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Outdoors

Allowable e-bike operation expands under DNR order

Allowable use of Class 1 electric bicycles on state-managed, nonmotorized bicycle trails/pathways has expanded after approval of a proposed Michigan Department of Natural Resources land use order. DNR Director Scott Bowen approved the land use order change last week during the Michigan ...

Michigan reports 9.1M fish stocked this year

IRON MOUNTAIN — More than 9.1 million fish that weighed nearly 321 tons and consisted of 10 different species and one hybrid were stocked this spring and summer by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources. To complete the task, 17 specialized trucks started in early spring and took 451 ...

Bonus antlerless harvest authorizations will go on sale Monday in Wisconsin

MADISON, Wis. — Bonus antlerless harvest authorizations for Wisconsin’s 2024 gun deer season will be available for purchase online through the Go Wild license portal and at license sales locations starting at 10 a.m. Monday. Bonus authorizations, formerly known as tags, are sold at a ...

Michigan auctions surplus parcels

LANSING — The Michigan Department of Natural Resources will hold a surplus land auction for Dickinson, Houghton, Marquette, Menominee and Ontonagon counties on Wednesday. Surplus land sales, a regular part of the DNR’s public land strategy, are key to how the agency manages the land it ...

Eastern phoebes suddenly go missing

This photo was supposed to celebrate a second successful nesting this year by our resident eastern phoebes at Six Mile Lake. I’d watched over the past weeks as beaks began to poke out the sides of the nest their parents have had for years above the light on my mom’s quilting shop. Each ...