DNR

Fires in the Marquette area have expanded in recent days. Now, nearly 500 acres of forest are engulfed in flames. Officials say the need precipitation to calm the fires.

New lifespan estimates from a study published in April show the males of the species may be able to live past 275, and the females may live even longer.

A Department of Natural Resources officer was found not guilty after he used deadly force during a campground altercation in 2023.

To help track wild turkey populations, the DNR is asking anyone who sees a mother wild turkey leading a line of baby turkeys to snap a picture and send it in.

The suit claimed the conservation officer should not have been on their land and was harassing two hunters last November. The couple has appealed the case and filed a separate suit.

After 78 years of standing in between Roberts Lake and Twin Lakes Creek, the Roberts Lake Dam will be removed in August.

The latest forest health highlights report published by Michigan's Department of Natural Resources states the forests are in overall good health.

A 124-acre wildfire in the Huron-Manistee National Forest is 80% contained and some near Mio were evacuated from the area.

The changes are to the license options, management units and mandatory harvest reporting. Applications for Michigan's turkey hunters close Feb. 1.

The cubs had not been spotted in the western Upper Peninsula since March. State officials say these cubs were the first ones verified east of the Mississippi River in a century.