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    Overview

    • Wildlife Damage and Nuisance Animal Control A list of permitted nuisance animal control contacts, as well as information about regulations concerning Wildlife Damage and Nuisance Control Permits.

    • Nuisance Animal Handbook: Prevention and Control of Wildlife Damage External link - This handbook is published by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and details the identification, control and management of over 90 species of wildlife.

    • Help Keep Wildlife Wild Wild animals are our neighbors whether we live in the city or the country. Feeding wildlife, on purpose or by accident, can be harmful to the animals and create trouble for everyone. Click on the link above to learn how you can help keep wildlife wild. External Link - produced by the California Department of Fish and Game; some species are not found in Michigan.

    • Species with Year-round Hunting Seasons No closed hunting season for opossum, porcupine, red squirrel, skunk, thirteen-lined ground squirrel, weasel, woodchuck, English (house) sparrow, European starling, and feral pigeon (rock dove). Click on link for additional rules.

    • Brochure: How to Minimize Livestock Losses to Predators PDF icon

    • Brochure: Did A Predator Kill or Injure My Livestock? PDF icon



    Other Problem Species

    • Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater)





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