LANSING — During the height of the coronavirus pandemic — with businesses, schools and churches closed — record numbers of people in Michigan began heading to the outdoors for recreation, exercise and relaxation. In addition to increases in the number of hunters, anglers and off-road ...

Avian influenza — “bird flu” — officially arrived in the Upper Peninsula this past week, in Menominee County. While it occurred in a non-commercial backyard poultry flock of about 50 domestic fowl, it can be assumed it was spread by wild birds. The birds at the Menominee County site ...

IRON MOUNTAIN — Spring turkey season opens Wednesday in Wisconsin and on Saturday, April 23, in the Upper Peninsula. With an Upper Peninsula quota of 6,000 permits, more than 1,200 leftover licenses were available for purchase as of Friday at https://www.mdnr-elicense.com/Draw/Leftovers. ...

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — The state Department of Natural Resources is ending its practice of posting volunteer guards along the Wolf River to protect spawning sturgeon from poachers. WLUK-TV reported Wednesday that Sturgeon for Tomorrow has been posting guards along the river around the ...

... Once nearly extinct in US, Michigan and Wisconsin boast thousands In the past few years, trumpeter swans have become reliable early spring visitors to Six Mile Lake. It’s usually a pair, sometimes accompanied by juveniles that can be told apart from their elders by having gray-tinged ...

IRON MOUNTAIN — Making the best of a slow start to spring, anglers are landing lots of panfish. “Crappie action has been really good,” said Ken Dabb at Whisler Outdoors in Florence, Wis., adding, “The bluegill and perch bite has been picking up.” The 2022 license season began ...