Winter pruning tips: Snip or saw your way to healthier trees

By Rachel Coale Forest Resources Division Michigan Department of Natural Resources With frost curling sparkles across the windows and fuzzy socks adorning your feet, gardening season is a warm, summer memory put to bed under a blanket of snow. Or is it? It’s easy to...

2022 deer hunting season recap

The 2022 deer hunting season has officially come to a close. Kicking off with the Liberty Hunt Sept. 9 and finishing with the urban deer hunt in Wayne, Oakland and Macomb counties, which ended Jan. 31, it was a memorable season for Michigan deer hunting. It was a year...

There’s gold in ‘dem ‘dar hills!

By Sandy Edie Scouts from across the U.P. and as far south as Detroit gathered at Camp Hiawatha outside of Munising on January 28 to participate in Scouting’s 75th Anniversary of the Klondike. Each team of Scouts built a sled to bring to the competition and were given...

Fish stocking season creates more angling opportunities

Anglers will soon benefit from the 624,205 fish, which collectively weighed 7.8 tons, that were stocked by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources at 85 locations across the state. “It was another outstanding fall fish stocking season that will provide enhanced...

Did you know lakes and streams change with the seasons?

By Jacob Hartman Watersheds Technician, CLMCD When the snow starts to fall and ice begins to cover our lakes and streams, it seems that aquatic life ceases to exist. However, any fisherman knows that fish are definitely still active under the ice and aquatic insects...