Northern Michigan Conservation Network

Enforcement of the Invasive Species Order (ISO) for Russian wild boars The full Senate is poised to vote on the budget bill containing the DNR’s annual appropriations, possibly even today. We are told that Senator Booher (R-Evart) intends to offer an amendment to SB 960 which will prohibit the DNR from expending money to enforce […]

From the beginning, this is a bill which I felt had been authored more for the purpose of creating political differences between sportsmen than actually advancing a positive agenda. Hopefully, some reasonable compromises can be worked out when considered by the Senate. by Bob Marshall It’s called “The Sportsmen’s Heritage Act of 2012,” but this House-passed […]

It seems somewhat sadly ironic that at the same time states have struggled to get Federal officials to take the issue of Asian Carp seriously as a threat to the Great Lakes, the northern snakehead is now making its way up the Potomac River.  Let’s just hope that the Maryland DNR’s characterization of this “angling […]

A new documentary highlights the efforts of the Little River Band of Ottawa Indians and their pioneering techniques to restore the lake sturgeon in the Great Lakes. Published April 2, 2012 Dan O’Keefe, Michigan State University Extension Kathy Johnson saw a dinosaur in the Big Manistee River. She was ready; the camera was rolling. After […]