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Mothballed Wolf Management Advisory Council to Reassemble
Thursday , 28, January 2021 DNR, Upper Peninsula, Wolf Hunt Leave a commentOn October 29, 2020, insurrection provocateur Donald Trump ordered the gray wolf delisted from the Endangered Species Act. The Department of the Interior announced the gray wolf successfully recovered and it was time to allow states and tribes to manage wolf populations again. The Michigan Department of Natural Resources, which struggled to protect wolves living […]
Michigan DNR Charges Pickford Man with 125 Wildlife Crimes
Thursday , 21, May 2020 DNR, Uncategorized, Upper Peninsula, Wolf Hunt Leave a commentA 56-year-old man in Chippewa County was arraigned on May 20, 2020 in the 91st District Court with 125 misdemeanor charges. Kurt Johnston Duncan faces fines and jail time for illegally killing wildlife, including wolves and bald eagles. Animals illegally killed include 18 wolves and two bald eagles. Wolves are protected in Michigan through the […]
Enjoy an Extra Day of Michigan Free Fishing Weekend with This Cool Trick: Fish Hate It
Monday , 10, February 2020 DNR Leave a commentThe first Michigan Free Fishing Weekend of 2020 will be this Saturday, February 15, through Monday, February 17, 2020. During this weekend, anyone in Michigan can fish without a license. All other fishing regulations still apply. Anyone wanting to use boating access sites at state parks during the Michigan Free Fishing Weekend can do so […]
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel Urges US Fish and Wildlife: Don’t Remove Gray Wolves from the Endangered Species List
Wednesday , 24, July 2019 DNR, Environment, Upper Peninsula, Wolf Hunt Leave a commentAttorney General Dana Nessel submitted a letter to David Bernhardt of the United States Department of the Interior in response to the United States Fish and Wildlife Service’s proposal to remove the gray wolf from the endangered and threatened list on March 15, 2019. AG Nessel’s letter stresses the service’s requirement to follow the law […]
Fun Wintertime Things to Do in Michigan’s Lower Peninsula: Snowmobiling … Antler Hunting … Wolf Counting
Friday , 22, February 2019 DNR, Wolf Hunt Leave a commentIf you missed the latest of two free fishing weekends Michigan offers this year but still want to participate in more DNR-related activities, you can always count the number of wolves living below the bridge. Since 2014 when the DNR positively identified wolf scat in Emmet County, the number of wolves possibly living in the […]
Two Upper Peninsula Wolf Poachers Caught on the Same Day
Friday , 18, January 2019 DNR, Upper Peninsula, Wolf Hunt 1 CommentOn Tuesday, January 15, 2019, conservation officers received confessions from two alleged wolf poachers in the Upper Peninsula counties of Menominee and Ontonagon. Both wolves were fitted with collars so the Michigan DNR could track the wolves’ movements. The poacher from Greenland in Ontonagon County confessed to shooting the wolf on January 14, 2019, after […]
US Court of Appeals Rules to Keep Michigan Wolves on Endangered Species List
Tuesday , 1, August 2017 DNR, Upper Peninsula, Wolf Hunt Leave a commentThe U.S. Court of Appeals ruled today to keep wolves in the Great Lakes on the endangered species list after U.S. Fish and Wildlife ruled enough animals lived in Wisconsin, Michigan, and Minnesota to remove them from the list in 2011. In 2014, a Federal Judge put them back on the endangered species list after […]
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources (Finally) Admits there are Cougars in the Lower Peninsula of Michigan
Thursday , 29, June 2017 DNR Leave a commentThe Michigan DNR confirmed there are cougars in the Lower Peninsula of Michigan today, releasing a photograph of the large cat strolling through a Clinton County neighborhood. This is not the first sighting of cougars in the Lower Peninsula, but it is the first time the DNR admitted it. The Michigan DNR to date confirmed […]
Highland Copper Forced to Stop Drilling in Porcupine Mountains State Park Due to Lack of Frozen Ground
Saturday , 25, February 2017 DNR, Environment, Upper Peninsula Leave a commentHighland Copper subsidiary Orvana Resources U.S. Corporation halted exploratory drilling on February 19, 2017, in the Porcupine Mountains State Park due to unusual warm weather for the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Winter drilling is required by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources because the ground must be frozen. The ground in the western Upper Peninsula […]
The Good News and Bad News About Record High Temperatures in Northern Michigan
Saturday , 18, February 2017 DNR, Environment Leave a commentTwo times a year, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources offers a free fishing weekend for people who would like to fish without a license and hopefully give people who have never fished the opportunity to discover how fun fishing can be. The winter fishing weekend is this weekend, and with temperatures in Northern Michigan […]