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 ...
IRON MOUNTAIN — The Michigan Department of Natural Resources provided an update this week on deer hunting regulations that take effect this fall in the Upper Peninsula, after actions taken July 11 by the Natural Resources Commission. The full package includes changes that won’t begin until after the 2024 seasons have ended, with further updates to come. For the fall 2024 seasons: — A 3-point antler point restriction was implemented on the single deer license in Deer Management Unit 122, which is mostly in south Dickinson County. — In the western central part of the ...
Is this the next squirrel species to establish itself in the northwoods? This is a young 13-lined ground squirrel. It wasn’t willing to show its back, which is streaked with stripes and lines of spots, hence the name. It hung around the front door for awhile Saturday, then moved on and ...
IRON MOUNTAIN — The Michigan Department of Natural Resources this week issued guidelines for antlerless deer permits in the Upper Peninsula. In the western central part of the U.P., deer management unit 352 will require an antlerless deer hunting access permit and a universal antlerless deer license to hunt antlerless deer. DMU 352 is made up of DMUs 027, 036, 152 and 252 and will have 500 access permits available. One antlerless deer hunting access permit for the DMU you are hunting in — plus one universal antlerless deer license — are required for each deer harvested. ...
IRON MOUNTAIN — A few changes have been made in deer hunting rules for the Upper Peninsula. As reported Friday by MLive, antlerless harvest quotas will be reduced in the “mid-snowfall zone,” a band crossing the middle latitudes of the U.P. The Michigan Natural Resources Commission on ...
MADISON, Wis. — A survey measuring ruffed grouse drumming activity heard along roadsides throughout Wisconsin this spring showed a 57% increase in statewide drumming activity compared to 2023, the Department of Natural Resources said. Several agencies and groups, including the DNR, U.S. ...
