EAST LANSING­ — A partnership including the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the American Bird Conservancy is offering financial assistance to forest owners in the Upper Peninsula to improve habitat for at-risk bird species and other wildlife. Private forest owners can submit ...

LANSING — The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is offering over $1.6 million in funding for a variety of activities tied to improving state fisheries and aquatic resources, including fish habitat conservation, dam removal and repair, resource assessment studies and access to ...

LANSING — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has vetoed a House bill that removed the authority of the Michigan Natural Resources Commission to require online reporting of deer harvests within 72 hours of bagging a deer. Whitmer and her administration originally supported House Bill 6354, but ...

Watching the year’s young fawns roam around the yard normally is among the many delights of life on Six Mile Lake. But not in early October. Not seeing one this small, with spots still vivid, while all other deer around it sported the solid gray coats better suited for the coming ...

IRON MOUNTAIN — Hunters are reminded that Michigan offers 13 grouse enhanced management sites across the Upper Peninsula, which are large blocks of land with young forests open to hunting. GEMS feature accessible walking trails. They also have parking lots with local area information ...

eam Marshfield Medical Center Dickinson, from left, John Cox, Gino Venditti, Jesse Wery and Pete Anderson, claimed bragging rights at the Kiwanis Ski Club Sporting Clays Challenge. The event was held at United Sportsmen’s Club in Merriman and featured a 10-station challenge as well as a ...