A mix of outdoors stories from Michigan, including information on an opportunity to comment on a proposed firewood quarantine ...

This past fall, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources stocked more than 600,000 fish across Michigan while wrapping up 2025 operations that put more than 19 million fingerlings in state waters.

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources stocked 648,557 fish across 76 locations statewide during its fall 2025 fish stocking effort, adding about 8.6 tons of fish to waters that the agency said ...

Starting March 1, Michigan hunters will no longer need to display paper kill tags on certain animals. Instead, they'll be able to validate kills using the Hunt Fish mobile app. The change comes after ...

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources said it stocked nearly 650,000 fish at dozens of locations throughout Michigan during the fall. According to the DNR, the 648,557 fish were stocked at 76 ...

Oak wilt, a destructive disease affecting oak trees in Missouri, can kill a tree in just weeks, experts say. Robbie Doerhoff, a Forest Health expert for the Missouri Department of Conservation ...

While winter recreation on frozen lakes is popular in Michigan, ice is never considered safe, officials say. “No ice is ever considered safe,” Conservation Officer David Miller, of the Michigan ...

Will the Black Lake lake sturgeon fishing season again set a time record in 2026? We'll find out Feb. 7 when the season begins — and most likely also end. The 2026 lake sturgeon fishing season on ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — The Michigan Department of Natural Resources has announced the details of the state’s extremely limited lake sturgeon season for 2026. The season will open at 8 a.m. on ...

CHEBOYGAN COUNTY, Mich. (WJRT) - The Michigan Department of Natural Resources has announced the date of the brief lake sturgeon fishing season in Northern Michigan. This is the only chance for anglers ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — A man from the Upper Peninsula may face more criminal charges for allegedly killing a mother bear accompanied by cubs. According to the Michigan Department of Natural ...