Department of Natural Resources

The Natural Resources Commission restricted steelhead harvest last year against DNR science. Some critics worry a small clarification this fall could tighten the screws even more.

“The Steelhead” has been used by the Department of Natural Resources to survey fish populations since the 1960s – but the boat wears many hats.

While the Lower Peninsula is struggling with too many deer, the U.P. has the opposite problem. Regulations to address that could be coming soon.

It’s a dry spring – 1984 in Wisconsin – and all these suspicious fires are popping up. A conservation warden named Dave is pretty sure it’s arson, but he can’t catch a break. So, he and a pilot decide to get creative.

When hunter Ben Karasch sees something move out of the corner of his eye, he assumes it’s a deer. But as Karasch gets a better look, he realizes it’s not a deer, it’s a cougar. And it’s slowly creeping towards him.

The number of hunters in Michigan is declining. But the consequences of that decline affect more than just the hunting community.

Michigan’s Natural Resources Commission is considering a new limit to the number of steelhead people can harvest. The proposal is causing a stir.

The Anglers of the Au Sable River filed a complaint against the Department of Natural Resources in the state Court of Claims on Tuesday.

The 65-foot boat has served generations of state researchers from its home port in Charlevoix and in the waters of Lake Michigan.

States in the Great Lakes kill beavers and remove dams on select rivers and streams. They’re doing it, in part, for anglers and the multi-billion dollar fishing industry. But some people are not on board with that. Today’s episode is all about that conflict, and about how our scientific understanding of the role of beavers may be changing.