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The Department of Natural Resources Needs Your Help Finding Sleeping Bears This Winter
Monday , 2, November 2015 DNR, Environment Leave a commentThe Michigan DNR wants people to help them find denned bears for an ongoing research project. They are asking any Michigan resident hunting, trapping or just spending time outdoors in the northern Lower Peninsula to report any bear dens they find to the DNR. Bears located in dens will be inspected as possible research subjects. […]
Michigan DNR Needs Your Help Finding Norton Shores Deer Poacher
Friday , 25, September 2015 DNR Leave a commentBetween February 2014 and September 2015, 18 deer have been illegally shot in the city of Norton Shores. The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is asking for help from the public in finding the person responsible for deer poaching. According to reports from the Norton Shores Police and the DNR: A resident in the area […]
Public Comment Period Extended For Yellow Dog Watershed Lease
Friday , 21, August 2015 DNR, Upper Peninsula 2 CommentsThree weeks ago the Michigan Department of Natural Resources announced Eagle Mine wanted approval for a mineral lease for 40 more acres in Michigamme Township, Marquette County, in the Upper Peninsula. The parcel in particular – NE1/4 NE1/4, Section 8, T50N,R29W. – contains the headwaters of Anderson Creek and the Yellow Dog River. The region […]
Eagle Mine Saga Act Three: 40 More Reasons The People of Michigan Have To Give Lundin Mining Everything They Want
Monday , 3, August 2015 Environment, Upper Peninsula 3 CommentsLet’s recap Eagle Mine’s activities in Marquette County so far. First, the Marquette County Road Commission, being funded by a 501(c)(4) “social welfare” group called Stand U.P., sued the Environmental Protection Agency on July 8 over their temper tantrum with County Road 595. This road, running through Wildcat Canyon, would impact 26 acres of wetlands […]
Darwin Booher’s newsletter arrived in the mail and there was no rejoicing. With Darwin Booher, the rule is the less you hear about him the better off Michigan’s 35th State Senate district is. Unfortunately, the Gods do not smile upon us, because Darwin Booher is still being Darwin Booher. For example, the newsletter opens with […]
Michigan Wolves Will Remain On Endangered Species List
Tuesday , 30, June 2015 DNR, Upper Peninsula, Wolf Hunt 3 CommentsThe US Fish and Wildlife Service denied an appeal by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources and State Attorney General’s Office to change the classification of wolves from “endangered” to “threatened.” In December of 2014, a federal court ordered wolves in the Western Great Lakes to be put back on the endangered species list. The […]
Michigan Natural Resources Commission Bans Archery Anterless Deer Harvest In The Upper Peninsula
Friday , 12, June 2015 DNR, Upper Peninsula 5 CommentsNo anterless deer may be harvested in the Upper Peninsula for the 2015-2016 bow hunting season. The Michigan Natural Resources Commission approved the ban on Thursday, June 11, in Monroe, Michigan, in an effort to help the deer population in the UP recover from successive winter die-offs. The anterless ban applies to hunters using the […]
Michigan Natural Resources Commission Won’t Ban Deer Hunting In The UP: Climate Change Will Eventually Make That Decision For Them
Wednesday , 13, May 2015 DNR, Environment, Upper Peninsula Leave a commentA committee of the Natural Resources Commission last week decided not to cancel deer season in the Upper Peninsula this year. The committee is searching for solutions to halt declining deer populations in Northern Michigan. Sever winter weather has reduced the deer herd as much as 40% in some parts of the U.P. Completely banning […]
BREAKING: DNR Director Keith Creagh Approves Graymont Upper Peninsula Land Purchase
Thursday , 19, March 2015 Community, DNR, Environment 82 CommentsKeith Creagh announced a few minutes ago at the DNR Natural Resources Commission meeting in Roscommon that he would approve the land purchase proposal offered by Graymont. The Canadian mining company now has the green light to turn over 10,000 acres of state-owned forest land into open pit and underground limestone quarries. The DNR Natural […]
DNR Natural Resources Commission Meeting Set For March 19 In Roscommon
Tuesday , 17, March 2015 Up North Progressive Community, DNR, Environment Leave a commentOn Thursday, March 19, 2015, The DNR Natural Resources Commission will hold it’s monthly meeting in Roscommon at the Ralph A. Macmullan Conference Center. The agenda for the meeting begins at 10:00 and continues through the day until Keith Creagh will announce his final decision on the Graymont purchase of 10,000 acres in the Upper […]