IRON MOUNTAIN — The Michigan Department of Natural Resources will offer a 45-minute webinar at 10:30 a.m. Eastern time Friday on the new Spark Grants program for outdoor public recreation projects.

Eligible applicants can include regional or statewide organizations, units of government or public authorities and federally designated tribes.

Up to $15 million is available in the first round of the program that’s aimed at helping local communities renovate or redevelop public outdoor recreation.

Preregistration is needed for the free webinar. For more go to the Michigan Spark Grants page at https://www.michigan.gov/dnr/buy-and-apply/grants/rec.

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources announced that the upcoming Lake Michigan Fisheries Management public meeting has been postponed. Originally scheduled for Monday at Lakeshore Technical College in Cleveland, Wis., this second public meeting will be rescheduled for December.

Cooler water and higher flows has brought in some brown trout below the Menominee dam, with one angler catching four browns using spawn sacs or jerk baits, the Wisconsin DNR reported.

The pink salmon run was winding down, but a few fish were still seen in the Menominee and Peshtigo rivers.

The Michigan DNR reported this Upper Peninsula activity:

Little Bay de Noc: Windy conditions limited available locations and opportunities for fishing. Smallmouth anglers had success fishing the upper bay and locations near Gladstone.

Manistique: Pink salmon remain in the river, with anglers casting reaction baits or floating beads. Anglers were catching and seeing some Chinook salmon that were the remnants of the last run.

Marquette: Fishing activity was low this last week. Lake trout were the most reported catches, but coho and Chinook salmon reports were increasing. Most successful catches of lake trout came from anglers trolling spoons in about 75 feet of water around White Rocks. Salmon were observed and reported being caught near the mouth of the Chocolay River, and occasionally around the breakwall in lower harbor. Salmon reports were increasing in the Chocolay River where anglers were using pink/gold spinners, or floating spawn bags.

Keweenaw Bay/ Huron Bay: Weather conditions were restricting most angling effort on the bays however there were a few days when people were able to get on the lake. Anglers had some luck fishing during the morning hours for lake trout and that was the majority of the catches last week. Only one report came off the water stating any salmon catches.

Munising Bay: Coho fishing was slow. Very few fish were caught off the pier, with most anglers reporting zero catches. Splake fishing was also slow with very few caught. Anglers were trying both spawn and casting but had no luck. A few boat anglers were out with the same result.