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Outdoors

Nature awaits

“When I looked outside my window before, it just looked lame,” said Leo, a fourth grader from Lake Orion. “I look closer now after this field trip. It was the coolest thing I have ever experienced in my nine years I’ve been alive.” Sometimes, as Leo found on his field trip to Bald ...

Protect and conserve your forest through Forest Legacy Program

How do you protect your forest for future generations? Michigan’s Forest Legacy Program offers some options. This program provides the state with funding to either purchase or secure working forest conservation easements on environmentally important forest lands to ensure that those lands ...

Wisconsin’s general fishing season opens May 2

MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) reminds anglers the 2026 – 2027 general inland fishing season will open statewide Saturday, May 2. Several new regulations and season structures are now in effect, and anglers are encouraged to review the regulations before ...

DNR announces Urban and Community Forestry grants

About $500,000 in funding is now available from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources to support community tree management and planting projects. Grant awards range from $10,000 to $75,000. Applications are due May 18. Funding for this grant program is provided by the U.S. Department of ...

Cuffs & Collars

ESCANABA – The following reports detail recent activity of Michigan conservation officers throughout the following District 1 and District 2 counties of service: Alger, Baraga, Chippewa, Delta, Dickinson, Gogebic, Houghton, Iron, Keweenaw, Luce, Mackinac, Marquette, Menominee, Ontonagon and ...