Target shooting banned at Rogue River State Game Area, Muskegon State Game Area west unit
Michigan Department of Natural Resources
and last updated 2021-05-20 09:44:12-04
LANSING, Mich. â Target shooting activities have been indefinitely prohibited at the Rogue River State Game Area and its extension unit in Kent County, as well as the west unit of the Muskegon State Game Area in Muskegon County.
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources made the announcement Thursday.
An approved land use order implementing the target shooting closure was brought forward because of a growing concern for public safety.
The amount and type of target shooting have increased âsubstantiallyâ at these areas over the last two years, the DNR said.
Michigan DNR selling public land at online auction how to buy
By Amber Ainsworth
A 2-plus-acre parcel on Torch Lake with 200 feet of lake frontage.
DETROIT (FOX 2) - The Michigan Department of Natural Resources will be auctioning off parcels of public land online.
The parcels are in Antrim, Baraga, Benzie, Berrien, Delta, Gogebic, Midland, and Oakland counties. The DNR said it selected 10 parcels of public land that would be best suited for private ownership to auction off.
Some of the available land includes waterfront property.
Available land
Waterfront properties
Antrim County: 2-plus acres with 200 feet of frontage on the western shore of Torch Lake.
Traveling Michiganders asked to leave firewood at home
Tree-killing insects, diseases can be transported on firewood; travelers should purchase wood at destination
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But for those traveling in Michigan, especially those with plans to go camping, environmental experts are urging people to leave the firewood at home.
The firewood you have stored in your backyard is likely harboring plenty of insects and some of them might pose serious threats to trees and vegetation. The Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is asking people to leave their firewood at home when traveling, so as not to transport and spread any tree-killing insects or diseases.
Conservation officers assist in multi-agency search for missing angler in Luce County
Conservation officers assist in multi-agency search for missing angler in Luce County
Contact: Lt. Eugene “Skip” Hagy, 906-293-5131, ext. 4100 Agency: Natural Resources
May 19, 2021
Michigan Department of Natural Resources conservation officers assisted in a multi-agency search and rescue that concluded Tuesday for an angler who was reported missing Monday.
Conservation Officer Cole VanOosten received a call from the Chippewa, Luce and Mackinac Counties Central Dispatch at 9:40 p.m., Monday, reporting a 64-year-old angler, from Free Soil, located near Manistee failed to meet up with his fishing partner earlier in the day.
68-acre fire in Marquette County is 75% contained, DNR says
MARQUETTE COUNTY – A crew of 10 Michigan Department of Natural Resources firefighters is continuing to construct a containment line around a fire that ignited Tuesday afternoon in a remote area of Marquette County, near the south end of Goose Lake in Richmond Township.
The fire is 75% contained. Crews are working in rocky areas that are inaccessible to large equipment.
The area burning is situated south of Marquette County Road 480 and north of County Road NC, which leads to the DNR’s boating access site on Goose Lake.
“We don’t anticipate any problems with the fire at this point,” said Pete Glover, the DNR’s incident commander on the fire. “We will continue to be out here monitoring the fire over the next few days.”