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They’re your forests! Share ideas on state forest planning.

Every year, the Department of Natural Resources manages the forests to keep them healthy and help prevent wildfires. This includes cutting and thinning trees, prescribed burning and planting new trees. These actions are planned two years in advance. Now is the public's chance to provide input for actions that will be taken in 2028 at the Escanaba Management Unit Open House. The DNR’s Forest Resources Division is asking for public input online or at our public Open House. Go to the MI State Forest Map Application at Michigan.gov/ForestInput and click on your area of interest to find ...

A bridge to adventure

For centuries, people have found ways to cross the Detroit River. The first were Anishinaabe travelers, paddling birch bark canoes across its waters. Next came the steamboat ferries carrying recreation and adventure seekers between the United States (Michigan) and Canada (Ontario) at the turn of the 20th century. Then, in 1929, cars were able to cross on the Ambassador Bridge for the first time. Now, there is another way to make the journey: on foot or by bicycle. When the Gordie Howe International Bridge opened its pedestrian and bicycle path on Aug. 5, it created something new ...

Fall salmon fishing

“I ain’t had a bite ‘cuz the moon’s too bright, I wish I had a big one or two. My trotline’s set and my hooks are wet and mama’s got the catfish blues,” – Tom T. Hall The overnight temperatures had plummeted well below freezing, leaving the early morning crisp and brittle, ...

Mountains, Molehills, and Motivations

Roadless Rule. It was controversial a quarter century ago and it appears that it remains so. The “environmental” PACs are coming-out in earnest, no doubt hoping to drum-up memberships with sensationalist boilerplate language that often doesn’t mean much after critical review. First, most of the Roadless Area (a federal designation) lies in a handful of western states, and half of that probably would not be considered as forests, at least from a visual standpoint. Not that unforested lands haven’t ecological and other values. They do. However, if one adopts a forestland ...

DNR checks on young walleye with upcoming fall electrofishing surveys

Any night fishing plans in your future this fall? Michigan Department of Natural Resources personnel will be conducting nighttime walleye recruitment surveys from late September to mid-October, so be on the lookout for survey crews when you’re on the water. These surveys are an important ...