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As the number of hunting and fishing licenses sold in the state drops, DNR and Michigan United Conservation Clubs warn that money for wildlife habitat protection is shrinking as well. For news and outdoors pages.
Nearly 30,000 people buy a Michigan fur harvester license each year. Some are trappers. The others are hunters of furbearing species. But only about half of the people who buy a license actually participate because of the time commitment involved, state officials say.
Winter is going to the dogs in Michigan–and that’s not a bad thing.
The cost of the sport, warm winters and the lasting impacts of the Great Recession have all left their mark on Michigan’s snowmobiling industry.
An Upper Peninsula lawmaker wants to create more hunting experiences for disabled people through legalizing the airbow.
By the end of October, Michigan tree farmers will be harvesting trees and shipping them to stores and Christmas tree lots in several states.
Businesses that cater to people with disabilities are expanding all across the Great Lakes region, because people are demanding it.
Officials agree that requiring canoe and kayak registration would improve the funding problem.
Mount Arvon is the highest point in Michigan.
