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Sep 29, 20264 min read

Wagner Falls Drops 20 Feet Over Rock Ledges a Tenth of a Mile From Its Parking Lot Near Munising. The Park Service Says It Is One of the Few Area Waterfalls You Can Easily Reach by Car in Winter.

Wagner Falls drops 20 feet over rock ledges a tenth of a mile from the lot near Munising. The Park Service rates it a winter standout.

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The DNR Has Confirmed More Than 200 Cougar Sightings in Michigan Since 2008, 207 of Them in the U.P. Yoopers Have Been Reporting Them Since the 1970s and Getting Called Crazy.

The Michigan DNR confirmed cougar reproduction in the U.P. for the first time in over a century. Readers who saw cougars here...

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Sep 13, 20263 min read

U.P. Bear Season Opened With Exactly the Same 5,103 Licenses as Last Year, a Year Hunters Beat the DNR’s Goal by 278.

The DNR called the 2026 quotas “similar.” They are identical, unit by unit, because bear quotas are set two years at a...

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Sep 9, 20264 min read

The Keweenaw Heartlands Are Not Becoming Public Land. They Are Splitting in Two, and the Access Rules Are Narrower Than You Think.

A hedge fund wanted $43.2 million. The state is paying about a thousand an acre. And Commercial Forest access covers hunting, fishing...

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Sep 8, 20263 min read

Michigan Is Banking Whitefish Genetics Because Its Own Biologists Say Quotas Cannot Fix This.

$350,000 to preserve what the fish are made of. The DNR's own biologist: "There's no regulatory fix for what the problem is."

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Jun 22, 20263 min read

Meet the Lake Sturgeon: a 150-Million-Year-Old Living Fossil Still Cruising U.P. Rivers and Lake Superior

Seven feet long, older than the ice age, and still gliding along the bottom of the water you grew up on. There's...

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Jun 20, 20266 min read

Are There Mountain Lions in the Upper Peninsula? The DNR Just Confirmed Cubs for the First Time

For the first time in over a century, a mother cougar and two cubs are living in the U.P. — and 2025...

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Jun 11, 20263 min read

Michigan’s Latest Published Minimum Estimate Counted 762 Wolves in the U.P.

Michigan's latest published winter estimate counted a minimum of 762 wolves in the U.P. in 2024., hunting in packs out in the...

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Jun 6, 20265 min read

Forty Years Ago, Michigan Brought Moose Back to the U.P. by Dangling Them From Helicopters

It took tranquilizer darts, slings, a 600-mile road trip, and 35-below cold, but the western U.P. has had moose ever since Here...

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Jun 4, 20263 min read

For the First Time Ever, Wheelchair Users Can Roll Right Up to the Brink of Tahquamenon Falls

A new 1,100-foot accessible boardwalk has replaced the steep 94-step staircase that kept the U.P.'s most famous waterfall out of reach for...

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Jun 3, 20263 min read

If You Find a Fawn Curled Up Alone This Month, the Kindest Thing You Can Do Is Walk Away

It happens every June. You're out walking the property, or the kids spot something in the tall grass, and there it is...

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Michigan DNR

The latest Michigan DNR story

Wagner Falls Drops 20 Feet Over Rock Ledges a Tenth of a Mile From Its Parking Lot Near Munising. The Park Service Says It Is One of the Few Area Waterfalls You Can Easily Reach by Car in Winter.

More Michigan DNR stories, newest first

The DNR Has Confirmed More Than 200 Cougar Sightings in Michigan Since 2008, 207 of Them in the U.P. Yoopers Have Been Reporting Them Since the 1970s and Getting Called Crazy.

U.P. Bear Season Opened With Exactly the Same 5,103 Licenses as Last Year, a Year Hunters Beat the DNR’s Goal by 278.

The Keweenaw Heartlands Are Not Becoming Public Land. They Are Splitting in Two, and the Access Rules Are Narrower Than You Think.

Michigan Is Banking Whitefish Genetics Because Its Own Biologists Say Quotas Cannot Fix This.

Meet the Lake Sturgeon: a 150-Million-Year-Old Living Fossil Still Cruising U.P. Rivers and Lake Superior

Are There Mountain Lions in the Upper Peninsula? The DNR Just Confirmed Cubs for the First Time

Michigan’s Latest Published Minimum Estimate Counted 762 Wolves in the U.P.

Forty Years Ago, Michigan Brought Moose Back to the U.P. by Dangling Them From Helicopters

For the First Time Ever, Wheelchair Users Can Roll Right Up to the Brink of Tahquamenon Falls

If You Find a Fawn Curled Up Alone This Month, the Kindest Thing You Can Do Is Walk Away