, conducted three rescue missions to save a total of 27 lake sturgeon from low-water conditions in the Ontonagon River channel. The rescue efforts ...

Wisconsin DNR updates hunters on deer diseases as EHD reports grow

Wisconsin wildlife regulators say they’ve received more than 1,600 reports of dead deer in southeastern Wisconsin tied to the state’s largest outbreak of Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease. Last month, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources confirmed two wild deer in Washington ...

‘Why didn’t you stock my lake?’

When an angler finds out that you work for the Michigan Department of Natural Resources Fisheries Division, one of their first questions is usually “Why don’t you stock (insert body of water here)?” It seems like a simple question, but there is a lot that goes into the decision to ...

September delivers a shorebird visitor

September is such a bittersweet time of the year. So many of our beloved bird species only spend a few short months in the Upper Peninsula. They might show up in April or May and by September they’ve nested — hopefully successfully — and now have no reason to remain. The male ...

Sturgeon rules updated for Menominee River

Lake sturgeon regulations for hook and line fishing on the Menominee River were updated Wednesday by the Michigan Natural Resources Commission. The changes ensure that regulations are uniform with Wisconsin, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources said Thursday in a news release. ...