The department's revenue relies heavily on hunting and fishing licenses. These fees haven't increase since 2014 and are ...

The latest data from the DNR shows confirmed cougar sightings surged in 2025, the latest sign that cougars once again live in ...

The program, run by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, aims to enhance deer habitat on private lands in the Upper ...

Cougars have been detected 31 times in Michigan in 2025, the highest since they were wiped out in the early 1900s.

Michigan’s elk herd has grown past its ideal population, and state officials are working to bring it back to size. Population ...

On Feb. 26, 2018, Mark Goss was driving a snowmobile when he crashed with DNR Ranger Roy Pederson. After several appeals, ...

More than two dozen public access sites across the Upper Peninsula are being plowed and kept open for ice anglers.

VANDERBILT, Mich. – Michigan state scientists are developing new ways to count wild elk in the northern Lower Peninsula.

Story Highlights • Michigan’s 2025 bear season produced a strong harvest, with hunters taking 1,952 bears statewide — ...

Michigan DNR announces $200,000 available for U.P. deer habitat improvement grants with a streamlined application process.

Michigan DNR officials presented the Natural Resources Commission with a budget overview in January, with a specific focus on ...

By the Michigan Department of Natural Resources Michigan elk hunters faced challenging weather and storm-ravaged terrain to ...