ESCANABA — Bear hunters recorded another robust season in Michigan in 2025, harvesting nearly 2,000 animals and bringing home a remarkable number of large bears in the Upper Peninsula. At the Escanaba-area check stations alone, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources registered an ...

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is keeping boating access sites plowed at more than two dozen Upper Peninsula ice-fishing locations, including in Delta and Schoolcraft counties. Various local partners assist the DNR with the program. The DNR enters into agreements with partners ...

“As I walk on through troubled times, my spirit gets so downhearted sometimes, so where are the strong and who are the trusted where is the harmony, sweet harmony.” – Nick Lowe Is there an escape, a place to go on this side of death where the real peace of life cannot only be felt, but ...

LANSING — The Michigan Department of Natural Resources stocks fish in Michigan waters every year, providing fishing opportunities and helping maintain healthy ecosystems. Where do the fish being stocked come from? It begins with collecting fish eggs, and the DNR has been working throughout ...

IRON MOUNTAIN — Michigan’s statewide firearm deer harvest is down about 5% from a year ago with local counties dropping more than that. In Dickinson County, the total reported harvest of 1,038 represents an 18% drop. Iron County, with a harvest of 1,070, was down nearly 10%. Menominee ...

MARQUETTE — Taxidermist Raymond Caswell of Escanaba killed one of the biggest black bears taken with a bow and arrow in the state during the 2025 season. The bruin he arrowed on the evening of Sept. 16 in Delta County while hunting over bait had a dressed weight of 443 pounds and en ...