Drawing results will be available June 22 for Michigan's elk season, which has an application deadline of June 1. The Michigan Natural Resources Commission has decreased the number of elk licenses to 200 — down from 260 offered in prior years — based on a Department of Natural Resources ...

Spring Hearing questions and results are now available, according to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources and the Wisconsin Conservation Congress. More than 6,800 people responded to the 2026 Spring Hearing questionnaire either in person April 13 or online April 13-15. The results ...

The ice is finally completely gone on Six Mile Lake — I suspect the rains early Friday took away the last remnants that had been hanging on in the center of the lake. This past week seemed to bring a host of waterfowl: more common and hooded mergansers, even one male red-breasted merganser, ...

IRON MOUNTAIN — As of Friday afternoon, Menominee County was showing the highest turkey harvest in the Upper Peninsula’s spring season with a total of 99 birds. Dickinson County ranked second, with 41, while Iron County was third at 39. The Michigan Department of Natural Resources' online ...

As predicted, the birds expected to re-appear in mid-April have made it back. Our regular eastern phoebes not only showed up last Saturday, they seem to have decided the nest needs renovation and have pulled down the grass and lichen portions to get it down to the mud foundation. We’ll have ...

IRON MOUNTAIN — As the spring turkey season opens today in the Upper Peninsula, hunters are reminded there's a new mandatory harvest reporting requirement. Starting this year, all successful turkey hunters must report their harvest within 72 hours of harvest or before transferring ...