A sampling of field reports from Michigan Department of Natural Resources conservation officers in the Upper Peninsula: Jan. 9 to Jan. 22 DISTRICT 1 Conservation officer Ethen Mapes patrolled for illegal snowmobile activity in Ontonagon County on a high traffic weekend. Mapes witnessed ...

IRON MOUNTAIN — Staffers from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources will answer viewer questions Thursday night on “Ask the DNR” on WNMU-TV13. The hour-long live program, hosted by Mike Settles, airs at 7 p.m. Central time. It will be available later online, where WNMU-TV13 ...

MADISON, Wis. — Native plant sales are blooming across Wisconsin through June, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources said. By planting native plants, you can support the entire ecosystem by providing food for insects, birds, small mammals and other wildlife. Many native plant ...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers vetoed a bill Thursday that would have allowed hunting ranches to raise bovids. That’s a term for cloven-hoofed mammals, including bison, buffalo, sheep, goats and antelopes. Republicans who introduced the bill argued that many such animals ...

RICHMOND, Calif. (AP) — The nation’s oldest active park ranger is hanging up her Smokey hat at the age of 100. Betty Reid Soskin retired Thursday after more than 15 years at the Rosie the Riveter/WWII Home Front National Historical Park in Richmond, California, the National Park Service ...

When moving around the yard and house at Six Mile Lake, I like to keep an eye out for new tracks, especially after fresh snow or, this past week, an increasingly muddy driveway. The vast majority of prints are deer and red squirrels, along with the tridents and feather marks from birds hopping ...