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The Michigan Department of Natural Resources has closed the books on what it calls another successful fish stocking season. Eight different species, adding up

To understand how a 9-year-old boy became a champion of a fish that hasn't been in Michigan for 85 years, it helps to understand the love between the boy and his grandfather.

ROYAL OAK, Mich. (AP) — To understand how a 9-year-old boy became a champion of a fish...

ROYAL OAK, Mich. (AP) — To understand how a 9-year-old boy became a champion of a fish that hasn’t been in Michigan for 85 years, we should first tell you

Declan O’Reilly, a 9-year-old from Royal Oak, is raising money and spreading awareness in a campaign to bring the Arctic grayling back to Michigan.

New cool-water complex boosts walleye and muskellunge production A new cool-water fish production facility at Thompson State Fish Hatchery, which will support walleye and muskellunge stocking, is in the final stages of construction, and fish are already being reared there. Walleye eggs were collected from Little Bay de Noc early this spring and were incubated and hatched in the new state-of-the-art hatchery. Muskellunge will be transferred from Wolf Lake Hatchery in Mattawan during August each ...

Mar 1, 2021 DNR photo Michigan Department of Natural Resources fisheries staffers observe nearly transferred Arctic grayling at the Marquette State Fish Hatchery in Marquette County. MARQUETTE — In 2016, a proposed initiative intended to reintroduce Arctic grayling to select Michigan streams was announced. That idea immediately caught fire, and Michigan’s Arctic Grayling Initiative now counts over 40 member organizations among its supporters. A close-up view of an Arctic grayling, held in t...