Saturday, April 16, 2011
The Department of Natural Resources is seeking volunteer harbor hosts for Straits State Harbor during the summer of 2011. The Volunteer Host Program allows individualsto stay in a state harbor at no charge in return for providing visitor assistance at the harbor. Straits State Harbor is an award-winning harbor, featuring eight windSaturday, April 9, 2011
The Department of Natural Resources is seeking volunteer harbor hosts for William G.Milliken State Park and Harbor in Detroit during the summer of 2011. The Volunteer Host Program allows individuals to stay in a state harbor at no charge in return for providing visitor assistance in the harbor and throughout the state park. HarborFriday, April 8, 2011
The Department of Natural Resources reminds the public that certain fishing opportunities for tribal members of tribal governments located within the 1836 Treaty of Washington and1842 Treaty of La Point are different than those allowed for state-licensed recreational anglers under Michigan law, and that these activities may beWednesday, April 6, 2011
Sturgeon for Tomorrow is seeking volunteers to join in its effort, in partnership with the Department of Natural Resources' Law Enforcement Division, to help protect sturgeon from poaching. Each spring, mature lake sturgeon – a fish species that is threatened in Michigan and rare throughout the United States– become vulnerable toFriday, April 1, 2011
The Department of Natural Resources reminds fishing guides who utilize state-owned lands to access Michigan's inland lakes or streams as part of their commercial operation that they are required to have written permission from the DNR prior to using state-owned lands. Since 2006, inland fishing guides in Michigan have been requiredThursday, March 31, 2011
The Wolf Lake State Fish Hatchery Visitor Center, located just eight miles west of Kalamazoo, is offering five nature programs in April. Families can learn how animals adapt to spring, how nocturnal critters find food and discover the variety of bird species migrating back to the north. Two programs are specifically designed forWednesday, March 30, 2011
"Ask the DNR" will air on WNMU-TV Channel 13 on Thursday, March 31, at 8 p.m. The show will focus on the 2011 fishing season and new regulations for anglers. The hour-long program features a panel of Department of Natural Resources employees taking questions from viewers who call in during the live show to 800-227-9668, or submitWednesday, March 30, 2011
The Department of Natural Resources reminds anglers that a new license season begins Friday, April 1. Anglers have a choice of a variety of licenses. Anglers should know that lake sturgeon, lake herring, amphibians, reptiles, and crustaceans have been added to the all-species fishing license requirement. Anglers may opt fora 24-hourTuesday, March 29, 2011
The Department of Natural Resources plans to raise Great Lakes (spotted) muskellunge at its Wolf Lake State Fish Hatchery this year, a change of direction from the northern muskies the department has raised in the past. "This is a key turning point in our muskellunge production program," said DNR Fish Production Manager Gary Whelan.Thursday, March 24, 2011
The Department of Natural Resources and Environment warns Lake St. Clair-area residents that, as the ice melts, they are likely to encounter significant numbers of dead fish. Large numbers of gizzard shad, which are at the northern edge of their range in Michigan, died this winter, probably because of the lengthy, cold winter.
