Fish and Wildlife

Michigan House Republicans are looking to end the ability of Department of Natural Resources enforcement officers to enter private property without a search warrant.

The public is invited to comment on Michigan's State Wildlife Action Plan for rare wildlife conservation. The 10-year plan highlights species of greatest conservation need.

We discuss a new bill that may require proof of citizenship before voting in Michigan. We also explore the Trump administration's actions regarding tariffs and the freeze on federal spending, examining their impact on the agricultural business and farms in Michigan. Additionally, we address concerns about the low funding available for fisheries and wildlife management. Finally, we examine President Trump's executive order that places restrictions on healthcare centers that provide gender-affirming care for minors.

In the past, it was suggested you could dispose of your old Christmas tree in a pond, lake, or stream for fish habitat. Conservationists now suggest you find other ways to dispose of it.

Today, the Trump campaign’s Michigan blitz. Also, the pros and cons of introducing genetically engineered strains of fish into the Great Lakes to help a threatened trout species. Plus, what a Netlfix documentary featuring Connor Stalions reveals about Michigan’s sign stealing scandal, and college football’s cloak and dagger elements.

Seeds of Success, a federal program that conserves and restores native flora, has come to Michigan.

A look at state legislative races, Great Lakes fisheries learning Icelandic techniques, the best advice on drawing, when U.S. women lost their citizenship, and remembering the push to divest Michigan from apartheid-era South Africa.

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources recently released 1,800 Arctic grayling in three lakes. The fish are surplus fish from a broodstock at the Marquette State Fish Hatchery, which is raising grayling that they hope will reproduce.

A compromise on expanding Camp Grayling, a Traverse City group that is trying to have tough conversations about child safety and firearms, and the biologist behind Michigan's amphibian survey.

Today, we revisited some stories about our pleasant peninsula, and people working to preserve it. We heard about the use of plastic bags, Cheboygan County's sturgeon guard, and life in Michigan's vernal pools.