When Grouse Enhanced Management Sites were established in 2014, the goal was simple yet ambitious: create premium grouse and woodcock habitat for hunters. “We recognized the need to highlight grouse and woodcock habitat management while providing new, more easily accessible hunting ...

IRON MOUNTAIN — Anglers are reminded that the last day of Wisconsin’s 2024 general inland trout season is Tuesday. After Oct. 15, anglers will no longer be allowed to fish inland streams, springs and spring-fed ponds for trout or salmon. Trout and salmon can still be harvested from ...

It’s October and the pace of change in the region is accelerating as winter draws closer. A wave of warblers — the majority the very common yellow-rumped, a mostly black, white and gray songbird with bright yellow patches — descended en masse on the yard in the last week of September and ...

IRON MOUNTAIN — Wisconsin’s youth deer hunt will take place this weekend. Wisconsin hunters are reminded that any time a firearm deer season is taking place, including the youth deer hunt, at least 50% of all hunters’ clothing above the waist must be blaze orange or pink. This ...

IRON MOUNTAIN — Michigan’s archery deer season opens Tuesday with a high in the seasonable 60s expected — a bit cooler than recent days. A mild winter should translate into better fawn recruitment and more young deer in the woods, but some older bucks, too. Wildlife biologists ...

MARQUETTE — If you’re on the water in late September to early October, be on the lookout for Michigan Department of Natural Resources personnel conducting nighttime walleye recruitment surveys. Fisheries managers use these surveys to determine whether walleye that hatched in the spring ...