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Saturday, April 27, 2013  A draft U.S. Department of Interior rule obtained by The Associated Press says roughly 6,000 wolves in the Northern Rockies and Great Lakes are enough to prevent the species' extinction.

Monday, March 18, 2013  Federal wildlife managers look to New Mexico pilot project in battle against feral pigs

Monday, January 07, 2013  Anglers are gearing up for the anticipated Lake Sturgeon season in Cheboygan County.

Thursday, November 08, 2012  A public meeting was held tonight at the Civic Center in Traverse City to try and answer the public's questions regarding the Boardman River and the dam removal project.

Tuesday, October 23, 2012  Officials say an insect-spread deer disease has been found in at least 29 Michigan counties and is to blame for the deaths of more than 10,400 deer in the state.

Friday, September 21, 2012  As duck season opens in the Eastern Upper Peninsula this weekend - Sept. 22 - a Lake Superior State University student who is doing a study on the diets of diving ducks is asking EUP duck hunters with assistance in gathering samples.

Wednesday, July 18, 2012  There was a cougar photographed in southern Marquette County that officials are saying may be the "best, clearest photograph" of a cougar in the wild ever taken.

Wednesday, June 20, 2012  The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is looking for public input on proposed forest management treatments for 2014.

Thursday, June 14, 2012  Study: Cougars again spreading across the Midwest a century after they were nearly wiped out

Friday, June 08, 2012  David and Donna Prevo have a full house of fawns. The Leelanau County couple is fostering eight fawns, orphaned and unable to survive on their own.

Thursday, May 24, 2012  Two wildfires are burning tonight in the Upper Peninsula, fanned by high winds.

Friday, May 11, 2012  A dead wolf was found the last week of April near the west side of Engadine in Mackinac County. Examination of the wolf revealed it died from a gunshot wound.

Tuesday, May 01, 2012  A report in response to a massive oil spill in southern Michigan says federal laws are not adequate to protect the Great Lakes basin from oil pollution.

Friday, March 09, 2012  Two dead in house fire believed to be wildlife writer and his wife.

Friday, December 30, 2011  Habitat loss as farmers return land to production hurts wildlife, hunting in northern Plains